Table l.~Land and forest area by county and plixsiographic region. Kentuckx, 1949— Continued 



BLUEGRASS REGION 



County 



Land area 



County 



Land area 



Total 



Forest 



Total 



Fores 



t 



Anderson 



Thousand 

 acres 

 132 

 184 

 161 

 192 

 116 

 132 

 97 

 84 

 166 

 179 

 224 

 135 

 64 

 151 

 160 

 197 

 185 

 240 

 113 

 106 



Thousand 



acres 



33 



64 



38 



4 

 25 

 37 

 28 

 26 

 21 



7 

 68 

 46 

 17 

 25 

 34 

 37 

 39 

 52 



9 

 24 



Per- 

 cent 

 25 

 35 

 24 



2 

 22 

 28 

 29 

 31 

 13 



4 

 30 

 34 

 27 

 17 

 21 

 19 

 21 

 22 



8 

 23 



Lincoln 



Thousand 

 acres 

 218 

 285 

 153 

 164 

 131 

 131 

 118 

 225 

 178 



65 

 182 

 246 

 123 



93 

 196 

 123 



Thousand 

 acres 

 60 

 52 

 24 

 22 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 89 

 62 

 17 

 30 

 26 

 23 

 48 

 42 

 14 



Per- 

 cent 



2S 



Bath 



Madison 



18 



Boone 





16 



Bourbon . . 



Mercer 



15 



Boyle 





19 



Bracken 





20 



Campbell . . 



Oldham 





Carroll 



CKven . 



40 



Clark 







Fayette 



Robertson 



26 



Fleming .■ 





16 



Franklin 



Shelby 



11 



Gallatin .. 





IS 



Garrard 











21 



Harrison 





U 





Total 





Jefferson 









Kenton . 



5,649 



1,221 



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E.\STERN HIGHL.\NDS R.EGION 



Bel! 



Boyd... 

 Breathitt. 

 Carter. . . 

 Clay. . .. 

 Elliott. . . 

 Estill.... 

 Floyd. . . 

 Greenup. 

 Harlan . . 

 Jackson. . 

 Johnson . 

 Knott. . . 

 Knox. . . . 

 Laurel. . . 

 Lawrence 



Lee 



Leslie. . . 



237 

 102 

 316 

 257 

 303 

 154 

 166 

 257 

 224 

 300 

 216 

 169 

 228 

 239 

 284 

 272 

 134 

 264 



201 



85 



58 



57 



260 



82 



166 



65 



223 



74 



110 



71 



121 



73 



191 



74 



154 



69 



273 



91 



156 



72 



116 



69 



191 



84 



154 



64 



185 



65 



177 



65 



106 



79 



242 



92 



Letcher. . . . 



Lewis 



McCreary . . 

 Magoffin . . . 



Martin 



Menifee. . . . 

 Morgan . . . . 



Owsley 



Perry 



Pike 



Powell 



Rockcastle. . 



Rowan 



Whitley , . . . 

 Wolfe 



Total 



217 

 310 

 261 

 194 

 148 

 134 

 236 

 126 

 219 

 503 

 111 

 199 

 186 

 293 

 145 



7.404 



178 



82 



235 



76 



248 



95 



139 



72 



132 



89 



108 



81 



154 



65 



92 



73 



173 



79 



422 



84 



83 



75 



130 



65 



151 



81 



214 



73 



97 



67 



5.640 



76 



i ABLE 2.— Lund area h\ major use and phxsiographic 

 region, Kentucky, 1949 



Land use 



State total 



Western 

 Plateau 



Bluegrass 



Eastern 

 Highlands 



Forest; 



Commercial 



Reserved 



Thousand 

 acres 

 11.446 

 51 



Percent 



44 9 



.2 



Thousand 

 acres 

 4,586 

 50 



Thousand 

 acres 

 1.221 

 (') 



Thousand 

 acres 

 5,639 

 1 



Total 



11,497 

 14.016 



45.1 

 54 9 



4.636 

 7.824 



1.221 

 4.428 



5,640 



Nonforest 



1,764 



Total 



25,513 



100 



12.460 



5.649 



7,404 



Percent 



100 





49 



22 



29 







' Less than 0.5 thousand acres. 



42 



Table 'i.— Commercial forest area by ownersiup and 

 physiographic region, Kentucky, 1949 



Ownership 



State total 



Western 

 Plateau 



Bluegrass 



Eastern 

 Highlands 



Federal: 



National forest .... 

 Other 



Thousand 

 acres 

 406 

 217 



Percent 

 3.5 

 1.9 



Thousand 

 acres 

 38 

 206 



Thousand 

 acres 

 14 



Thousand 

 acres 

 354 

 11 









Total 



623 



53 



' 10,770 



5.4 



.5 



94 1 



244 



15 



4,327 



14 



365 



State 



38 



Private 



1,207 



5,236 







Total 



11,446 



100.0 



4,586 



1.221 



5,639 



Percent , , . 



100 





40 



11 



49 







' Includes less than 1.000 acres of county and municipal forest land. 



Forest Resource Report No. 7, U. S. Department of Agriculture 



