Timber Volume 



The 1963 Forest Service survey found that there were almost 

 23 million cords of timber in the Albemarle Area. The top four 

 counties in terms of total timber volume were Gates with 3.7 mil- 

 lion cords, Hyde with 2.8, Tyrrell with 2.5, and Perquimans with 

 2.3. 



There is a relatively even distribution in the area between 

 softwoods and hardwoods. Including pine, there are 11 million 

 cords of softwoods and 11.6 million cords of hardwoods. These 

 figures are comparable in relative amounts to those of the Northern 

 Coastal Plain which also has approximately a 50-50 division between 

 softwoods and hardwoods. 



Table 3 shows the timber volume for each county in the Albe- 

 marle Area - softwood, hardwood, and total for 1963. 



TABLE 3 - NET VOLUME OF ALL TIMBER,* BY TYPE AND COUNTY, 

 ALBEMARLE AREA - 1963 

 (Thousands of Cords) 



PINE &C OTHER 

 COUNTY SOFTWOODS HARDWOODS TOTAL 



Camden 919 1,225 2,144 



Chowan 890 777 1,667 



Currituck 772 1,035 1,807 



Dare 989 507 1,496 



Gates 1,559 2,112 3,671 



Hyde 1,564 1,271 2,835 



Pasquotank 1,233 961 2,194 



Perquimans 912 1,389 2,301 



Tyrrell 1,302 1,192 2,494 



Washington 828 1,192 2,020 



ALBEMARLE AREA 10,968 11,661 22,629 



*Measures of net timber volume include all trees five inches 

 or more in diameter. 



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