NORTH CAROLINA FORESTRY FACTS 



Total area of the state 52,712 sq. mi. 33,735,680 acres 



Total water area 3,570 sq. mi. 2,284,800 acres 



Total land area 49,142 sq. mi. 31,450,880 acres 



Total forest area 29,502 sq. mi. 18,797,245 acres 



Public Ownership of Forest Land 



National Forests, U.S.F.S. Dept. of Agriculture 965,766 acres 



National Parks, Dept. of Interior 249,977 acres 



Other Federal 396,594 acres 



N. C. State Forests 40,000 acres 



N. C. State Parks 10,910 acres 



N. C. State Game Refuges and Farms 80,645 acres 



County and Municipal Forests 56,096 acres 



Other State 93,816 acres 



5.14 per cent 

 1.33 per cent 

 2.12 per cent 

 0.22 per cent 

 0.05 per cent 

 0.42 per cent 

 0.30 per cent 

 0.50 per cent 



10.08 percent 



Private Ownership of Forest Land 



Farm Woodland 9,093,377 acres 



Industrial 1,543,911 acres 



Other 6,266,153 acres 



48.37 per cent 



8.22 per cent 



33.33 per cenc 



89.92 per cent 



Timber Stand 



Estimated saw timber stand 1938* 43,606,600 M. bd. ft. 



Estimated saw timber stand 1945 41,121,000 M. bd. ft. 



Estimated under-saw timber stand 1938* 78,464,000 cords 



Estimated under-saw timber stand 1945 87,263,000 cords 



Total volume in standard cords of all sound wood, 1938* 256,962,400 cords 



(excluding chestnut) 1945 257,863,000 cords 



♦Figures from U. S. Forest Survey 



