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ABSABOKA DIVISION OF YELLOWSTONE KOBEST EE8EEVE. 



:Claagifieation of lands in T. 9 S., R. 15 E. 



Acres. 



Forested 11,840 



Nonforested 11,200 



Badly burned 300 



Logged 3,000 



Agricultural None. 



Grazing 4, 000 



Bare rocks 4, 700 



lakes and tarns ; 2, 200 



Total stand of timber in T. 9 S., R. IS E. 



Species. 



Mill timber. 



Pole and fuel 

 timber. 



Total volume of 

 all timber. 



Lodgepole pine 



White-bark pine 



Subalpine fir 



Engelmann spruce . 



Total ... 



Feet B. M. 

 35, 000, 000 



40, 000, 000 



Outncjeet. 



20, 000, 000 

 3,000,000 

 7, 000, 000 

 5, 000, 000 



Cubicfeet, 



26,300,000 

 3, 000, 000 

 7, 000, 000 



12, 200, 000 



75, 000, 000 



35, 000, 000 



48, 500, 000 



Composition of forest in T. 9 S., R. IB E., including trees of ail species mth basal diameters of 3 inches and 



upward. 



Per cent. 



Lodgepole pine.. 40 



White-bark pine ^ 



Subalpine fir 10 



Engelmann spruce 44 



Township 9 South, Range 16 East. 



Topography. — ^The southern and central areas comprise a tract of plateau-like 

 country, with hillocks, irregular ridges and shallow depressions scattered over its 

 surface. In the northern portion of the township the plateau rises in steep and 

 deeply sculptured ridges which attain altitudes of nearly 12,000 feet. 



Mining. — None. 



Soil. — Rocky and gravelly. In the northern areas many of the higher slopes 

 are entirely bare of soil, and present stretches of naked rock or slopes strewn with 

 immense talus accumulations. 



Agricultural adaptability. — The township contains no arable land. 



Grazing capacity. — Most of the tarns and lakelets in the region have small grassv 

 glades fringing their margins, while the high-lying northern areas, where the soil 

 cover is not lacking, bear thin swards of alpine sedges and grasses. The pasturage 

 is on the whole, however, insignificant in extent. 



