APPENDIX I. FOREST STATISTICS, 1970 



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Table 3.- 



-Area of commercial timberland in the United States, by ownership and stand-size class, section, region, and State, 



January 1, 1970 1 



[Thousand acres] 







Tota 



, all ownerships 





National forest 



Section, region, and State 



Total 



Sawtimber 

 stands 



Poletimber 

 stands 



Seedling Nonstocked 

 sapling areas 



Total 



Sawtimber 

 stands 



Poletimber 

 stands 



Seedling 

 sapling 



Nonstocked 

 areas 



New England: 



2,169 

 16, 894 

 3,491 

 5,020 

 429 

 4,364 



366 



6,142 



414 



1,787 



14 



1,796 



1,168 

 5,339 

 1,669 

 2,369 

 233 

 1,524 



583 



5,268 



1,368 



693 



168 



1,004 



49 

 143 



38 

 171 



13 



40 





 37 





 568 





 226 





 19 





 341 





 125 





 15 





 131 





 63 





 2 

 



96 

 



37 









































Total 



32, 367 



10,521 



12,304 



9,086 



455 



832 



486 



209 



135 











Middle Atlantic: 



390 



2,882 

 2,354 

 14, 489 

 17, 478 

 12,092 



210 

 1,791 



599 

 4,283 

 7,665 

 5,951 



128 

 753 



794 

 2,678 

 6,081 

 3,297 



45 



297 



803 



6,201 



3,399 



2,596 



6 



40 



157 



1,325 



333 



248 





 











488 



879 





 

 

 

 265 

 543 





 

 

 

 209 

 312 





 

 

 

 7 

 23 



















New York. 









6 













Total. 



49, 685 



20,500 



13, 732 



13,341 



2,110 



1,367 



808 



521 



30 



6 







Lake States: 



18,800 



16, 875 



406 



223 



14, 536 



4,645 



2,360 



63 



103 



3,098 



8,055 



8,425 



158 



96 



6,579 



5,506 



4,247 



149 



19 



4,489 



592 



1,841 



34 



3 



369 



2,422 



2,127 











1,317 



378 

 337 





 



84 



1,223 



1,335 











749 



761 



295 











420 



59 





159 



North Dakota. 







South Dakota (East) 









64 







Total- 



50,840 



10, 272 



23, 315 



14, 412 



2,841 



5,867 



800 



3,307 



1,477 



282 



Central: 



3,680 

 3,840 

 2,430 

 1,187 

 11,826 

 14, 600 

 1,023 

 6,422 



2,101 



2,065 



942 



681 



5,633 



4,002 



253 



1,977 



934 



795 

 777 

 229 

 2,798 

 4,258 

 310 

 700 



599 



899 



268 



134 



3, 317 



3,490 



103 



3,569 



44 



79 



442 



141 



78 



2,848 



355 



176 



214 



136 











531 



1,321 



57 



129 



94 



84 











426 



318 



2 



65 



73 



23 











94 



681 



27 



12 



29 



22 











4 



311 



24 



32 



18 





6 















Kentucky 



5 





10 



Nebraska 



Ohio.. - 



3 



18 







Total.. 



45,008 



17, 656 



10, 803 



12,383 



4,164 



2,390 



991 



912 



423 



62 







Total, North 



177, 901 



58, 949 



60, 156 



49,223 



9,571 



10, 458 



3,087 



4,951 



•_', 1167 



351 







South Atlantic: 

 North Carolina 



20, 192 

 12,410 

 15,859 



10, 556 

 4,907 

 5,308 



4,255 

 3,455 

 5,981 



5,193 

 3,649 



4,472 



187 



398 



96 



1,035 



550 



1,202 



743 

 368 

 619 



186 

 136 

 492 



102 

 46 

 75 



3 



South Carolina 









15 







Total 



48, 463 



20, 772 



13, 692 



13, 315 



682 



2,789 



1,730 



815 



224 



18 







East Gulf: 

 Florida 



16,231 

 25, 102 



4,987 

 8,354 



4,150 

 4,607 



4,529 

 11,426 



2,563 

 714 



1,035 

 806 



419 

 492 



305 

 168 



244 

 145 



66 



Georgia 











Total 



41,334 



13, 342 



8,758 



15, 955 



3,277 



1,842 



911 



474 



389 



66 







Central Gulf: 

 Alabama 



21, 742 

 16, 891 

 12,819 



8,885 

 4,557 

 3,297 



5,224 

 3,772 

 4,893 



7,468 

 8,427 

 4,595 



164 

 133 

 32 



625 



1,118 

 599 



428 



528 

 257 



115 

 149 

 230 



81 

 440 

 112 







Mississippi 







Tennessee 











Total 



51, 453 



16, 741 



13,889 



20,492 



330 



2,344 



1,213 



496 



634 











West Gulf: 

 Arkansas 



18,206 

 15, 342 

 4,817 

 12,924 



5,443 

 9,459 

 1,261 

 7,021 



4,759 



1,922 



943 



2,184 



7,922 

 3,774 

 2,498 

 3,620 



81 

 186 

 114 



97 



2,378 

 551 

 233 

 625 



732 

 395 

 112 



517 



863 



51 

 45 

 37 



782 



99 

 75 

 69 







Louisiana 



5 



Oklahoma 







Texas 











Total 



51,290 



23,185 



9,810 



17,815 



480 



3,788 



1,758 



998 



1,026 



5 







Total, South 



192,542 



74,041 



46, 151 



67, 578 



4,771 



10, 764 



5,614 



2,784 



2,275 



89 







Pacific Northwest: 

 Alaska: Coastal.. 



5,639 



5,112 



180 



300 



47 



5,144 



4,651 



173 



273 



474 







Oregon: 

 Western . 



14,635 

 11,038 



8,923 

 7,230 



1,370 



2,458 



3,576 

 932 



766 

 418 



4,830 

 7,173 



3,814 

 4,731 



459 

 1,645 



410 

 632 



147 



Eastern 



166 







Summary 



25, 673 



16, 153 



3,828 



4,508 



1,184 



12, 003 



8,545 



2,104 



1,042 



312 







See footnotes at end of table. 



