Ecological Land Type

ELT 11e

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
1130 m
Minimum in ft: 
3706 ft
Maximum: 
1332 m
Maximum in ft: 
4370 ft
Median: 
1179 m
Median in ft: 
3868 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 83% of the ELT
Geologic Materials: 
alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated with the Catalina-Rincon igneous metamorphic complex (TXm), felsic volcanic rocks (Tf), Coyote Wells facies (Tpcw), and Pleistocene piedmont alluvium (Qi3) which comprise 85%, 6%, 5% and 3% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
moderately to finely dissected, weakly to moderately incised mountain slopes