TOWNSHIP DESCRIPTIONS. 65 



Litter. — None, or but trifling amounts. 

 Hwmus. — None. 



Classificaiion of lands in T. 5 S., R. 16 E. 



Acres. 



Forested 1,000 



Wooded 3,000 



Nontimbered ' 19,040 



Badly burned ■. 2,000 



Logged and culled 4, 000 



Agricultural grazing 17, 040 



Total stand of timber [pole and fuel) in T. 5 S., R. 16 E. 



Cubic feet. 



Limber pine 200, 000 



Lodgepole pine 120, 000 



Yellow pine 100, 000 



Total 420,000 



Composition of forest in T. 5 S., R. 16 E., including trees of all species viilh basal diameters of 3 inches and 



upward. 



Per cent. 



Limber pine 1 



Lodgepole pine 70 



Yellow pine Scattered trees. 



Eedfir 10 



Aspen and cottonwood 19 



Composition of the woodland growth in T. 5 S. , iS. 16 E. , including trees of all species with basal diameters of 



3 inches and upward. 



Per cent. 

 Limber pine 60 



Yellow pine 10 



Bed fir..., 30 



Township 5 South, Range 17 East. 



Topography. — ^This township consists of a rolling, upland region, with lon^ 

 ridges and swells, irregular hillocks of bowlder drift, and broad levels intersected 

 by shallow creek bottoms. 



Mining. — ^None. 



Soil. — Deep, clayey loam in the valleys and creek bottoms, thin on the ridges 

 and steeper slopes. Much of the southern portion is covered with coarse gravel 

 and bowlders. 



AgriGultural adaptaMlity. — Most of the creek bottoms are tillable. The uplands 

 could be cultivated in manj' localities were water for irrigation obtainable. 

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