Ecological Land Type

ELT Details
Photo Points

ELT 27c

Elevation Range

Minimum:

1191 m

Minimum in ft:

3908 ft

Maximum:

1248 m

Maximum in ft:

4096 ft

Median:

1215 m

Median in ft:

3986 ft

Soil Summary:

mostly shallow to bedrock, better developed extremely channery loams over extremely channery clays related to phyllite and lacking lime; dominated by Pima County soil survey map unit 24 (Deloro-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes) which comprises 90% of the ELT

Geologic Materials:

alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated with the Glance Conglomerate? (KJg) and Holocene piedmont alluvium, undivided (Qy) which comprise 71% and 21% of the ELT, respectively

Landforms:

undissected to coarsely dissected, weakly incised mountain hills

Land Type Association: LTA 27

Ecological Unit: Chihuahuan desert on hills and mountians derived from limestone and associated rocks

Map with the ELT 27c polygon highlighted.