Ecological Land Type

ELT 15c

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
1200 m
Minimum in ft: 
3937 ft
Maximum: 
1598 m
Maximum in ft: 
5242 ft
Median: 
1319 m
Median in ft: 
4327 ft
Soil Summary: 
soil survey data is not available for this ELT; correlates with GES unit 475 characterized by extremely cobbly sandy loams shallow to granite or granite-like bedrock, acid soils lacking lime throughout, minimal soil development, and associated rock outcroppings
Geologic Materials: 
alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated with the Catalina-Rincon igneous metamorphic complex (TXm); Wrong Mountain Quartz Monzonite (TKgw); and granodiorite of Happy Valley (Tgh) which comprise 72%, 23% and 4% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
moderately to finely dissected, weakly incised mountain slopes