TOWNSHIP DESCBIPTIONS. 

 Total stand of timber in T. 8 8., R. IS E. 



107 



Composition of forest in T. 8 S.,,R. 18 E., including trees of all species with basal diameters of S inches and 



upward. 



Per cent. 



Lodgepole pine 10 



White-bark pine 1 40 



Subalpi!iie fir 20 



Engelmann spnice 30 



Township 8 South, Eange 19 East. 



Topography. — The southern portion of the township, is situated on the summit 

 of Beartooth Plateau, and comprises a I'olling tract of country at an average alti- 

 tude of 9,800 feet. The central areas are made up of steep slopes and narrow, 

 short spurs stretching north from the rim of the Beartooth Plateau into the 

 canyon of Rocky Fork, which occupies the northern part of the township and 

 marks the termination of the plateau in this direction. The canyon is a narrow 

 valley, sunk nearly 4,000 feet below the summit of the plateau level on the south, 

 and nearly 3,000 feet below the crest of the inclosing ridge oi^ the north. The 

 sides rise steeply, but not precipitously, to the crests, on the south makijig siccess 

 possible to the summit of Beartooth Plateau. The valley is littered with great 

 accumulations of heavy, glacial, bowlder drift. 



Mining. — None. 



Soil. — Gravelly loam, stony, and bowlder strewn. 



Agricultural adaptability. — The tillable land is confined to 150 acres in Rocky 

 Fork Canyon. 



Grazing capacity. — The southern areas, situated on the summit of the' plateau, 

 and small glades in the Rocky Fork bottoms, comprise the grazing areas'. They have 

 been closely sheeped in former years and their present pasturage value is small. 



Dravnage conditions, — The outflow originating in the township, is compara- 

 tively small. It is carried by Rocky Fork Creek, and is used for irrigation enter- 

 prises and for domestic supply in the town of Red Lodge, in the township 

 adjoining on the east. 



