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and steep declivities. The western quarter of the township is cut by the canyon of 

 Stillwater River, which is 3,000 to 3,500 feet below the summits of the inclosing 

 ridges, whose slopes rise steep and precipitous from the narrow cliff-bound valley 

 of the stream. The eastern areas are traversed by Rock Creek Canyon, a narrow 

 rift between towering walls of rock. 



Mining. — None. 



Soil. — Thin, stony, and gravelly, with small admixtures of loam. 



Agricultural adaptability. — None except a few small tracts in the Stillwater 

 bottoms, 360 acres in all. 



Grazing capacity. — None. 



Drainage conditions. — ^The run -off is of moderate volume and is carried by 

 Stillwater River and Rock Creek, both of which are utilized for irrigation purposes 

 on lands situated in townships adjoining on the north. Many of the high northern 

 slopes cari'y banks of snow throughout the summer. 



Snmo and rock slides. — Frequent along the steep breaks of Stillwater River 

 and Rock Creek. 



Towns and settlements. — No towns exist in the region. There are two or three 

 farmsteads in Stillwater Valley. 



Forest conditions. — The forest is chiefly of the subalpine type. It occurs in 

 thin, scattering stands on the rocky slopes and in small compact bodies hei'e and 

 there on the summits of the lower and broader ridges. It contains little mill 

 timber, all of very inferior qualitj' and mostly inaccessible. It is chiefly valuable 

 as a factor in insuring stability of slope. 



Cutting. — Small quantities in Stillwater Valley have been cut for farm uses. 



Surns. — Tracts in the northern areas (400 acres) have been burned over within 

 the past seven or eight years. 



Heproduction.^-ljovr throughout, generally insufficient to maintain or increase 

 the present stands. 



Undergrowth. — ^Scanty; mostly composed of low-growing huckleberry shrubs. 



Litter. — On the burned-over areas the litter, consisting chiefly of the uncon- 

 sumed trees, is moderately abundant; elsewhere its amount is tiifling. 



Humus. — None. 



^ Classificalion of lands in T. 6 S., R. IB E. 



Acres. 



Forested - 9, 100 



Nonforested 13, 940 



Bafily burned 400 



Logged None. 



Agricultural 350 



Grazing None. 



Bare rocks and alpine areas 13, 100 



Lakes, tarns, and streams 90 



