STANDARD STATISTICAL DATA FOR UNIT 



SOUTHERN MONTANA 



Table 3. Land area by major use 



Major use 



• 



Acres 



• 



\ Percent 



Forest land 



: 2,436,048 



: 9.9 



Nonforest land 1/ 



: 22,209,712 



: 90.1 



Total 



: 24,645,760 



: 100.0 



1/ Includes water areas. 



Table 4. Forest land area bv economic class 



Economic class 



Acres 



Percent 



Commercial forest land 



: 1,767,145 : 



72.5 



Noncommercial forest land 





Withdrawn 1/ 



37,830 





Other 2/ 



631,073 668,903 1 



27.5 



Total 



: 2,436,048 



: 100.0 



l/ Commercially valuable forest land withdrawn from commercial use for 

 parks, reserves, wilderness areas, etc. 



2/ Remote and inaccessible alpine areas, and other land which owing to 

 very low productivity, excessively poor duality timber, or extreme 

 inaccessibility appears to be permanently out of the commercial 

 timber producing class. 



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