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TIMBER RESOUECES FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE 



Table 1. — Land area oj the United States and Coastal Alaska, by major classes of land and section, region, and State, 



January 1, 1953 ' — Continued 





Total 

 land 

 area 2 



Forest land 



Crop- 

 land 

 in 



farms * 



Pasture and range = 







Total 



Com- 

 mercial 



Noncommercial 



Total 



In 

 farms 



Not in 

 farms 





Section, region, and State 



Total 



Pro- 

 ductive 



but 

 reserved 



Unproductive ' 



Other s 





Total 



Re- 

 served 



Un- 

 reserved 





West: 

 Pacific Northwest: 

 Donglaf-fir subregion 



Thousand 

 acres 

 35. 100 

 69,284 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 29,047 

 25, 082 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 25. 455 

 19, 910 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 3,592 

 5,172 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 1.551 

 688 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 2,041 

 4,484 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 827 

 556 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 1,214 

 3,928 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 2.007 

 9,567 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 1.581 

 33:547 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 1.521 

 15,634 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 



60 

 17, 913 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 2,465 

 1,088 







Total .- _ 



104, 384 



54,129 



45. 365 



8,764 



2.239 



6,525 



1,383 



5,142 



11. .'>74 



35,128 



17, 155 



17. 973 



3,553 









61.641 

 42, 743 



30. 261 

 23,868 



25. 875 

 19,490 



4,386 

 4,378 



960 

 1,279 



3,426 

 3,099 



370 

 1,013 



3.056 

 2,086 



4.568 

 7.006 



25.372 

 9.756 



10,634 

 6,521 



14,738 

 3.235 



1,440 



Washington 



2,113 







Total 



104, 384 



51,129 



45, 365 



8,764 



2,239 



6,525 



1,383 



5.142 



11. 574 



35. 128 



17, 155 



17, 973 



3,553 







California . 



100. 314 



42,541 



17, 317 



25, 224 



1.202 



24,022 



1,941 



22. 081 



10.235 



26. 300 



17, 074 



9,226 



21,238 







Northern Rocky Mountain; 



52, 972 

 93, 362 

 6.619 

 62, 404 



21.025 



22, 330 



1,383 



10, 513 



13. 372 



15.727 

 1.266 

 3.475 



7.653 



6,603 



127 



7.038 



1,475 



1.070 



15 



1,958 



6,178 



5,533 



112 



5,080 



2,140 



1,457 



18 



835 



4,038 



4,076 



94 



4,245 



4.745 



12, 657 



818 



2,712 



22.659 

 56. 324 

 4.321 

 48.234 



6,111 

 42, 498 

 3,321 



27, 513 



16,548 



13, 826 



1,000 



20.721 



4,543 



Montana _ _ . 



2,051 



South Dakota (West) 



Wyoming - 



87 

 945 







Total 



215, 357 



55. 261 



33.840 



21, 421 



4,518 



16,903 



4,450 



12,453 



20,932 



131, 538 



79,443 



52, 095 



7,626 







Southern Rocky Mountain: 



72,688 

 66. 510 

 70, 265 

 77. 767 

 52. 701 



19,212 

 20.834 

 12, 036 

 21,329 

 16, 219 



3.180 

 8.451 

 109 

 5,735 

 3,014 



16, 032 

 12,383 

 11,927 

 15. 594 

 13,205 



223 

 544 

 27 

 617 

 201 



15, 809 

 11,839 

 11,900 

 14. 977 

 13,004 



577 

 767 

 500 

 343 

 609 



15,232 

 11,072 

 11,400 

 14.634 

 12. 395 



1,082 

 11,028 

 619 

 2.393 

 2.053 



47, 469 

 32. 757 

 55, 492 

 50,929 

 31.071 



31.297 

 20,633 



6,217 

 36, 697 



6,815 



16, 172 

 12,124 

 49,275 

 14, 232 

 24,256 



4,925 



Colorado 



1,891 





2.118 





3.116 



Utah 



3.358 







Total 



339. 931 



89,630 



20, 489 



69, 141 



1, 612 



67,529 



2,796 



64. 733 



17. 175 



217, 718 



101,659 



116,059 



15, 408 







Total, West 



759, 986 



241, 561 



117,011. 



