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Table 17. — Annual mortality of live sawiimber 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 ' — Continued 





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 2 



West: 



Pacific Northwest; 



Douglas-fir subregion 



Pine subregion . .... 



Million 



cu.ft. 



5,51 



196 



Million 



cu.ft. 



537 



196 



Million 



cu.ft. 



14 



Million 



cu.ft. 



34 



Million 



cu.ft. 



225 



89 



Million 



cu.ft. 



62 



16 



Million 



cu. ft. 



230 



91 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



3,105 



932 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



3,056 



932 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



49 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



189 



4 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



1,313 



422 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



369 



75 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



1,234 



431 











Total 



747 



733 



14 



34 



314 



78 



321 



4,037 



3,988 



49 



193 



1,735 



444 



1,665 







Oregon.. .. 



393 

 354 



386 

 347 



7 

 7 



23 



11 



170 

 144 



40 

 38 



160 

 161 



2,314 

 1,723 



2,287 

 1,701 



27 

 22 



129 

 64 



1,037 

 698 



253 

 191 



895 



Washington _._ 



770 







Total 



747 



733 



14 



34 



314 



78 



321 



4.037 



3,988 



49 



193 



1,735 



444 



1,665 







California 



359 



336 



23 



21 



228 



45 



65 



1,865 



1,811 



54 



131 



1,358 



204 



172 







Northern Rocky Mountain: 

 Idaho 



153 



123 



4 



28 



153 



122 



4 



27 



1 



5 

 2 



(') 

 (3) 



77 



75 



1 



5 



30 

 6 



w 



41 

 40 

 3 

 23 



714 



630 



15 



116 



713 



630 



15 



114 



1 



0) 

 {*) 

 2 



20 



0) 



399 



408 



3 



23 



95 

 30 



9 



200 



Montana 



185 



South Dakota (West) 



Wyoming 



12 



84 







Total 



308 



306 



2 



7 



158 



36 



107 



1,475 



1,472 



3 



27 



833 



134 



481 







Southern Rocky Mountain: 



Arizona 



Colorado -- 



46 

 73 

 1 

 68 

 12 



44 

 67 

 1 

 57 

 10 



2 

 6 



11 

 2 



4 



(3) 

 P) 



7 

 P) 



13 



27 

 1 



18 

 7 



8 

 5 



14 

 4 



21 



41 

 (3) 

 29 

 1 



240 



275 



5 



334 



52 



234 



266 



5 



298 



46 



6 



9 



0) 



36 



6 



24 

 2 



1 



35 



1 



63 



121 



3 



84 

 27 



39 



24 

 0) 

 67 

 16 



114 

 128 



Nevada 



1 



New Mexico 



148 



Utah 



8 







Total 



200 



179 



21 



11 



66 



31 



92 



906 



849 



57 



63 



298 



146 



399 







Total, West 



1,614 



1,554 



60 



73 



766 



190 



685 



8,283 



8,120 



163 



414 



4,224 



928 



2,717 







United States 



3,389 

 100 



2,143 

 100 



1,246 



(3) 



235 



1 



943 

 27 



724 

 49 



1,487 

 23 



12, 130 

 392 



9,702 

 392 



2,428 



779 

 2 



4,735 

 98 



2,075 

 204 



4,541 



Coastal Alaska . . 



88 







AH regions 



3,489 



2,243 



1,246 



236 



970 



773 



1,510 



12, 522 



10, 094 



2,428 



781 



4,833 



2,279 



4,629 







' Mortality of live sawtimber in board-feet log scale, International J^-inch 

 rule, and growing stock is in cubic feet excluding bark. Estimates represent 

 the current level of mortality indicated by trends over a long period of years 

 as determined in 1952. 



- Weather, animals, suppression, etc. 

 ■> Less than 0.5 million cubic feet. 

 ' Less than 0.5 million board-feet. 



