Ecological Land Type

ELT 19a

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
1023 m
Minimum in ft: 
3356 ft
Maximum: 
1138 m
Maximum in ft: 
3734 ft
Median: 
1085 m
Median in ft: 
3560 ft
Soil Summary: 
dominant soils are very shallow to shallow to conglomerate and very deep, very gravelly fine sand or sandy loam surfaces over often stratified fine sand, sand, and gravelly coarse sand or sandy loam subsurface layers, mostly limy throughout, no or little soil development; unit is dominated by Cochise County, Northwestern Part soil survey unit 68 (Redington-Ripsey-Rock outcrop assoication, 15 to 70 percent slopes). This unit comprises 92 % of the ELT
Geologic Materials: 
alluvium and residuum associated with and Pleistocene piedmont alluvium (Qi1, Qi2); Quiburis formation, unnamed (Tqf, Tq); ); and conglomerate mostly older than Quiburis, San Manuel? (Tcg) which comprise 42%, 41%, and 13% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
coarsely dissected, weakly incised fan and pediment surfaces