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TABLE 1.— FOREST FIRES IN XORTH CAROLINA DURING 1910. COMPARATIVE 

 STATEMENT. SUMMARY OF REPORTS FROM CORRESPONDENTS BY 

 REGIONS, FOR 1910 AND 1909. 



! Mountain. Piedmont. Coastal Plain. State. 



1910. 1909. 1910. 1909. 1910. 1909. 1910. 1909. 



Total number of townships in region 166 450 364 ___ 980 



Number of tcTwnships reporting-..- 51 146 131 328 



Number of replies received 48 47 142 61 131 50 321 158 



Number of forest fires reported 1.36 249 258 86 312 272 706 607 



Total area burnt over, in acres .... 80,825 166,295 1.58,948 100,670 .3.39,780 1.39,100 579,553 406,065 



Total area growing merchantable 



timber burnt over, in acres 64,250 128,145 46,839 77,735 142,010 51.025 253.099 256,905 



Total area of second growth, not 

 vet merchantable, burnt over, 

 in acres 7,190 13,100 55,712 14. .5.55 78,7.35 27,050 141,637 54,705 



Total area of cut-over land burnt 



over, in acres 9,385 25,050 56,397 8,380 119.035 61,025 184,817 94,405 



Total standing timber destroved in 



M. ft. bd. measure 6,915 17,325 12,553 11,027 42,550 9,280 62,018 37,632 



Value of timber destroved, in 



.dollars.— S 25,095 8 47,520S 35,930-5 33,374 §108,995 -S 26, 360 $170, 020 S107, 254 



Value of forest products destroyed, 



in dollars -S 28,215$ 17,075 -SlOO, 415 -S 39, 425 $129, 545 -S .30, 245 $258, 175 S 86,745 



Value of improvements destroved, 



in dollars $ 19,375$ 26,550$ 25,615$ 14,750$ .53,805$ 17,105$ 98,795$ 58,405 



Number of lives lost 10 10 3 5 



Cost to private individuals to fight 



fire.... .-..$ 13,155$ 6,650$ 10,503$ 1,059$ 11,780$ 6,355$ 35,438$ 14,064 



