82 TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICAS FUTURE 



Table 52. — Comparative characteristics afforest ownership in the United States and Coastal Alaska, 1953 





Number of 

 ownerships 



Commercial 

 forest land 



Live sawtinr 



iber volume 



Grow- 

 ing 

 stock 



Proportion 

 of recenth- 

 cut land in 



Type of ownership 



Area 



Average 

 holding 



Total 



Soft- 

 wood 



Hard- 

 wood 



Average 



stand 

 per acre 



upper pro- 

 ductivity 

 class 



Private: 

 Farm 



Thou- 

 sands 

 3,383 



21 



0) 



2 



Percent 

 75 



1 



0) 



(') 



Percent 

 34 



7 

 5 



1 



Acres 

 49 



1,630 



146, 390 



2, 200 



Percent 

 15 



Percent 

 9 



Percent 

 41 



Bd.-ft. 

 1,900 



Percent 

 20 



Percent 



41 



Forest industries: 



Lumber manufacture __ 



73 



Pulp manufacture 













84 



Other wood manufacture 













73 





} 37 



35 



47 



4,000 



39 





Total, forest industries. _ 

 "Other" private 



23 

 1, 104 



1 



24 



13 



26 



2,660 

 118 



r 77 

 I 52 







Total, all private 



4,510 



100 



73 



79 



52 



44 



88 



3,000 



59 



56 



Public: 



National forest _ - _ _ 





17 

 2 



1 

 1 





37 

 2 



4 

 1 



45 

 3 



5 



C) 



6 

 1 



(') 



1 



9,000 

 6,500 



12, 700 

 2,000 



31 

 2 



3 

 1 



81 



Indian 







74 



Bureau of Land Manage- 

 ment 







80 



Other Federal 







80 











Total, Federal 







21 

 4 

 2 



0) 





44 

 3 



} ' 



53 

 3 



(') 



8 

 3 



1 



8,700 

 3,300 



1, 500 



37 

 3 



1 



80 



State 







77 



County 







r 76 

 1 93 



Municipal and local 















Total, all public 







27 





48 



56 



12 



7,500 



41 



80 











All ownerships - - - 







100 





100 



100 



100 



4, 200 



100 



65 











• Less than 0.5. 



Table 53. — Proportion of commercial forest land in private ownership, 1953 









Size of holding (acres) 







Type of ownership 



All 

 sizes 



50,000 and 

 larger 



5,000- 

 50,000 



500-5,000 



100-500 



Less than 

 100 



Farm _ -_._._. 



Percent 

 33.8 



Percent 

 0. 1 



Percent 

 0.9 



Percent 

 4.8 



Percent 

 12. 1 



Percent 

 15.9 







Forest industries: 



Lumber manufacture 



7. 1 



4. 8 



.9 



3.8 



4. 5 



. 4 



2. 2 

 . 3 

 .5 



. 6 



(') 

 (') 



. 4 



. 1 



Pulp manufacture 





Other wood manufacture 



(') 



(') 







Total, forest industries 



12. 8 



8.7 



3.0 



.6 



. 4 



. 1 







Other private . 



26.7 



3. 1 



3.2 



4. 1 



7.5 



8. 8 







Total, all private, . .. -.__,_ 



73.3 



Acres 

 79 



11.9 



Acres 

 206, 067 



7. 1 

 Acres 

 14, 879 



9. 5 



Acres 

 1,001 



20.0 



Acres 

 167 



24.8 



Average size of holding 



Acres 



31 







' Less than 0.1 percent. 



