Ecological Land Type

ELT 15d

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
1261 m
Minimum in ft: 
4138 ft
Maximum: 
1843 m
Maximum in ft: 
6048 ft
Median: 
1522 m
Median in ft: 
4993 ft
Soil Summary: 
soil survey data coverage is incomplete for this ELT; correlates with GES unit 475 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
Geologic Materials: 
alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated with the granodiorite of Happy Valley (Tgh); Wrong Mountain Quartz Monzonite (TKgw); Catalina-Rincon igneous metamorphic complex (TXm); and Pinal Schist (Xp) which comprise 48%, 42%, 8%, and 2% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
coarsely dissected, deeply incised mountain slopes