78 ab8ar0ka division op yellowstone fobest eeseeve. 



Township 6 South, Range 17 East. 



Topography. — The township consists of a rolling foothill region in the northern 

 and east-central areas, having an altitude of 5,500 to 6,000 feet, and of rough, rocky- 

 mountain spurs in the remainder. The more northern and eastern foothills are low 

 and gently rolling; the western rise to long combs and swells separated by wide 

 canyons with gentle slopes. 



Mining. — None. 



Soil. — Deep loam in the creek bottoms; thin, gravelly, and excessively strewn 

 with bowlders on the uplands. The central areas throughout, and the lower slopes 

 and valleys in the southern, are deeply buried under a mantle of bowlders. 



Agricultural adwptahility. — The creek bottoms in the central and northern 

 areas are arable and generally cultivated. The uplands are mostly too stony for 

 agriculture. 



Grasi/ng capacity. — The uplands in the central and northern areas are grazing 

 lands. Where not under fence they have been excessively overgrazed. 



Drainage conditions. — The outflow originating in the township is of small volume 

 and has its rise in various small springs. West Rosebud Creek carries most of the 

 drainage of the township. Its waters are used for irrigation. 



Snow and rock slides. — These occur only in the southwest corner of the town- 

 ship and are not of frequent occurrence. 



Towns (jmd settlOrtemts. — The agricultural lands are occupied. There are no 

 towns or villages in the township. 



Forest conditions. — Formerly the extreme southern and most of the western 

 areas were forested. Fires have swept the timber out of existence, with the 

 exception of 1,000 acres in the valley of West Rosebud Creek. The stands on this 

 tract consist of thin lines of scrubby yellow pine and red fir, with small proportions 

 of limber pine and a low growth of aspen. 



Woodlands. — Before the advent of white settlers about one-half of the town- 

 ship was covered with a scattering growth of lodgepole pine, limber and yellow 

 pine, and large, compact aspen stands. Cutting has diminished the woodland area 

 and thinned the stands, until only 2,000 acres remain that bear timber enough to 

 be classed as woodland. The growth is everywhere thin and scrubby. 



Cutting. — The entire township, with the exception of small tracts along the 

 south line, has been culled over. Systematic cutting is confined to the lower foot- 

 hills and to the valley of the West Rosebud, where 50 per cent has been cut out. 

 Most of the timber taken has been fuel and pole stuff; the valley has, however 

 supplied saw timber. 



Bums. — The foothills in the central areas and all of the southern tracts have 

 been badly burned over and the timber on them almost totally destroyed. The 



