Ecological Land Type

ELT 152a

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
829 m
Minimum in ft: 
2719 ft
Maximum: 
1556 m
Maximum in ft: 
5105 ft
Median: 
1076 m
Median in ft: 
3530 ft
Soil Summary: 
detailed soil survey information is not available for this unit; correlates with GES unit 303 characterized by extremely cobbly sandy loams shallow to moderately deep 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 Cretaceous Granite and related rocks (Kg) and Catalina-Rincon igneous metamorphic complex (TXm). They comprise 76% and 13% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
moderately dissected mountain slopes with deep drainage incision