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Drainage conditions. — Owing to the altitude and position of the township it 

 receives large- quantities of snow, and the run-off is large. There are no lakes 

 nor tarns, but numerous springs and creeks. The tract supplies important feeders 

 to East Boulder River and to the Stillwater drainage. 



Stiow and rock slides. — Infrequent. 



Towns and settlements. — None. 



Forest conditions. — The forest of the township consists chiefly of lodgepole 

 pine in the sapling stage, mixed, at high elevations, with stocky white-bark pine, 

 Engelmann spruce, and subalpine fir. With the possible exception of a small 

 tract in the southeast corner in the West Fork of Stillwater Valley, it is practically 

 inaccessible to logging operations. 



Cutting. — None. 



Bums. — Very extensive burns dot the township in all directions, but, more 

 particularly in the northern areas. The fires date back seven or eight years, 

 and have made a clean sweep of the timber wherever they burned. 



Reproduction. — The young growth is insufficient to fuUj' stock the forest to 

 its ultimate capacity. The burned-over areas are not freely restocking. Lodgepolq 

 pine is the chief species in the reforestations. 



Undergrowth. — Scanty. 



Litter. — There is a large amount of litter, both in the green stands and on the 

 burned-over areas. Most of it is composed of fire-killed and unconsumed timber. 



Murmos. — None. 



Classification of lands in T. 6 S. , R. 14 E. 



Acres. 

 Forested 1 1, 240 



Nonforested 11,800 



Badly burned 9, 000 



Logged None. 



Agricultural None. 



Grazing None. 



Bare rocks 2,800 



Total stand of timber in T. 5 S., R. 14 E. 



Species. 



Mill timber. 



Pole and fuel 

 timber. 



Total volume of 

 all timber. 



Lodgepole pine 



White-bark pine . . . 



Subalpine flr 



Engelmann spruce . 



Total 



Feet B. M: 

 5, 000, 000 



3, 500, 000 



8, 500, 000 



Chibicfeet. 

 8, 800, 000 

 1, 000, 000 

 4, 800, 000 

 2, 000, 000 



16, 600, 000 



Cubicfeet. 

 9, 700, 000 

 1, 000, 000 

 4, 800, 000 

 2, 630, 000 



18, 130, 000 



