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TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE 



Table 64. — Annual morialiiy of growing stock and live sawtimber on commercial forest land in the United States and Coastal 

 Alaska, by softwoods and hardwoods, cause, and section and region, 19-52 ' 



GROWING STOCK 



Section and region 







^11 species 





Softwood 



Hardwood 





Total 



Fire 



Insects 



Disease 



Others 



Total 



Fire 



Insects 



Disease 



Other '- 



Total 



Fire 



Insects 



Disease 



Other* 



Xortli: 

 New England 



Million 



cu. ft. 



298 



233 



485 

 102 

 28 



Million 

 cu. it. 

 4 

 8 

 2 

 21 

 1 



Million 



cu. ft. 



23 



8 



34 



Million 

 cu. ft. 

 218 

 39 

 166 

 29 

 9 



MiUion 



cu. ft. 



53 



178 



283 



52 



18 



Million 

 cu. ft. 

 99 

 64 

 122 

 4 

 2 



Million 

 cu. ft. 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 (5) 



MiUion 



cu.ft. 



10 



2 



6 



"■"(¥)"■" 



MiUion 



en. ft. 



57 



24 



19 



1 



P) 



MiUion 



cu. ft. 



31 



37 



96 



2 



2 



Million 



cu. ft. 



199 



169 



363 



98 



26 



MiUion 

 cu. ft. 

 3 

 7 

 1 

 20 

 1 



Million 

 cu. ft. 



13 

 6 



28 



MiUion 



cu. ft. 



161 



15 



147 



28 



9 



MiUion 

 cu. ft. 

 22 



Middle Atlantic 



141 



Lake States 



187 



Central 



50 



Plains 



16 







Total 



1,146 



36 



65 



461 



584 



291 



4 



18 



101 



168 



855 



32 



47 



360 



416 







?outh: 

 South Atlantic 



Southeast 



95 

 314 

 220 



16 

 71 

 39 



23 

 42 



47 



20 

 40 

 13 



36 

 161 

 121 



64 

 149 



85 



11 

 36 

 14 



19 

 37 

 42 



11 

 16 

 2 



23 



60 

 27 



31 



165 

 135 



5 

 35 

 25 



4 

 5 

 5 



9 

 24 

 11 



13 

 101 



West Gulf 



94 



Total . . 



629 



126 



112 



73 



318 



298 



61 



98 



29 



110 



331 



65 



14 



44 



208 







West: 



Pacific Northwest: 

 Douglas-fir subregion. . 



551 

 196 



34 



225 

 89 



62 

 16 



230 

 91 



537 

 196 



34 



225 



89 



62 

 16 



216 

 91 



14 









14 



Pine subregion.. . ... 























Total .- --- - 



747 

 359 



308 



200 



34 

 21 



7 



11 



314 

 228 



158 



66 



78 

 45 



36 



31 



321 



65 



107 

 92 



733 

 336 



306 



179 



34 



21 



11 



314 



228 



158 

 60 



78 

 37 



36 



24 



307 

 50 



105 



84 



14 

 23 



2 



21 









14 



California 



Vorthem Rocky Moun- 

 tain. ... 



(?) 



P) 

 6 



8 

 (?) 

 7 



15 

 2 



Southern Rocky Moun- 

 tain . ... 



8 







Total 



1,614 



73 



766 



190 



585 



1.554 



73 



760 



175 



546 



60 



(3) 



6 



15 



39 







United States 



3,389 

 100 



235 

 1 



943 



27 



724 

 49 



1,487 

 23 



2,143 

 100 



138 

 1 



876 

 27 



305 

 49 



824 

 23 



1,246 



(3) 



97 



P) 



67 



419 



P) 



663 



Coastal .\laska 



(3) 



All regions . 



3,489 



236 



970 



773 



1,510 



2,243 



139 



903 



354 



847 



1,246 



97 



67 



419 



663 



SAWTIMBER 



.North: 



New England 



Middle Atlantic 



Lake States 



Central 



Plains 



Total 



South: 



South Atlantic 



Southeast 



West Gulf 



Total 



West: 

 Pacific Northwest: 

 Douglas-fir subregion . . 

 Pine subregion 



Total 



California 



Northern Rocky Moun- 

 tain 



Southern Rocky Moun- 

 tain 



Total.. 



United States 



Coastal Alaska 



.Ml regions 



MiUion 

 bd.-ft. 

 Mb 

 354 

 698 

 312 

 70 



2,079 



267 

 841 

 660 



1,768 



3,105 

 932 



4,037 

 1,865 



1.475 

 906 



8,283 



12,130 

 392 



MiUion 

 hd.-ft. 

 7 

 10 

 3 

 46 

 5 



71 



47 

 154 

 93 



189 

 4 



193 

 131 



779 

 2 



Million 



hd.-ft. 



53 



24 



20 



72 

 156 

 184 



1,313 

 422 



1,735 

 1,358 



833 

 298 



4,224 



4,735 



4,833 



MiUion 

 bd.-ft. 

 475 

 107 

 193 

 111 

 28 



914 



68 

 124 

 41 



369 



75 



444 

 204 



134 

 146 



928 



2,075 

 204 



2,279 



Million 

 hd.-ft. 

 110 

 213 

 482 

 155 

 35 



MiUion 



hd.-ft. 



268 



115 



209 



13 



5 



995 



80 

 407 

 342 



829 



1,234 

 431 



1,665 

 172 



481 

 399 



2.717 



4.629 



610 



191 



455 

 326 



3,056 

 932 



3,988 

 1,811 



1.472 

 849 



8.120 



9,702 

 392 



10, 094 



Million 

 hd.-ft. 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 0) 



189 

 4 



193 

 129 



412 



592 

 2 



MiUion 

 bd.-ft. 

 42 



65 



146 

 178 



389 



1,313 

 422 



1,735 

 1,358 



833 

 283 



4,209 



4,655 



4,753 



MiUion 



bd.-ft. 



164 



75 



34 



3 



1 



277 



105 



369 



75 



444 



182 



134 

 122 



882 



1,264 

 204 



1,468 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



61 



30 



167 



7 



3 



268 



45 

 167 

 94 



306 



1,185 

 431 



1,616 

 142 



478 

 381 



2,617 



3,191 



3.279 



MiUion 

 bd.-ft. 

 377 

 239 

 489 

 299 

 65 



1,469 



76 

 386 

 334 



796 



49 



163 



2.428 



2,428 



Million 

 bd.-ft. 

 6 

 8 

 1 

 43 

 5 



122 



W 



187 



187 



MiUion 



bd.-ft. 



11 



16 



14 



(') 



80 



80 



MiUion 



bd.-ft. 



311 



32 



159 



108 



27 



637 



128 



22 



(') 



46 



811 



(*) 



811 



MiUion 

 bd.-ft. 

 49 

 183 

 315 

 148 

 32 



727 



35 



240 

 248 



523 



49 



49 

 30 



100 



1.350 

 (0 



1.350 



' Mortality in cubic feet, excluding bark, and in board-feet log scale. Inter- 

 national 34-inch rule. Estimates represent current level of mortality in- 

 dicated by trends over a long period of years, as determined in 1952. 



2 Weather, animals, suppression, etc. 



3 Less than 0.5 million cubic feet. 

 < Less than 0.5 million board-feet. 



