52 ABSAROKA DIVISION OV YELLOWSTONE FOBEST RESERVE. 



Mining. — None. 



Soil. — -Clayey loam. Sandy, gravelly, and bowlder-strewn tracts are of common 

 occurrence in the valleys. 



Agriouitwral adaptabildty. — The valleys are agricultural where not too stony. 

 In some localities the uplands are tillable without irrigation, but in general the higher 

 ground can not be cultivated successfully without irrigation. 



Grazing cofpaoity. — The entire township, outside the tracts actually in cultiva- 

 tion, is essentially a grazing area. 



Drcumage conditions. — Very little drainage originates in the township. Water 

 for irrigation is obtained from the streams, chiefly from Stillwater River, that head 

 in the mountain regions to the south. 



Snow and rook slides. — None. 



Towns and settlements. — ^Farmsteads are scattered throughout the township on 

 the agricultural lands. There are no villages or towns. 



Forest conditions. — The township contains no forested ^reas. 



Woodkmds. — Scattered trees and small copses of aspen, red fir, and limber pine 

 occur over most of the township. The growth is too thin to classify the tract even 

 as woodland, in the strict sense of the word. 



Cuttimg. — The timber has been culled over throughout for farm uses. 



Bums. — None. 



Reproduction. — There is a moderate amount of young growth in the southern 

 portions of the township, where stands of red fir are springing up on many of the 

 northern slopes and show a marked tendency to spread into the adjoining grassy, 

 nontimbered areas. Most of the district is capable of supporting moderately well- 

 stocked stands of red fir and limber pine. Its present grassy, lightly timbered con- 

 dition is wholly due to repeated fires during centuries of Indian occupancy, with the 

 consequent suppression of seedling growth. 



Uiidergroioth. — None. 



Litter. — None. 



EM7nus. — None. 



ClasdficaMon of lands in T. 4 S., E. 16 E. 



Acres. 

 Woodland grazing . ^ 20,500 



Agricultural ^ 2, 540 



Total stand of timber {pole and fuel) in T. 4 S., R. 16 E. 



Cubic feet. 

 Limber pine, yellow pine, red fir 900 OOO 



Composition of the woodland stands in T. 4 S., R. 16 E., including trees of all species with basal diameters of 



S inches and upward. 



Per cent. 

 Limber pine 30 



Yellow pine 20 



Bed fir qq 



