662 



TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICA'S FXTTURE 



Table 84. — Sampling errors ' oj estimates oj private commercial jorest land, number of private ownerships, fT; 

 operating area, and area by productivity class, by size class of ownership, section, and region. United 

 States and Coastal Alaska 



SMALL OWNERSHIPS (LESS THAN 5,000 ACRES) 



Section and region 



Commer- 

 cial forest 



land 



area 



Number 

 of private 

 owner- 

 ships 2 



Operating 

 area 



Productivity class ' 



^ 



Upper 



Medium 



Lower 



North: 



New England 



Middle Atlantic 



Percent 

 3.5 

 6. 1 

 5. 3 

 4.3 

 15. 9 



Percent 

 4.9 

 4. 1 

 3.3 

 6. 8 

 15. 



Percent 

 8.0 

 13. 6 



10. 6 



11. 1 

 37.7 



Percent 

 12. 6 

 16. 2 

 13.6 

 14.0 

 0) 



Percent 

 1.3. 5 

 16. 

 17.5 

 15. 6 

 O) 



Percent 

 20.0 



49. r 



Lake States . _ 



19. 3 



Central States 



27. 8 



Plains 



37.8 



All regions 



2. 6 



2. 8 



6.0 



7. 8 



8.2 



17.4 



South: 



South Atlantic 



5.6 

 3.5 



7.8 



6. 4 



4. 3 



5. 6 



9.0 



5.3 



11.8 



15.0 

 12. 9 

 20.7 



14. 

 12. 6 

 12. 



21. 2 



Southeast 



West Gulf 



11. 6 

 15. 6 







All regions 



3.0 



3. 1 



4.6 



8.9 



7.7 



8. 6 



West: 



Pacific Northwest 



California 



Northern Rockv Mountain 



3.3 

 10. 4 



8.8 

 11.9 



1.9 

 10.7 

 11. 

 13. 1 



5. 4 

 16.7 

 10. 8 

 28.5 



8. 4 

 25.8 

 10. 5 

 47.7 



9. 1 

 21.4 

 18.0 

 40.2 



16.8 

 30. 1 

 20. 5 



Southern Rocky Mountain 



18. 5 



All regions 



3.3 



2.9 



4.8 



7.6 



7.8 



11.8 



All sections, United States. __ . 



1. 9 

 



2. 

 



3. 4 

 



5.5 

 



5. 1 

 



7. 4 



Coastal Alaska 







United States and Coastal Alaska 



1.9 



2. 



3. 4 



5.5 



5. 1 



7.4 







"medium ownerships (5,000 TO 50,000 ACRES) 









North: 



New England 



Middle Atlantic . . _ _ _ 



2.3 

 2.3 

 1. 6 

 3.2 

 







. 

 

 

 



2.7 

 6.0 

 9. 1 

 6.3 

 



6.8 



15.0 



12.0 



11. 1 







47. 1 

 18.2 

 28.8 

 16. 1 

 



62. 6 

 47. 9 



Lake States -_ ._. _.. 



10. 6 



Central States 



47. 



Plains 







.\11 regions 



1.2 







3.0 



6. 4 



14.2 



31. 8 







South: 



South Atlantic 



Southeast 



West Gulf 



3.7 

 3.4 

 1.8 





 

 



7. 1 

 5.6 

 4.8 



8.7 



9.5 



10. 4 



33. 8 

 23. 4 

 12. 2 





 19.4 



28. 8 



All regions ._ _ _ _. 



2. 1 







3.6 



6. 1 



13.4 



16. 







West: 



Pacific Northwest _. _. . . 



4. 9 



5.6 







17.9 





 

 

 



6. 6 



8.2 











12.2 



12.6 











27.0 



49.9 











63. 2 



California 



Northern Rocky Mountain 



Southern Rocky Mountain 





 

 



All regions 



3.5 







4.4 



8. 1 



19.2 



30. 3 







All sections, United States 



1.4 

 





 



2. 4 

 



4.2 

 



9.2 

 



13. 



Coastal Alaska. . . _ . 











United States and Coastal Alaska 



1. 4 







2. 4 



4. 2 



9.2 



13. 







See footnotes at end of table. 



