Ecological Land Type

ELT 162b

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
1242 m
Minimum in ft: 
4074 ft
Maximum: 
1686 m
Maximum in ft: 
5533 ft
Median: 
1427 m
Median in ft: 
4682 ft
Soil Summary: 
detailed soil survey information is not available for this unit; this complex and variable metasedimentary unit is presently mapped within the dominantly granitic GES unit 475 and requires further investigation
Geologic Materials: 
slope alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated mostly with Paleozoic sediments (P3s); Escabrosa Limestone and Martin Formation (MDc); and Leatherwood Quartz Diorite (Kqdl). They comprise 53%, 27% and 9% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
finely dissected hill slopes with shallow to moderate drainage incision