TOWNSHIP DE8CBIPTI0NS. 

 Classification of lands in T. 7 S., R. IS E. 



93 



Forested 



Nonforested 



Badly burned... 

 Logged (culled). 



Agricultural 



Grazing 



Bare rocks 



Acres. 

 12, 040 



11, 000 



6,000 



8,000 



1,000 



3,200 



800 



Total stand of timber in T. 7 S., R. 18 E. 



Mill timber. 



Pole and fuel 

 timber. 



Total volume of 

 all timber. 



Lodgepole pine 



White-bark pine 



Subalpine flr 



Engeltoann spruce 



Aspen and cottonwood 



Total. 



Feet, B. M. 

 2, 000, 000 



800, 000 



Cubic feet. 

 9, 000, 000 

 1, 200, 000 

 900, 000 

 900, 000 

 1, 000, 000 



Cubic feet. 

 9, 360, 000 

 1,200,000 

 900, 000 

 1, 044, 000 

 1, 000, 000 



2, 800, 000 



13, 000, 000 



13, 504, 000 



Composition of forest in T. 7 S., R. 18 E., including trees of all species with basal diameters of 3 inches and 



upward. 



Per cent. 



Limber pine Scattered trees. 



Lodgepole pine 70 



White-bark pine ' 3 



Bed flr Scattered trees. 



Subalpine fir 1 



Engelmann spruce 6 



Aspen and cottonwood 20 



Township 8 South, Range 10 East. 



Topography. — The township consists of high, rocky, alpine and subalpine ridges 

 reaching altitudes of 10,000 feet, with deep and narrow intervening canyons 

 belonging to the drainage basin of Hell Roaring Creek. 



Min ing. — None. 



Soil. — ^Thin, gravelly, stony, and bowlder-strewn throughout. 



Agricultural adaptabiUiy. — ^There are no lands capable of tillage in the town- 

 ship. 



Grazvng capacity. — None. 



Drainage conditions. — Numerous springs, rivulets, and creeks have their rise 

 in the township. 



Snow and rock slides. — Infrequent. 



Tokens and settlements. — None. 



