TOWNSHIP DESCEIPTIONS. 



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Woodlands. — The woodlands comprise 60 per cent of the tract. The timber 

 occurs as small copses, thin lines, and single trees scattered over the entire tract. 

 The growth is composed of limber pine, red fir, and yellow pine. The pines are 

 mostly old growths, while of the red fir 60 per cent are sapling stands. 



Cutting. — None. 



Burns. — In the northwest corner 1,500 acres of land formerly forest covered 

 have been burned over within the past six or eight years. 



EeproducUon. — Red fir is reproducing freely, and in many places along the west 

 line of the township this species is encroaching on the woodland area. The repro- 

 duction of the limber and yellow pine is slow and deficient. 



Undergrowth. — Very sparse; in most places lacking. 



Litter. — None. 



Humus. — None. 



ClassificaMon of lands in T. 4 S., R. IB E. 



Acres. 



Forested None. 



Wooded... : 13,000 



Nontimbered 10,040 



Badly burned 1,500 



Logged — None. 



Agricultural None. 



Grazing 8, 540 



Total stand of timber in T. 4 S., R. IB E. 



Mill timber. 



Pole and fuel 

 timber. 



Total Tolume of 

 all timber. 



Feet B. M. 



Limber pine . 

 Yellow pine . 

 Eedflr 



100, 000 

 400, 000 



Total. 



500, 000 



Cubic feet. 

 850, 000 

 50, 000 

 900, 000 



1, 800, 000 



OuMcfeet. 

 850, 000 

 68, 000 

 972, 000 



1, 890, 000 



Composition of forest in T. 4 S., R. IB E., including trees of all species with basal diameters of 3 inches and 



upward.^ 



Per cent. 



Limber pine 37 



Yellow pine -' 2 



Eedflr 60 



Aspen and cotton wood , 1 



Township 4 South, Range 16 East. 



Topography. — The township consists of a rolling table-land varying in elevation 

 from 6,500 to 6,000 feet. It is cut and furrowed by numerous shallow canyons, 

 ravines, and gullies, and in its eastern portion by the valley of Stillwater River. 



