Table 2.1 — /.and and water areas of the United States, by class of land, water, and section, 



region, and Sfafe' — continued 

 (Thousand acres) 





Total 

 land 

 and 

 water 

 area 



Land 



Water 



Section, region. 



Total 

 land 

 area 



Total 



forest 



and 



range land 



Forest and 

 range land 



Other 

 land" 



Total 

 water 

 area 



Inland water 



Other 

 water' 



and State 



Forest' 



Range- 

 land^ 



Total 

 inland 

 water 



Large 

 area' 



Small 

 area* 



Great Plains: 

 Kansas 

 Nebraska 

 North Dakota 

 South Dakota 



52,648.7 

 49,425.1 

 45,225.7 

 49,310.2 



52,126.7 

 48,828.1 

 43,938.7 

 48,381.2 



17,622.6 

 25,303.5 

 12,717.7 

 25,099.7 



1,344.4 



1,029.1 



421.8 



1,702.0 



16,278.2 

 24,274.4 

 12,295.9 

 23,397.7 



34,504.1 

 23,524.6 

 31,221.0 

 23,281.5 



522.0 



597.0 



1,287.0 



929.0 



522.0 



597.0 



1,287.0 



929.0 



295.0 

 451.0 

 923.0 

 743.0 



227.0 

 146.0 

 364.0 

 186.0 



.0 

 .0 

 .0 

 .0 



Total, Great Plains 



196,609.7 



193,274.7 



80,743.5 



4,497.3 



76,246.2 



112,531.2 



3,335.0 



3,335.0 



2,412.0 



923.0 



.0 



Total, Rocky Mountain 

 and Great Plains 



749,492.2 



740,234.2 



549,255.6 



140,876.9 



408,378.7 



190,978.6 



9,258.0 



9,258.0 



7,725.0 



1,533.0 



.0 



Pacific Coast: 

 Pacific Northwest: 

 Alaska 

 Oregon 

 Washington 



375,303.0 

 62,099.0 

 45,177.0 



362,485.0 

 61,356.0 

 42,456.0 



350,616.5 

 52,132.7 

 31,076.0 



119,144.9 

 29,810.0 

 23,181.0 



231,471.6 



22,322.7 



7,895.0 



11,868.5 



9,223.3 



11,380.0 



12,818.0 



743.0 



2,721.0 



12,818.0 



712.0 



1,187.0 



12,787.0 



606.0 



1,039.0 



31.0 

 106.0 

 148.0 



.0 



31.0 



1,534.0 



Total 



482,579.0 



466,297.0 



433,825.2 



172,135.9 



261,689.3 



32,471.8 



16,282.0 



14,717.0 



14,432.0 



285.0 



1,565.0 



Pacific Southwest: 

 California 

 Hawaii 



101,607.0 

 4,128.0 



99,847.0 

 4,109.0 



83,191.7 

 2,954.0 



40,152.0 

 1,986.0 



43,039.7 

 968.0 



16,655.3 

 1,155.0 



1,760.0 

 19.0 



1,716.0 

 19.0 



1,489.0 

 16.0 



227.0 

 3.0 



44.0 

 .0 



Total 



105,735.0 



103,956.0 



86,145.7 



42,138.0 



44,007.7 



17,810.3 



1,779.0 



1,735.0 



1,505.0 



230.0 



44.0 



Total, Pacific Coast 



588,314.0 



570,253.0 



519,970.9 



214,273.9 



305,697.0 



50,282.1 



18,061.0 



16,452.0 



15,937.0 



515.0 



1,609.0 



Total, United States 



2,361,490.8 



2,254,791.8 



1,556,560.7 



736,558.4 



820,002.3 



698,231.1 



106,699.0 



59,057.0 



50,941.0 



8,116.0 



47,642.0 



'Data for forest land as of January 1, 1977; data for rangeland and other land as 

 of 1976; data on inland water as of 1977; data on otfier water as of 1970. 



'Land at least 10 percent stocked by forest trees of any size, or formerly fiaving 

 sucfi cover, and not currently developed for nontimber use Included in tfiese 

 lands are transition zones, such as areas between heavily forested and non- 

 forested lands and forest areas adjacent to urban built-up lands, which may have 

 timber production as a primary use. 



'Land on which the natural vegetation is predominately grasses, grasslike 

 plants, torbs. or shrubs; and which is not currently developed for nonrange use. 



'Residual obtained by subtracting forest land and rangeland from total land 

 area. This category includes cropland, improved pasture, and industrial and 

 urban areas, 



'Lakes and ponds at least 40 acres in size; waterways '/i mile or more in width. 



'Lakes and ponds between 2 and 40 acres in size; waterways less than '/« mile in 

 width 



'Includes Atlantic. Pacific, and Gulf Coastal waters: Chesapeake and Delaware 

 Bays; Long Island and Puget Sounds: New York Harbor; Straits of Juan de Fuca 

 and Georgia; and the Great Lakes. Excludes Alaska and Hawaii 



Sources: Forest land — US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Forest 

 Statistics of the U.S. 1977. 



Rangeland — US. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service estimates based 

 on data supplied by U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service 

 US Department of the Interior. Bureau of Land H^anagement, Bureau of Indian 

 Affairs, and National Park Service; and US. Department of Defense. 



Inland water — U.S Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service 

 (preliminary data) 



All other land and water U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census. 

 Area fvleasurement Reports. GE-20 No. 1, 22 p. 1970. 



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