Table 1. Gross area by major use, 1948 



County 



Total 

 area 

 ll 



Water 



Total 

 land area 

 2/ 



Forest 

 land 



Nonforest 

 land 



-Thousand acres- 



Ferry ! 



1,446 



' 43 : 



1,403 : 



1,203 : 



200 



Lincoln 



' 1,494 : 



30 ! 



1,464 : 



74 : 



1,390 



Pend Oreille 



• 914 



' 17 



897 



: 850 : 



47 



Spokane ! 



1,138 



: 16 



: 1,122 



: 480 



642 



Stevens 



: 1,632 



• 44 



: 1,588 



- 1,315 



: 273 



Whitman 



• 1,394 



11 



: 1,383 



i 8 



1,375 



Total 



: 8,018 ' 



• 161 



7,857 



: 3,930 



: 3.927 



1/ From 1940 U. S. Census. 



2/ Total land area according to the 1940 U. S. Census is 7,946 



thousand acres, or 89 thousand acres more than the total area 

 given in the table. The difference is accounted for by the 

 area of Grand Coulee Lake and other water areas that are in- 

 cluded in the Census "land area" which by definition includes 

 water in lakes less than 40 acres and in streams less than 

 one -eighth mile wide . 



Table 2. Forest land area, 1948 



Forest land 



County 







Non- 

 : commercial 



Reserved 



! Total 



'Commercial 



'Commercial Non ". n 

 : : commercial 









-Thousand acres- - - - 





Ferry 



: 1,203 



: 1,085 



117 



r 1 : 





Lincoln 



: 74 



: 70 



: 4 - 



y , 



; 



Pend Oreille i 



850 



\ 787 : 



63 ! 







Spokane \ 



480 



: 474 ! 



1/ 



r 5 : 



: 1 



Stevens : 



1,315 



: 1,284 : 



30 : 



1 : 



: y 



Whitman 



: 8 



: 8 









Total 



3,930 : 



3,708 



: 214 : 



7 : 



1 



y Less than 500 acres. 



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