32 ABSAKOKA DIVISION OF YELLOWSTONE FOBEST EESEKVE. 



Total stand of timber in T. S S., R. U E. , 



Species. 



Mill timber. 



Pole and fuel 

 timber. 



Total volume of 

 ali timber. 



Limber pine- 



Lodgepole pine 



Yellow pine 



Bed fir 



Engelmann spruce . 



Total 



800, 000 



9, 000, 000 



550, 000 



Otibiefeet. j 

 3, 000, 000 

 3, 000, 000 



500, 000 

 5,000,000 



400, 000 



CvMcfeel. 

 3, 000, 000 

 3, 000, 000 



644, 000 

 6, 620, 000 



499, 000 



10, 350, 000 



11,900,000 



13, 763, 000 



Composition of forest in T. S S., R. 14 E., including trees of all species with basal diameters of S inches and 



upward. 



Per cent. 



Limber pine 15 , 



Lodgepole pine 25 



Yellow pine 3 



Red fir 56.7 



Engelmann spruce 3 



Township 3 South, ^ang'e 10 East. 



Topography. — The portion of this township within the limits of the reserve has 

 an area of 15,360 acres, consisting mostly of extremely steep, rough, and rocky 

 crests, peaks, and slopes with deep and narrow intervening canyons. On the north 

 and west the township is bordered by the levels of the Yellowstone Valley, from 

 which, beyond an intermediate narrow strip of broken foothill region, the moun- 

 tainous areas rise with steep, bold fronts to elevations of 10,000 feet. The summits 

 of the ridges generally are narrow, and together with the upper slopes and their 

 numerous precipitous rock escarpments, show everywhere deeply fissured, rapidly 

 crumbling strata. 



Mining. — None. 



Grazing capacity. — The grazing areas of the township at the lower elevations 

 consist of small parks and openings, scattered glades at the heads of the canyons, 

 bare grass or sedge-covered ridges at or above timber line, and tracts temporarily 

 deforested by recent fires; in all, 800 acres. 



Agricultural adaptahility. — No portion of the township is suitable for agricul- 

 tural operations. The valleys are too narrow and stony, the slopes too high and 

 steep, and, in general, the elevation too high. 



Soil. — Generally thin, stony, and bowlder-strewn throughout. 



Drainage and vMtershedding capacity. — The higher areas of the township shed 

 large quantities of water, many of the high northern slopes carrying snow throughout 



