Ecological Land Type

ELT 7a

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
827 m
Minimum in ft: 
2712 ft
Maximum: 
935 m
Maximum in ft: 
3068 ft
Median: 
858 m
Median in ft: 
2815 ft
Soil Summary: 
dominant soils are very shallow and shallow to granite and similar rocks; very gravelly sandy loams throughout, some soils with gravelly clay loam surfaces and gravelly clay and clay subsoils; no lime; no to moderate soil development (clay accumulation); dominated by Pima County soil survey map unit 13 (Cellar-Lehmans complex, 5 to 25 percent slopes). This unit comprises 94% of the ELT, respectively
Geologic Materials: 
alluvium and residuum associated with the Catalina-Rincon igneous and metamorphic complex (TXm) and middle to late Pleistocene piedmont alluvium, undivided (Qi),which comprise 74% and 20% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
moderately to finely dissected, weakly to moderately incised fan and pediment surfaces