FORESTRY SURVEY 271 



Summary by Townships of the Timber Soil and 

 Forested Areas. 



ToicnsMp Timher soil Forest 



(Acres) (Acres) 



Mendota 



Merideu 150 75 . 



Ophir 750 200 



Waltham 600 20 



Wallace 60 20 



Trov Grove 2600 500 



Dimmick 5300 680 



Earl 3200 850 



Freedom 1500 150 



Adams 2400 175 



Serena 7000 1300 



Peru 3S00 800 



La Salle 4300 800 



Dayton (in part) 2260 250 



Vermilion (in part) 1100 540 



Totals 35020 6530 



Summary. 



1. This report covers the forest survey of 16 townships 

 (3 in part only) in the northwest portion of La Salle 

 County, Illinois, covering an area of approximately 440 

 square miles. 



2. In these townships the potential forests, as repre- 

 sented by the distribution of the upland timber and terrace 

 soils, amount to an area of approximately 35,020 acres, or 

 12.5% of the total area covered by the survey. 



3. The total forested area is approximately 6,530 acres 

 or 2.3% of the area included in the survey. 



4. About three-fourths of the woodland area belongs to 

 the upland oak forest type, the remaining fourth including 

 areas of dry oak, rich bottom and mixed forest types. 



5. Grazing is so universally practiced and so intensive 

 in its character that not over 5% of the oak and bottom 

 forests show reproduction in progress at the time of the 

 survey. 



