Ecological Land Type

ELT 202a

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
1277 m
Minimum in ft: 
4191 ft
Maximum: 
1846 m
Maximum in ft: 
6055 ft
Median: 
1464 m
Median in ft: 
4803 ft
Soil Summary: 
detailed soil survey information is incomplete for this unit; mapped within the broad scale GES unit 475 characterized by extremely cobbly sandy loams shallow to granite or granite-like bedrock, acid soils lacking lime throughout, minimal soil development, and associated rock outcroppings
Geologic Materials: 
slope alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated mostly with Rice Peak porphyry (TKr); Middle Proterozoic granitic rocks (Yg) and Middle Proterozoic Apache Group and Troy Quartzite (Ya). They comprise 44%, 43%, and 10% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
coarsely to moderately dissected hills with shallow drainage incision