538 



TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE 



Table 17. — Annual mortality of live sawtimher and growing stock on commercial forest land in the United States and Coastal 

 Alaska, by cause; section, region, and State: and softwoods and hardwoods, 1952 ' 





Growing stock 



Live sawtimber 



Section, region, and State 



Total 



Soft- 

 wood 



Hard- 

 wood 



Mortality cause 



Total 



Soft- 

 wood 



Hard- 

 wood 



Mortality cause 



- 



Fire 



Insects 



Disease 



Other 2 



Fire 



Insects 



Disease 



Other - 



North: 



New England: 



Connecticut _. 



Million 



cu.ft. 



7 



196 



20 



52 



1 



22 



Million 



cu. ft. 



1 



48 



11 



29 



<?) 



10 



Million 



cu.ft. 



6 



148 



9 



23 



1 



12 



Million 

 cu.ft. 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 P) 

 (3) 

 (3) 



Million 

 cu. ft. 



10 

 6 

 5 



2' 



Million 



cu.ft. 



1 



154 



8 



42 



(?) 



13 



Million 

 cu.ft. 

 4 

 31 

 5 

 5 

 1 

 7 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



4 



402 



30 



140 



2 



67 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



1 



127 



26 



84 



1 



29 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



3 



275 



4 



56 



1 



38 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



2 



3 



(') 



1 



1 



(*) 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



(') 



30 



3 



12 



-. 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



2 



303 



21 



117 



(.') 



32 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



(*) 





66 



Massachusetts 



6 





10 



Rhode Island 



1 





27 







Total -. 



298 



99 



199 



4 



23 



218 



53 



645 



268 



377 



7 



53 



475 



110 







Middle Atlantic: 



Delaware 



4 

 16 



5 



104 



85 



19 



2 



9 



3 



34 



15 



1 



2 



2 



70 

 70 

 18 



(') 

 1 



(3) 

 4 

 2 

 1 



""(?)" 



(3) 



3 



4 



1 



(3) 

 1 

 2 

 21 

 12 

 3 



4 

 14 



3 

 76 

 67 

 14 



4 



21 



6 



147 



103 



73 



3 



10 



2 



61 



36 



3 



1 

 11 



4 

 86 

 67 

 70 



(*) 

 2 

 1 

 4 

 1 

 2 



.- 



(') 

 10 

 8 

 5 



(') 



4 



1 



63 



30 



9 



4 





14 



New Jersey 



4 





70 



Pennsylvania 



64 



West Virginia 



57 







Total 



233 



64 



169 



8 



8 



39 



178 



354 



115 



239 



10 



24 



107 



213 







Lake States: 

 ATichi^an 



136 

 173 



176 



24 

 68 

 30 



112 

 105 

 146 



1 



1 

 (?) 



13 



14 



7 



43 



69 

 54 



79 

 89 

 115 



278 

 194 

 226 



61 

 88 

 60 



217 

 106 

 166 



1 

 2 



7 

 11 

 2 



63 

 68 

 62 



207 



Afinnp.snta. 



113 





162 







Total. - 



485 



122 



363 



2 



34 



166 



283 



698 



209 



489 



3 



20 



193 



482 







Central: 



lUinois .. - 



15 

 7 

 12 

 30 

 30 

 8 



(3) 

 (?) 



2 

 2 



(3) 



15 

 7 

 12 

 28 

 28 

 8 



1 

 1 

 1 

 6 

 11 

 1 





5 

 2 

 4 

 9 

 6 

 3 



9 



4 

 7 

 15 

 13 

 4 



59 

 19 

 40 

 90 

 79 

 25 



(<) 

 (') 



.. 



5 

 1 



59 

 19 

 40 

 83 

 74 

 24 



2 

 2 

 4 

 13 

 23 

 2 





19 

 8 

 18 

 27 

 28 

 11 



38 





9 



Iowa 



18 





50 



Missouri . . . . 



2S 



Ohio 



12 







Total . .. 



102 



4 



98 



21 





29 



52 



312 



13 



299 



46 





111 



155 







Plains: 



TCaTisas 



9 

 5 

 5 

 2 

 5 

 2 



P) 



1 

 (3) 



1 



9 

 4 



^2 

 5 



1 



1 

 (3) 

 (2) 



(3) 

 (?) 



"""(¥)""■ 

 (?) 

 (3) 

 (3) 



3 

 1 

 3 



(5) 



2 

 (3) 



5 

 4 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 2 



32 

 12 

 10 



5 

 7 

 4 



(0 



2 

 (') 



-- 



2 



32 

 10 

 10 

 5 

 6 

 2 



3 

 1 



(') 

 1 





14 

 6 

 5 



W 

 3 



(*) 



15 





5 



North Dakota 



4 



Oklahoma (West).. 



4 



South Dakota (East) 



4 



Texas (West) 



(*) 



1 



3 







Total 



28 



2 



26 



1 



(3) 



9 



18 



70 



5 



65 



5 



2 



28 



35 







Total, North . . ... 



1,146 



291 



855 



36 



65 



461 



584 



2,079 



610 



1,469 



71 



99 



914 



995 







South: 



South Atlantic: 



35 

 39 

 21 



23 

 30 

 11 



12 

 9 

 10 



6 

 6 



4 



9 

 10 

 4 



7 

 8 

 5 



13 



15 

 8 



98 

 127 

 42 



68 

 101 

 22 



30 

 26 

 20 



17 

 23 



7 



26 

 37 

 9 



25 

 32 

 11 



30 



South Carolina 



35 



Virginia - . 



15 







Total 



95 



64 



31 



16 



23 



20 



36 



267 



191 



76 



47 



72 



68 



80 







Southeast: 



Alabama 



Florida 



Georgia 



Mississippi .. 



82 

 40 

 80 

 70 

 42 



39 

 30 

 51 

 23 

 6 



43 

 10 

 29 

 47 

 36 



10 

 11 

 23 

 14 

 13 



13 

 5 

 11 

 10 

 3 



12 

 7 



15 

 4 

 2 



47 

 17 

 31 

 42 

 24 



229 

 117 

 242 

 159 

 94 



131 



88 

 152 

 68 

 16 



98 

 29 

 90 

 91 



78 



19 

 22 

 66 

 25 

 22 



56 

 22 

 38 

 32 



8 



32 

 23 

 51 

 11 

 7 



122 

 50 

 87 

 91 



Tennessee 



57 







Total 



314 



149 



165 



71 



42 



40 



161 



841 



455 



386 



154 



156 



124 



407 







West Gulf: 



Arkansas 



Louisiana 



Oklahoma (East) - . 



82 

 76 

 12 

 50 



29 



26 



4 



26 



53 

 50 

 8 

 24 



16 

 14 

 2 



7 



13 

 15 

 2 

 17 



5 

 5 

 1 

 2 



48 

 42 



24 



226 

 248 

 33 

 153 



104 

 109 

 13 

 100 



122 

 139 

 20 

 53 



36 

 40 

 3 

 14 



48 

 61 

 9 

 66 



15 

 19 

 2 

 5 



127 

 128 

 19 



Texas (East) .- 



68 







Total 



220 



85 



135 



39 



47 



13 



121 



660 



326 



334 



93 



184 



41 



342 







Total, South 



629 



298 



331 



126 



112 



73 



318 



1,768 



972 



796 



294 



412 



233 



829 







See footnotes at end of table. 





























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