Ecological Land Type

ELT 24a

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
964 m
Minimum in ft: 
3163 ft
Maximum: 
1091 m
Maximum in ft: 
3578 ft
Median: 
1046 m
Median in ft: 
3432 ft
Soil Summary: 
very deep, very gravelly fine sand over stratified sand, fine sand and gravelly coarse sand with variable lime presence, or limy silty clay throughout, no soil development; dominated by Pima County soil survey map units 66 (Redington very gravelly fine sand, 3 to 50 percent slopes) and 34 (Hantz loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes). These units comprise 51 and 46% of the ELT, respectively
Geologic Materials: 
alluvium and residuum associated with old alluvium (QTs) and Cienega Creek middle to late Pleistocene terraces (Qir) which comprise 75% and 9% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
coarsely to moderately dissected, weakly to moderately incised fan and pediment surfaces