Ecological Land Type

ELT 12v

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
1354 m
Minimum in ft: 
4442 ft
Maximum: 
2232 m
Maximum in ft: 
7322 ft
Median: 
1672 m
Median in ft: 
5486 ft
Soil Summary: 
dominant soils are very shallow to moderately deep, extremely, very gravelly, flaggy, and gravelly fine sandy loams, sandy loams and loams over very channery and gravelly fine sandy loams, sandy loams and loams, and clay, no lime present, no to strong development; unit dominated by Pima County soil survey map units 76 (Spudrock-Far-Rock outcrop complex, 25 to 65 percent slopes), 20 (Cortaro-Rock outcrop-Faraway complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes), and 77 (Spudrock-Lemmon complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes). These units comprise 57%, 35% and 8% of the ELT, respectively
Geologic Materials: 
alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated with the Catalina-Rincon igneous metamorphic complex (TXm), landslide deposits (Qls), and felsic volcanic rocks (Tf) which comprise 96%, 1% and 1% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
coarsely dissected, weakly to moderately incised mountain slopes