Ecological Land Type

ELT 30a

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
1257 m
Minimum in ft: 
4124 ft
Maximum: 
1721 m
Maximum in ft: 
5647 ft
Median: 
1383 m
Median in ft: 
4537 ft
Soil Summary: 
dominant soils are very shallow and shallow to granite and similar rocks; very cobbly loams or very gravelly sandy loams throughout, some soils with gravelly clay loam surfaces and gravelly clay and clay subsoils; no lime; no to moderate soil development (clay accumulation); dominated by Cochise County Northeastern Part soil survey map units 71 (Romero- Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 60 percent slopes) and 12 (Budlamp-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 70 percent slopes). These units comprise 61% and 31% of the ELT, respectively
Geologic Materials: 
alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated with the Johnny Lyon Granodiorite (Xgi), biotite granitoids of Happy Valley area (YXg), and aplitic granitoids of Wildhorse Mountain area (YXg) which comprise 48%, 33% and 19% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
moderately to finely dissected, weakly incised mountain slopes and hills