Ecological Land Type

ELT 11b

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
914 m
Minimum in ft: 
2998 ft
Maximum: 
1651 m
Maximum in ft: 
5418 ft
Median: 
1223 m
Median in ft: 
4013 ft
Soil Summary: 
dominant soils are very shallow and shallow to granite and similar rocks; very cobbly loams or very gravelly sandy loams throughout; no lime; little or no soil development; dominated by Pima County soil survey map unit 40 (Lampshire-Romero- Rock outcrop complex, 10 to 65 percent slopes). This unit comprises 74% of the ELT
Geologic Materials: 
alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated with the Catalina-Rincon igneous metamorphic complex (TXm) and landslide deposits (Qls) which comprise 99% and 1% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
moderately to finely dissected, deeply incised mountain slopes