534 TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE 



Table 16. — Commercial and noncommercial forest land requiring protection from fire in the United States and 





All ownerships 



Federal ownership or trusteeship 



Section, region, and State 



Total 



Protected 2 



Unpro- 

 tected 



Total 



Protected 2 



Unpro- 

 tected 





Total 



Class 1 



Class 2 



Class 3 



Total 



Class 1 



Class 2 



Class 3 



North : 

 New England: 



Thousand 



acres 



1,990 



17,088 



3,288 



4,848 



434 



3,730 



Percent 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 



Percent 

 100 



m 



13 



56 



8 



100 



Percent 

 (?) 

 100 

 87 

 44 

 90 



Percent 



Percent 



Thousana 



acres 



1 



115 



36 



669 



Percent 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 



Percent 

 100 



44 

 100 



98 



Percent 



Percent 



Percent 









56 







Massachusetts 











New Hampshire 







2 









2 









Vermont 





213 



100 



100 























Total 



31. 378 



100 



28 



72 



(3) 





1,034 



100 



93 



7 















Middle Atlantic: 

 Delaware 



454 

 2,920 

 1,958 



14, 450 



15, 205 

 9,907 



100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 



57 

 100 



51 



45 

 100 



38 



43 







1 



70 



33 



125 



501 



900 



100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 



100 

 100 























49 

 47 

 (') 

 11 







100 



98 

 P) 

 17 







New York 



8 





2 

 100 

 83 















West Virginia 



51 

















Total 



44,894 



100 



66 



20 



14 





1,630 



100 



81 



19 















Lake States: 



19, 322 

 19, 344 

 16, 535 



100 

 100 

 100 



72 



5 



25 



25 

 52 

 69 



3 

 43 



6 





2,589 

 3.086 

 1,888 



100 

 100 

 100 



33 

 32 



24 



45 

 54 

 69 



22 

 14 



7 





Minnesota 





"--{{)-' 



Wisconsin __ 



(5) 





Total 



55, 201 



100 



34 



48 



18 



C) 



7,563 



100 



30 



55 



15 



P) 





Central: 

 Illinois 



3,993 

 4,103 

 1,990 

 11,497 

 15, 177 

 5,067 



100 

 100 

 100 

 57 

 59 

 100 





19 

 42 

 49 

 22 

 7 

 66 



81 

 58 

 51 

 28 

 41 

 34 





241 

 172 



22 



723 



1,352 



94 



100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 





60 

 100 



40 















Iowa 









100 





Kentucky 



7 

 11 



43 

 41 



7 



93 



78 

 43 







22 



57 



« 



Ohio 















Total 



41,827 



73 



6 



25 



42 



27 



2,604 



100 



2 



80 



18 



W 





Plains: 



1,668 

 1.480 



942 

 4,302 



776 

 26, 000 



100 



100 



1 



16 



88 



1 





(5) 

 1 



100 

 97 





1 



37 



34 



850 



290 



1,108 



100 

 100 

 23 

 43 

 100 

 34 





100 

 18 

 23 



1 

 1 

 3 







Nebraska 



2 



1 





82 







North Dakota 



99 

 84 

 12 

 99 





77 

 57 



Oklahoma (West) 



(3) 



24 

 (5) 



16 

 59 



1 





42 

 94 

 28 



South Dakota (East) 



5 



(') 



3 



Texas (West) 



66 





Total 



35, 168 



14 



m 



1 



13 



86 



2,320 



46 



3 



3 



40 



54 



Total, North 



208, 468 



80 



29 



33 



18 



20 



15, 151 



92 



31 



44 



17 



8 





South: 

 South Atlantic: 

 North Carolina 



South Carolina. . - 



19. 513 

 11,943 

 15, 832 



90 

 100 

 100 



(3) 

 3 



79 

 53 

 97 



11 



47 

 C^) 



10 



1,710 



768 



1,799 



100 

 100 

 100 



2 



1 



23 



87 

 86 

 77 



11 

 13 



(') 



W 



Virginia. 













Total. 



47,288 



96 



1 



78 



17 



4 



4,277 



100 



11 



82 



7 



(') 



Southeast: 



20,771 



23, 047 



24, 057 

 16, 473 

 12, 558 



100 

 71 

 80 

 78 

 82 





33 



63 

 76 

 46 

 25 



67 



8 



2 



32 



57 



(') 

 29 

 20 

 22 

 18 



794 

 2,053 

 1,639 

 1,264 

 1,085 



99 

 97 



100 

 99 



100 



(') 



89 

 88 

 85 

 90 

 88 



10 

 9 



15 

 9 

 9 



1 

 3 



Florida . 







2 





Mississippi .. 





1 





(3) 



3 







Total 



96, 906 



82 



1 



51 



30 



18 



6,835 



99 



1 



88 



10 



1 





West Gulf: 



Arkansas 



Louisiana 



19, 346 

 15, 990 

 6,027 

 11,708 



80 

 76 

 66 



78 



5 



79 

 43 

 32 

 63 



1 



28 

 34 

 15 



20 

 24 

 34 

 22 



2,840 

 746 

 283 

 738 



97 

 99 

 96 

 99 



(.') 



91 

 84 

 67 

 89 



6 



15 



26 



7 



3 

 1 



4 



1 



Oklahoma (East) 



Texas (East) 



3 

 3 





Total 



53, 071 



77 



2 



59 



16 



23 



4,607 



98 



1 



88 



9 



2 





Total, South -. 



197, 265 



84 



1 



60 



23 



16 



15,719 



99 



4 



86 



9 



1 





See footnotes at end of table. 



