Table 4. — Land area, by region and major class oj land, Indiana, 1950 



Class of land 



State 



Northern 



Southern 



Forest: 



Commercial _ _ - ^ 



Thou 



^and acres 



4,082 



58 



Percent 

 17.6 

 .3 



Thousand acres 



1,171 



11 



Thousand acres 

 2,911 





47 



Total 





4,140 

 19,031 



17.9 

 82.1 



1,182 

 12,451 



2,958 



Nonforest 



6,580 



Total land area 







23,171 





100.0 



13,633 



9,538 









Table 5. — Commercial jorest area, by ownership, region, and stand-size class, Indiana, 1950 



Ownership 



Stand-size class 



State 



Northern 



Southern 



Sawtimber 

 stands 



Poletimber 

 stands 



Seedling and 

 sapling stands 



Nonstocked 

 stands ' 



Federal: 



National forest.. 

 Other 



Total 



State 



County and municipal 

 Private 



Total 



Thousand 



103 

 60 



163 



93 



2 



3,824 



4,082 



Percent 

 2. 

 1. 



4.0 

 2.3 



m 



93.7 



Thousand 

 acres 





 11 



Thousand 

 acres 

 103 

 49 



11 



14 



1 



1,145 



152 



79 



1 



2,679 



100.0 



1,171 



2,911 



Thousand 

 acres 



24 

 31 



Thousand 

 acres 



28 

 18 



Thousand 

 acres 



14 

 10 



55 



48 



1 



1,980 



46 



45 



1 



1,245 



2,084 



1,337 



24 



m 



576 



600 



Thousand 

 acres 



37 

 1 



38 



23 

 61 



^ Includes areas not classified elsewhere. 

 2 Less than 0.05 percent. 

 ^ Less than 500 acres. 



Table 6. — Area of commercial Jorest land, by stand-size class and region, Indiana, 1950 



Stand-size class 



St.ite 



Northern 



Southern 



Large sawtimber stands 



Small sawtimber stands 



Poletimber stands.- 



Thousand 



acres 



1,384 



700 



1,337 



600 



61 



Percent 



34 

 17 

 33 

 15 

 1 



Thousand 

 acres 



648 

 131 

 262 

 117 

 13 



Percent 



55 

 11 

 23 

 10 

 1 



Thousand 

 acres 



736 



569 



1,075 



483 



48 



Percent 



IS 

 19 

 37 



Seedling and sapling stands ..... 



17 



Nonstocked stands . 



2 







Total 



4.0S2 



inn 



1,171 



100 



2,911 



inn 









Table 7. — Area oJ commercial forest land, by Jorest type and stand-size class, Indiana, 1950 



White-red-jack pine 



LobloUy-shortleaf pine. 



Oak-pine 



Oak-hickory 



Oak-gum-cypress 



Elm-ash-cottonwood 



Maple-beech-birch 



Aspen-birch 



Forest type 



All types. 



Total 



Thousand 

 acres 



29 



26 



75 



2,362 



138 



993 



418 



41 



4,082 



Sawtimber stands 



Large 



Thousand 

 acres 



658 



61 



414 



248 

 3 



1,384 



Small 



Thousand 

 acres 



5 



5 



464 



21 



136 



69 



700 



Poletimber 

 stands 



Thousand 

 acres 



3 

 16 

 42 

 789 

 43 

 334 

 92 

 18 



1,337 



Seedling and 

 sapling 

 stands 



Thousand 

 acres 



26 



5 



28 



401 



13 



100 



7 



20 



600 



Nonstocked 

 stands 



Thousand 

 acres 



50 



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