Ecological Land Type

ELT 168c

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
984 m
Minimum in ft: 
3229 ft
Maximum: 
1106 m
Maximum in ft: 
3630 ft
Median: 
1054 m
Median in ft: 
3458 ft
Soil Summary: 
very deep, gravelly or very gravelly loam and sandy loam surfaces with subsoils ranging from clays to very gravelly sandy clay loams, lime occurs deep in the profile or is lacking altogether, well developed (clay accumulation); unit dominated by Pima County soil survey map units 85 (White House gravelly loam, 1 to 8 percent slopes) and 84 (White House-Caralampi complex, 5 to 25 percent slopes). These units comprise 54% and 44% of the ELT, respectively
Geologic Materials: 
alluvium and residuum associated with early Pleistocene piedmont alluvium , undivided (Qo) and sandstone, siltstone, and conglomerate, undivided (QTs) which comprise 54% and 45% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
undissected to coarsely dissected, weakly incised fan and pediment surfaces