STANDARD STATISTICAL DATA FOR UNIT 



SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA 



Table 3. 



Land area by major use 





Major use 



Acres 



• 



Percent 



Forest land 



: 4,847,020 



: 36.8 



Nonforest land 1/ 



: 8,323,560 



63.2 



Total 



! 13,170,580 



100.0 



but defined by the Bureau of the Census as land. 



Table 4. Forest land area by economic class 



Economic class 



Acres 



Percent 



Commercial forest land 

 Noncommercial forest land 



Withdrawn 1/ 



Other 2/ 



331,586 

 896,886 



3,618,548 

 1,228,472 



74.7 

 25.3 



Total : 4,847,020 r 100.0 



1/ Commercially valuable forest land withdrawn from commercial use for 

 parks, reserves, wilderness areas, etc. 



2/ Withdrawn and nonwithdrawn subalpine and other forest lands which, ow- 

 ing to very low productivity, excessively poor quality timber, or ex- 

 treme inaccessibility, appear to be permanently out of the commercial 

 timber producing class. 



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