Ecological Land Type

ELT 116d

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
897 m
Minimum in ft: 
2942 ft
Maximum: 
1003 m
Maximum in ft: 
3290 ft
Median: 
951 m
Median in ft: 
3120 ft
Soil Summary: 
very deep, very gravelly sandy loam to sandy loam surfaces with very gravelly sandy clay loam to clay subsoils, lime is absent or deeper in the soil profile, well developed (subsoil clay accumulation); nearly complete coverage of the unit indicates Pima County soil survey map units 9 (Caralampi extremely gravelly sandy loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes) and 73 (Sasabe-Caralampi complex, 1 to 15 percent slopes) dominate
Geologic Materials: 
alluvium and residuum associated with sandstone, siltstone and conglomerate, undivided (QTs); early to latest Pleistocene alluvium (Qi1, Qi2, Qi3); Holocene river deposits, undivided (Qyr); and Holocene piedmont alluvium, undivided (Qy) which comprise 42%, 22%,18%, and 13% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
undissected to coarsely dissected, weakly incised fan and pediment surfaces