Ecological Land Type

ELT 197a

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
920 m
Minimum in ft: 
3019 ft
Maximum: 
1312 m
Maximum in ft: 
4305 ft
Median: 
1130 m
Median in ft: 
3707 ft
Soil Summary: 
soil survey coverage for this ELT is incomplete but extensive enough to ascertain that the dominant soils are very shallow and shallow to granite and similar rocks; very cobbly loams or very gravelly sandy loams throughout; no lime; no soil development; the mapped area is dominated by Pima County soil survey map unit 40 (Lampshire-Romero- Rock outcrop complex, 10 to 65 percent slopes)
Geologic Materials: 
alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated with the Catalina-Rincon igneous metamorphic complex (TXm) which comprise 99% of the unit
Landforms: 
moderately dissected, weakly to deeply incised mountain slopes