Ecological Land Type

ELT 13e

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
1236 m
Minimum in ft: 
4055 ft
Maximum: 
2194 m
Maximum in ft: 
7199 ft
Median: 
1698 m
Median in ft: 
5571 ft
Soil Summary: 
dominant soils are very shallow and shallow to bedrock, very cobbly loam and extremely or very gravelly sandy loam and loam surfaces over very cobbly and gravelly fine sandy loams, sandy loams and loams, no lime present, no to moderate development; unit dominated by Pima County soil survey map units 40 (Lampshire-Romero- Rock outcrop complex, 10 to 65 percent slopes) and 20 (Cortaro-Rock outcrop-Faraway complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes). These units comprise 54% and 37% of the ELT, respectively
Geologic Materials: 
alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated with the Catalina-Rincon igneous metamorphic complex (TXm) comprises 100% of the unit
Landforms: 
moderately dissected, deeply incised mountain slopes