Ecological Land Type

ELT 15b

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
1280 m
Minimum in ft: 
4199 ft
Maximum: 
1605 m
Maximum in ft: 
5267 ft
Median: 
1396 m
Median in ft: 
4580 ft
Soil Summary: 
soil survey data is not available for this ELT; correlates with GES units 475 and 490. GES unit 475 is characterized by extremely cobbly sandy loams shallow to granite or granite-like bedrock, acid soils lacking lime throughout, minimal soil development, and associated rock outcroppings. GES unit 490 is characterized by very cobbly and cobbly sandy loams deep to granite or granite-like bedrock, lacking lime throughout, acid soils lacking lime throughout, minimal to modest soil development (clay accumulation), and associated rock outcroppings
Geologic Materials: 
alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated with the Catalina-Rincon igneous metamorphic complex (TXm) and Middle to Late Pleistocene Piedmont Alluvium (Qi2) which comprise 93%, and 7% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
coarsely dissected, deeply incised mountain slopes