Ecological Land Type

ELT 153c

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
784 m
Minimum in ft: 
2572 ft
Maximum: 
865 m
Maximum in ft: 
2838 ft
Median: 
816 m
Median in ft: 
2677 ft
Soil Summary: 
very deep, gravelly sandy loam or very gravelly fine sandy loam over gravelly sandy loam and gravelly sandy clay loam or fine sandy loam or loam; limy at or within a foot or so of the surface; no or modest development (clay accumulation or movement); nearly complete coverage of the unit indicates Pima County soil survey map units 55 (Palos Verdes-Sahuarita complex 2 to 8 percent slopes) and 54 (Palos Verdes-Jaynes complex 2 to 8 percent slopes) dominate. They comprise 91% and 9% of the ELT, respectively
Geologic Materials: 
alluvium and residuum associated with early to latest Pleistocene alluvium (Qi1, Qi2, Qi3) which comprises 93% of the unit
Landforms: 
undissected to coarsely dissected, weakly incised fan and pediment surfaces