Ecological Land Type

ELT 11f

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
1088 m
Minimum in ft: 
3569 ft
Maximum: 
1657 m
Maximum in ft: 
5435 ft
Median: 
1336 m
Median in ft: 
4383 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 89% of the ELT
Geologic Materials: 
alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated with the Catalina-Rincon igneous metamorphic complex (TXm) and landslide deposits (Qls) which comprise 98% and 1% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
moderately to finely dissected, deeply incised mountain slopes