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Table 70. — Productivity of recently cut commercial forest land in the United States and Coastal Alaska, by public and private 



ownership and section and regio7i, 1953 ' 





M\ ownerships 



All public 



All private 



Section and region 



Operating 

 area 



Productivity 



Operating 

 area 



Productiv 



ty 



Operating 

 area 



Productivity 





Upper 



Me- 

 dium 



Lower 



Upper 



Me- 

 dium 



Lower 



Upper 



Me- 

 dium 



Lower 



N'orth: 



New England 



Thousand 

 acres 

 15,040 

 14, 279 

 23, 939 

 1 1, 140 

 93 



Per- 

 cent 

 63 

 66 

 77 

 54 

 13 



Per- 

 cent 

 29 

 23 

 20 

 35 

 36 



Per- 

 cent 

 8 

 11 

 3 

 11 

 51 



Thousand 



acres 



1,356 



3,191 



16.001 



2,379 



29 



Per- 

 cent 

 95 

 93 

 80 

 89 

 28 



Per- 

 cent 

 2 

 6 

 19 

 11 

 55 



Per- 

 cent 

 3 

 1 



1 

 (2) 

 17 



Thousand 

 acres 

 13, 684 

 11,088 

 7.938 

 8,761 

 04 



Per- 

 cent 

 60 

 58 

 69 

 45 

 6 



Per- 

 cent 

 32 

 28 

 23 

 41 

 28 



Per- 

 cent 

 S 



Middle Atlantic 



14 



Lake States . . . .. 



8 



Central 



14 



Plains 



66 







Total 



64,491 



67 



26 



7 



22. 956 



83 



16 



1 



41,535 



58 



31 



11 







South: 



South Atlantic. --. .. ,. 



17,964 

 46, 944 

 22,509 



64 

 57 

 46 



26 

 23 

 34 



10 

 20 

 20 



3,316 

 5.473 

 2,942 



91 

 90 

 73 



7 

 8 

 24 



2 

 2 

 3 



14, 648 

 41,471 

 19, 567 



58 

 53 

 42 



30 

 25 

 36 



12 



Southeast..- -.- ... 



22 



West Oulf __.. 



22 







Total 



87, 417 



55 



27 



18 



11,731 



86 



12 



2 



75.686 



51 



29 



20 







West: 



Pacific Northwest: 



Douglas-fir subregion ... ._ _. 



17.940 

 13, 222 



83 

 79 



13 



18 



4 

 3 



8.667 

 9,898 



87 

 85 



11 

 14 



2 

 1 



9.273 

 3.324 



79 

 62 



15 

 32 



6 



Pine subregion 



6 







Total 



31, 162 

 9,065 

 24,828 

 13,690 



81 



77 

 62 

 78 



15 

 22 

 27 

 19 



4 



1 



11 



3 



18, 565 



5.343 



20. 856 



12, 082 



86 

 74 

 66 

 80 



12 

 26 

 24 



18 



2 



io' 



2 



12. 597 

 3.722 

 3,972 

 1,608 



75 

 81 

 39 

 59 



19 

 17 



48 

 30 



6 



California.. .. 



2 



Northern Kocky Mountain 



13 



Southern Rocky Moimtain _ 



11 



Total 



78, 745 



74 



21 



5 



56. 846 



76 



19 



5 



21, 899 



68 



25 



7 



United States 



230,653 

 4.224 



65 

 89 



24 

 11 



11 



91,533 

 4,224 



79 

 89 



17 

 11 



4 



3 139, 120 



56 



29 



15 



Coastal Alaska 



















3 234, 877 



65 



24 



11 



95, 757 



80 



17 



3 



139, 120 



56 



29 



15 







1 The determination of size class of private ownership was based on the total 

 commercial forest land area in the ownership. The operating area of an 

 Individual ownership is the combined area of the forest types, within the 

 ownership, in which some cutting was done since January 1, 1947. The 

 operating area of any size class or type of ownership is the sum of the operating 

 areas on individual ownerships in that size class or type of ownership. Pro- 



ductivity is expressed as a percentage of operating area found to be in a high, 

 medium, or low productivity class. 



- Less than 0.5 percent. 



3 Excludes 1,537 thousand acres of commercial forest land in large private 

 ownerships on which access was denied. The proportion of this area in op- 

 erating status is not known. 



