Ecological Land Type

ELT 6d

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
823 m
Minimum in ft: 
2701 ft
Maximum: 
839 m
Maximum in ft: 
2751 ft
Median: 
831 m
Median in ft: 
2726 ft
Soil Summary: 
very deep; gravelly sandy loam and very gravelly fine sandy loam surface layers over gravelly sandy loam, gravelly sandy clay loam, fine sandy loam, and loam subsurface layers; lime depth ranges from the surface to more than a foot below the surface; moderate development (clay accumulation); dominated by Pima County soil survey map unit 55 (Palos Verdes-Sahuarita complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes). This unit comprises 97% of the ELT
Geologic Materials: 
alluvium and residuum associated with middle to late Pleistocene piedmont alluvium and small areas of rock exposure (mostly granodiorite) which comprise 92% and 8% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
moderately dissected, weakly to moderately incised fan and pediment surfaces