124.550 



9,571 



114, 979 



10, 570 



104. 409 



59, 916 



410, 684 



215,331 



195, 353 



47,825 







United States 



1, 903, 824 

 35, 519 



647,686 

 16, 508 



484, 340 

 4,269 



163. 346 

 12.239 



14, 561 

 183 



148, 785 

 12, 056 



10,963 

 701 



137. 822 

 11.355 



411,148 

 3 



693, 246 

 91 



470, 000 

 81 



223,246 

 10 



151,744 



Coastal Alaska 



18. 917 







All reeions 



1. 939. 343 



6'14. 194 



488.609 



175. 585 



14. 744 



160. 841 



11.664 



149. 177 



411.151 



693. 337 



470. 081 



223. 256 



170. 661 



' Source: 1950 Census of Agriculture. 



5 Exclusive of that in forest land. 



6 Farmsteads, roads, powerlines, urban, etc. 



" Includes District of Columbia. 39 thousand acres. 



1 Similar in format to table 1 of Basic Forest Statistics for the United 

 States. Jan. 1945 (revised 1950 issue), but the data are not directly comparable 

 because of changes in standards between 1945 and 1952. 



2 Source: 1950 Bureau of the Census. 



3 Lands currently unproductive for timber, but includes land that may 

 be currently productive for the management of grazing, watershed, recrea- 

 tion, or wildlife resources. 



Table 2. — Commercial forest land area in the United States and Coastal Alaska, by stand-size class and sectioii region, and 



State, January 1, 1953 ' 





Total 



Sawtimbcr stands 



Pole- 

 timber 

 stands 



Seedling 



and 

 sapling 

 stands 



Nonstocked 



Section, region, and State 



Total 



Old- 

 growth 2 



Young 

 growth 



and other 

 areas 



North: 



New England: 

 Connecticut 



Thousand 

 acres 

 1.973 

 16,601 

 3,259 

 4,682 

 430 

 3,713 



Percent 

 0.40 

 3.40 

 .67 

 .96 

 .09 

 .76 



Thousand 



acres 



334 



5,869 



395 



1,916 



14 



1.774 



Thousand 

 acres 



Thousand 



acres 



334 



5,869 



395 



1.916 



14 



1,774 



Thousand 

 acres 

 1,065 

 8,494 

 1,557 

 1,736 

 234 

 1,415 



Thousand 



acres 



529 



1.811 



1.271 



849 



169 



340 



Thousand 

 acres 



45 



Maine. 





427 



Massachusetts . 





36 



New Hampshire... 



181 



Rhode Island _ 





13 



Vermont 



184 







Total... 



30,658 



6.28 



10, 302 





10, 302 



14,501 



4.969 



886 









Middle Atlantic: 



Delaware,, . . ... 



448 



2,897 



1,910 



12,002 



15, 108 



9,860 



.09 



.59 



.39 



2.46 



3.09 



2.02 



242 

 1,416 



174 

 5,029 

 3,279 

 4,862 





242 

 1,416 



174 

 5,029 

 3,279 

 4,862 



134 



896 



906 



4,276 



7,481 



3,298 



60 



451 



733 



2,406 



3,730 



1,462 



12 



Maryland 





134 



New Jersey 





97 



New York 





291 



Pennsylvania 





618 



West Virginia.. 





238 









Total 



42, 225 



8.64 



15.002 





15,002 



16,991 



8,842 



1,390 









Lake States: 



M ichigan 



18, 849 

 18, 098 

 16. 325 



3.86 

 3.70 

 3.34 



2, 5.56 

 2,017 



1,884 





2,556 

 2,017 

 1,884 



5,411 

 5,281 

 5,318 



7,668 

 6,317 

 6,385 



3,214 



Minnesota 





4,483 



Wisconsin 





2,738 









Total 



53,272 



10.90 



6,457 





6,457 



16,010 



20,370 



10, 435 









See footnotes at end of table. 



