land use is not static. Exact determinations must await WILL FOREST ACREAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE? 



new aerial photography, as most counties now have pho- 

 tographs dating back to 1938. 



Forest areas do not include "built up" residential areas 

 outside of town limits since these sections are unlikely to 

 be cut over by a commercial operation. 



Except in mountainous and swampy areas, much of 

 North Carolina's present forest acreage was at one time 

 cleared for agriculture. The cycle of woods clearing and 

 field abandonment is slowing as agricultural leaders urge 



COUNTY STATISTICS: 



Table la. 

 NORTH COASTAL PLAIN 

 TOTAL LAND, FOREST, AND NON-FOREST AREA 



County Gross Area Water Area Land Area Non-forest Area 



Beaufort 612,480 



Bertie 461,440 



Camden 197,120 



Carteret 680,320 



Chowan 149,760 



Craven 502,400 



Currituck 300,160 



Dare 797,440 



Edgecombe 327,040 



Gates 223,360 



Halifax 463,360 



Hertford 231,040 



Hyde 872,960 



Martin 308,480 



Nash 353,280 



Northampton 348,160 



Pamlico 368,640 



Pasquotank 185,600 



Perquimans 207,360 



Pitt 419,840 



Tyrrell 373,120 



Washington 268,800 



Wilson 238,720 



Regional Totals 8,890,880 2,110,080 6,780,800 2,640,048 



Forest Area % Forest Area 



80,640 



531,840 



168,061 



363,779 



68.4 



17,920 



443,520 



136,604 



306,916 



69.2 



44,160 



152,960 



60,572 



92,388 



60.4 



339,840 



340,480 



87,163 



253,317 



74.4 



34,560 



115,200 



67,968 



47,232 



41.0 



38,400 



464,000 



103,472 



360,528 



77.7 



125,440 



174,720 



94,968 



80,022 



45.8 



549,120 



248,320 



77,228 



171,092 



68.9 





327,040 



190,332 



136,708 



41.8 



3,840 



219,520 



57,953 



161,567 



73.6 



1,280 



462,080 



222,723 



239,357 



51.8 



3,200 



227,840 



82,706 



145,134 



63.7 



467,200 



405,760 



102,657 



303,108 



74.7 



640 



307,840 



116,671 



191,169 



62.1 





353,280 



121,456 



148,024 



41.9 



2,560 



345,600 



171,418 



174,182 



50.4 



150,400 



218,240 



72,237 



146,003 



66.9 



39,040 



146,560 



80,022 



66,538 



45.4 



40,320 



167,040 



70,658 



96,382 



57.7 





419,840 



225,874 



193,966 



46.2 



117,760 



255,360 



41,879 



213,481 



83.2 



53,760 



215,040 



58,276 



156,764 



72.9 





238,720 



145,620 



93,100 



39.0 



4,140,752 



61.1 



COUNTY STATISTICS: 



Table lb. 

 SOUTH COASTAL PLAIN 

 TOTAL LAND, FOREST, AND 



NON-FOREST AREA 



County 



Gross Area 



Water Area 



Land Area 



Non-forest Area 



Forest Area % Forest Area. 



Bladen 570,240 7,680 562,560 137,265 425,295 75.4 



Brunswick 580,480 21,760 558,720 86,602 472,118 84.5 



Columbus 610,560 9,600 600,960 129,206 471,754 78.5 



Cumberland 423,680 640 423,040 142,565 280,475 66.3 



Duplin 526,720 640 526,080 178,341 347,739 66.1 



Greene 172,160 172,160 98,820 73,340 42.6 



Harnett 388,480 640 387,840 149,706 238,134 61.4 



Hoke 265,600 640 264,960 87,437 177,523 67.0 



Johnston 508,800 508,800 275,770 233,030 45.8. 



Jones 299,520 640 298,880 66,949 231,931 77.6- 



Lee 163,840 640 163,200 61,363 101,837 62.4 



Lenoir 250,240 250,240 121,116 129,124 51.6. 



Moore 430,720 640 430,080 108,810 321,270 74.7 



New Hanover 144,000 19,840 124,160 33,027 91,133 73.4 



Onslow 515,840 32,000 483,840 110,799 373,041 77.1 



Pender 556,160 7,680 548,480 83,369 465,111 84.8- 



Richmond 309,120 3,840 305,280 123,869 191,411 62.7 



Robeson 606,720 2,560 604,160 277,309 327,455 54.2' 



Sampson 616,320 616,320 248,377 367,943 59.7 



Scotland 202,880 202,880 90,079 112,801 55.6 



Wayne 355,200 355,200 179,376 175,824 49.5 



Regional Totals 8,497,280 109,440 8,387,840 2,780,155 5,607,685 66.9 



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