Ecological Land Type

ELT 191e

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
886 m
Minimum in ft: 
2908 ft
Maximum: 
976 m
Maximum in ft: 
3201 ft
Median: 
923 m
Median in ft: 
3028 ft
Soil Summary: 
very deep, very gravelly sandy loam to sand surface soils over gravelly, very gravelly and extremely gravelly sandy loam to sand subsurface layers, soils are limy throughout, moderate to strong development (lime accumulation and cementation); other soils associated with draws and washes are very deep, sandy loams over fine sandy loams, sandy loams, and very gravelly sandy loams, limy throughout, little or no development (relatively recent alluvium); this unit is dominated by Pima County map units 67 (Redo very gravelly sand, 15 to 50 percent slopes and 3 (Anthony fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes) which comprise 76% and 21% of the ELT, respectively
Geologic Materials: 
alluvium and residuum associated with sandstone, siltstone, and conglomerate, undivided (QTs); Holocene piedmont alluvium, undivided (Qy); and middle to late Pleistocene piedmont alluvium, undivided (Qi) which comprise 70%, 23% and 7% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
coarsely dissected, weakly to moderately incised fan and pediment surfaces