536 



TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AJMERICA'S rUTTTRE 

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









All OWE 



erships 









Federal ownership or trusteeship 



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Section, region, and State 



Total 



Protected 2 



Unpro- 

 tected 



Total 



Protected 2 



Unpro- 

 tected 





Total 



Class 1 



Class 2 



Class 3 



Total 



Class! 



Class 2 



Class 3 



West: 

 Pacific Northwest: 



Thotisand 

 acres 

 30,261 

 23,870 



Percent 

 100 

 100 



Percent 

 1 

 1 



Percent 

 96 

 95 



Percent 

 3 

 4 



Percent 



Thousand 

 acres 

 18. 087 

 11, 580 



Percent 

 100 

 100 



Percent 



1 

 P) 



Percent 

 98 

 97 



Percent 

 1 

 3 



Percent 



Washington _- - 













Total - 



54,131 



100 



1 



96 



3 





29,667 



100 



1 



98 



1 













52, 082 



100 



12 



42 



46 





24,471 



100 



13 



34 



53 











Northern Rocky Moon tain: 

 Idaho 



21, 025 



22,330 



1,393 



10, 513 



100 

 100 

 100 

 99 



19 

 15 

 26 

 25 



73 

 69 

 73 

 51 



8 

 16 



1 

 23 





16, 339 



16,457 

 1,029 

 9,950 



100 

 100 

 100 

 100 



18 

 13 

 35 

 26 



75 

 77 

 65 

 52 



7 

 10 











South Dakota (West) 









1 



22 









Total --- 



65,261 



100 



19 



67 



14 



(5) 



43, 775 



100 



19 



69 



12 









Southern Rocky Mountain: 

 Arizona .- 



19, 212 

 20,834 

 12, 036 

 21,329 

 16, 219 



92 

 88 

 99 

 76 

 100 



3 



50 

 30 



33 



52 

 34 

 62 



54 

 56 



37 

 4 

 7 

 22 

 11 



8 

 12 



1 

 24 



15, 946 

 15, 755 

 11, 644 

 11,944 

 14,610 



100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 



4 

 62 

 31 



1 

 34 



58 

 36 

 63 

 86 

 57 



38 

 2 

 6 



13 

 9 





Colorado 









New Mexico 





Utah 











Total .. - -- - 



89,630 



90 



23 



50 



17 



10 



69, 899 



100 



28 



58 



14 









Total, West. 



251,104 



96 



15 



62 



19 



4 



167, 812 



100 



18 



65 



17 









United States 



656, 837 

 16,508 



87 

 100 



15 

 5 



52 

 81 



20 

 14 



13 



198,682 

 16,446 



99 

 100 



18 

 5 



65 



81 



16 

 14 



1 













673, 345 



88 



15 



53 



20 



12 



215, 128 



99 



17 



66 



16 



1 





' The total forest land area requiring protection consists of 487. 710 thou- 

 sand acres of commercial forest land exclusive of 520 thousand acres in Iowa 

 and 379 thousand acres in Ohio not needing protection, and 175,585 thousand 

 acres of noncommercial forest land. In addition, 9,541 thousand acres of 



nonforest land in California and 509 thousand acres in North Dakota are 

 included for these States. Nonforest land requiring protection because of 

 watershed values or because of adjacent timber or watershed values are not 

 included for other States. 



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