54 MISC. PUBLICATION 11, U. S. DEPT. OF AGEICTJLTURE 



Sales record, Woodland working circle, Pike National Forest 





Compartment 

 and subunit 



Case designation 



Status of 

 sale com- 

 pleted, 

 aban- 

 doned, 

 canceled 



Sale 

 closed 

 (year) 



Cut 



Silvical 

 method 



fol- 

 lowed 



Remarks, 

 including 

 predicted 

 time of 

 next cut 



Sale 

 No. 



Props 



Ties 



Saw 

 timber 



1 



Beerkeg 2 and 3.. 



Spielman, Art, 

 Mar. 4, 1926. 







Linear 

 feet 



Number 



Board 

 feet 























1. INTRODUCTION 



The purposes of this plan are : 



(1) To bring together all the available data concerning this circle that are 

 necessary for the institution of forest management. 



(2) To determine the time, place, and amount of cutting that will best 

 carry out the policies of the Government in managing its forests; and to place 

 the area on a sustained yield basis. 



(3) To establish a permanent timber business centering largely around the 

 town of Woodland Park, Colo. 



The working circle is not being overcut. On the contrary, an immediate 

 increase of about 30 per cent in the annual output and still other increases later 

 are possible under the policy of sustained yield, and are desirable. The urgent 

 need is to arrange for orderly and systematic cutting by a stable industry, in 

 place of sporadic, scattered operations accompanied by poor marketing. 



2. DESCRIPTION OF CIRCLE 



(A) LOCATION AND SIZE 



The circle is located in townships 10 to 13 south, ranges 68 to 70 west, sixth 

 principal meridian, partly in each of Teller, Douglas, and El Paso Counties. 

 On the south, east, and west it is bounded by ridge crests and on the north 

 by Thunder Butte Mountain, low ridges and rugged canyons, all of which, as 

 determined by actual practice in past years, limit the feasible hauling distance. 



The total area within the national forest boundaries is 117,575 acres, of 

 which 93,520 acres is national forest land. See " Status." 



(B) TOPOGRAPHY 



The surface is rolling to broken, being cut by numerous streams. Portions 

 of four drainage basins are involved ; namely, Turkey, West, and Trout Creeks, 

 which flow northerly, and Fountain Creek, which flows southerly. Thus the 

 circle includes the headwaters of several small streams and part of the divide 

 between the South Platte and the Arkansas drainages. The elevation ranges 

 from 7,500 feet on the north to 10,000 feet on the south, with four-fifths of the 

 total area beween 8,000 feet and 9,000 feet. 



(C) CLIMATE 



The growing season is from June 1 to September 1. The total annual 

 precipitation is between 20 and 30 inches and the major portion of it falls 

 during the months of April, May, July, and August. Snow to a depth of 2 to 3 

 feet accumulates on north exposures during the winter. Ordinarily, logging 

 operations can be conducted yearlong, although great seasonal extremes of 

 moisture and temperature are characteristic of the area. 



(D) SOIL 



The soil is loamy gravel resulting largely from the breaking down of the 

 Pikes Peak granite into a coarse gravel. The soil on limited areas in Manitou 

 Park is of limestone and red-bed origin. 



