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Table 36. — Annual mortality of sawtimber on commercial forest land in the United States, by cause, section, and region, 1962 



(Thousand board feet, International K-inch log rule) 





Mortahty cause 



.Section and region 



Fire 



Insects 



Disease 





All species 



Softwoods 



Hardwoods 



All species 



Softwoods 



Hardwoods 



All species 



Softwoods 



Hardwoods 



New England - - -. - 



6,900 

 29, 000 



4,100 

 67, 745 



2,800 

 5,600 

 2,352 

 1,038 



4,100 

 23, 400 



1,748 

 66, 707 



93, 600 

 24. 600 

 27, 603 

 21, 700 



85, 500 



7,300 



7,072 



946 



8,100 

 17, 300 

 20, 531 

 20, 754 



409, 400 

 167, 500 

 271, 110 

 280, 781 



233, 300 



86, 100 



32, 617 



2,160 



176, 100 



Middle Atlantic -- 



81,400 





238, 493 



Central - - -- 



278, 621 







Total, North _ _ 



107, 745 



11, 790 



95, 955 



167, 503 



100, 818 



66, 685 



1, 128, 791 



354, 177 



774, 614 







South Atlantic - . ._ 



58, 600 

 56, 400 

 59, 000 

 54, 000 



44, 300 

 50, 600 

 11, 000 

 21, 000 



14, 300 



5,800 



48, 000 



33, 000 



84, 200 

 85, 300 

 51, 000 

 117,000 



63, 600 

 60, 600 

 48, 000 

 114,000 



20, 600 

 24, 700 

 3,000 

 3,000 



39, 300 



28, 500 

 16, 000 

 29, 000 



21, 500 



20, 400 



5,000 



3,000 



17, 800 



East Gulf 



8,100 



Central Gulf -- --- 



11,000 



West Gulf- 



26, 000 







Total, South - - - 



228, 000 



126, 900 



101, 100 



337, 500 



286, 200 



51, 300 



112, 800 



49, 900 



62, 900 









230, 584 



616, 111 



75, 129 



130, 319 



230, 584 

 510, 283 

 75, 129 

 128, 534 





3, 082, 371 

 355, 164 



1,111,777 

 361, 871 



3, 082, 371 

 355, 164 



1, 111, 500 

 353, 748 





806, 500 

 453, 061 

 835, 300 

 470, 431 



772, 157 

 452, 616 

 821, 256 

 354, 606 



34, 343 

 445 





5,828 

 i,"785' 





Northern Rocky Mountain . 



277 

 8,123 



14,044 





115, 825 







Total, West ..- -- -- -- 



952, 143 



944, 530 



7,613 



4,911,183 



4, 902, 783 



8,400 



2, 565, 292 



2, 400, 635 



164, 657 







Total, all regions . 



1, 287, 888 



1, 083, 220 



204,668 



6, 416, 186 



6,289,801 



126, 386 



3,806,883 



2, 804, 712 



1, 002, 171 













Mortality cause 



Section and region 



Other 1 





U 



nknown 





All species 



Softwoods 



Hardwoods 



All species 



Softwoods 



Hardwoods 



New England _ _._._.-_ 



161, 100 

 230, 400 

 606, 297 

 303, 264 



124, 400 



29, 600 



163, 069 



9,266 



36, 700 

 200, 800 

 443, 228 

 293, 998 









Middle Atlantic . - --- - --- 



4,200 



3,400 



800 



Lake States 







93, 350 





93, 350 















1, 301, 061 



326, 335 



974, 726 



97, 550 



3,400 



94, 150 













388, 600 

 164, 600 

 283, 000 

 259, 000 



163, 600 

 94, 200 

 69, 000 

 89, 000 



225, 000 



70, 400 



214, 000 



170, 000 



687, 300 

 332, 200 

 450, 000 

 589, 000 



158, 000 

 149, 200 

 93, 000 

 106, 000 



429, 300 



East Gulf -- -- 



183, 000 





357, 000 



West Gulf - - - --- - -- 



483, 000 











Total South 



1, 095, 200 



415,800 



679, 400 



1, 958, 500 



506, 200 



1, 452, 300 











Pacific Northwest . -- 



1, 660, 410 

 925, 882 

 543, 970 

 137, 549 



1, 626, 067 

 917, 079 

 537, 642 

 128, 534 



34, 343 



8,803 

 6,328 

 9,015 



1 



191, 706 



1, 113, 313 



78, 393 







Northern Rocky Mountain __ _ _ _ _ 



223, 700 

 88, 562 



223, 410 

 63,948 



290 





24, 614 











Total West 



3, 267, 811 



3, 209, 322 



58, 489 



1, 503, 968 



1, 400, 671 



103, 297 











Total, all regions 



6, 664, 072 



3,951 457 



1, 712. 615 



3, 560, 018 



1, 910, 271 



1. 649. 747 





















' Weather, animals, suppression, etc. 



