OTHER LAND 



A total of 520,206 acres is classified as other land in the 1967 

 inventor>. This is 56,981 acres less than shown in the 1958 study. 

 Part of this reduction is due to a decrease in the number of farms but 

 most of it relates to the interpretation of the definition of other 

 land. In the 1958 study, some counties showed shale and rock outcrop 

 as other land not in farms even though they were interspersed with the 

 range and timber resource of the area. 



The following chart shows the distribution of the inventory acreage 

 of other lands by land capability class and subclass shows the dominant 

 problem. 



Land Class 



Total 



In Farms 



Not in Farms 



405,377 



114,829 



Total 



520,206 



The subclass letters e, w, s and c relate to the dominant kind of 

 problem in each of the land capability Classes II through VIII. The 

 degree of severity increases with each class. 



Kind of Problem 



In Farms 



Not in Farms 



Total 



e - erosion 

 w - wetness 

 s - soil 

 c - climate 

 Total 



221,623 



18,875 



50,420 



114,222 



405,140 



46,991 

 12,942 

 29,830 

 25.066 

 114,829 



268,614 



31,817 



80,250 



139.288 



519,996 



The 237 acres of Class I land in farms have no limitations. 

 Treatment Needs 



The inventory shows that 55 percent of other lands are adequately 

 treated and 235,260 acres need treatment. Other land in farms includes 

 farmsteads, farm roads, feed lots, ditch banks and fence rows comprising 

 405,377 acres, of which 218,061 acres are adequately treated and 187,361 

 acres need treatment. Other land not in farms includes rural nonfarm 

 residences, investment tracts, strip mines and borrow pits. These com- 

 prise 114,829 acres, of which 58.4 percent is adequately treated or not 

 feasible to treat. 



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