Ecological Land Type

ELT 199b

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
1085 m
Minimum in ft: 
3560 ft
Maximum: 
1237 m
Maximum in ft: 
4058 ft
Median: 
1159 m
Median in ft: 
3802 ft
Soil Summary: 
very deep, gravelly loam and very gravelly sandy loam surfaces with subsoils ranging from gravelly sandy clay loams to clays, devoid of lime or lime deep in the soil profile,well developed (clay accumulation); unit dominated by Pima County soil survey map units 10 (Caralampi extremely gravelly sandy loam, 15 to 45 percent slopes) and 85 (White House gravelly loam, 1 to 8 percent slopes). These units comprise 71% and 16% of the ELT, respectively
Geologic Materials: 
alluvium and residuum associated with sandstone, siltstone and conglomerate, undivided (QTs) and early Pleistocene piedmont deposits (Qo) which comprise 63% and 37% of the ELT, respectively
Landforms: 
finely dissected, moderately to deeply incised fan and pediment surfaces