EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED

Forest land.--Land bearing forest growth or land from which the

forest has been removed but which shows evidence of past
forest occupancy and which is not now in other use. To
qualify as forest, an area must (1) be at least 100 feet
wide; (2) be at least 1 acre in area; (3) have a sufficient
number of trees to provide 10 percent crown coverage; or
(4) lacking 10 percent crown coverage, be likely to remain
in forest use.

Commercial forest _land.--Forest land bearing or capable of
bearing timber of commercial character (usually saw timber)
and economically available now or prospectively for commer-
cial use and not withdrawn from such use.

Reserved forest land.--Forest land withdrawn from timber
utilization through statute, ordinance, or administrative
order.

Noncommercial forest land.--Forest land incapable of yield-
ing usable wood products because of adverse site condizions,
or so physically inaccessible as to be permanently unaviil-
able economically, and not withdrawn for specified purposes.

Forest types

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Pine.--Stands in which pine species comprise at least 60
percent of the dominant and codominant trees.

Redcedar-hardwoods.--Stands in which redcedar comprises at
least 20 percent of the dominant and codominant trees.

Oak=pine.--Stands in which pine species comprise 20-60 per-
cent of the dominant and codominant trees.

Oak-hickory.--Hardwood stands in which oaks and hickories
comprise at least 60 percent of the dominant and codominant
trees.

White oak.-~-Hardwood stands in which white oak (Quercus alba)
comprises at least 60 percent of the dominant and codominant
trees.

Beech~maple.--Hardwood stands in which beech and sugar maple
comprise at least 60 percent of the dominant and codominant
trees.


Table 7.--Iotal cubic volume of sound wood on commercial forest
by species and class of material, 1951

ar

fy A Growing stock 3 Tops $ cult
3 3 3 Sawe t Pole= : s Cul
Species , Total, Total s timber: timbers, , 370) /strees2/
3 3 s_trees s trees 3 3
2 ---- 2 = = Million cubic feet- ----+---
Shortleaf pine 19.1 19.0 16.4 2.6 _ 0.1
Virginia pine 6.2 5.9 3.2 2.7 = 3
Hemlock 11.9 11.8 9.8 2.0 _ al
Post=-oak group 2.4 1.5 9 -6 5 4
Chestnut oak 394.7 216.4 187.5 28.9 105.0 73.3
White oak 119.7 73.8 47.7 26.1 26.7 19.2
Black oak 276.9 168.8 137.9 30.9 77.2 30.9
Northern red oak 119.4 71.5 61.5 10.0 34.4 13.5
Other red oaks 7.3 3.7 1.9 1.8 ol 2.5
Hickory 237.9 152.9 11.9 41.0 62.7 22.3
Ash 2.3 14.6 9.2 5.4 5.2 1.5
Elm 7.6 4.3 9 3.4 5 2.8
Yellow-poplar 165.1 111.4 83.9 27.5 47.0 6.7
Basswood 119.5 70.7 57.1 13.6 32.0 16.8
Sweetgum (3/) (3/) —- (3) -- --
Blackgum 77.6 45.0 40.4 4.6 22.6 0.0
Sugar maple 67.2 3.6 23.8 7.8 13.4 22.2
Soft maple 57.5 23.7 10.4 13.3 5.9 27.9
Sycamore 3.8 3 9 2.4 -5 (3/)
Beech 321.1 97.5 84.9 12.6 7.5 176.1
Black walnut 12.7 8.8 6.0 2.8 3.3 6
Other hardwoods 94.2 53.6 21.7 31.9 12.1 28.5
Noncommercial
species 14.7 =_ ~ 7 _ 14.7
All species4/ 2,157.8 1,189.8 917.9 271.9 497.6 470.4
—= =aRSEEs
Percent 100.0 55.1 42.5 12.6 23.1 21.8
1/ Merchantable hardwood saw-timber trees on y-
2/ Includes sound portion of tops and limbs of cull trees.
3/ Less than 0.05 million cubic feet.
4/ Does not include volume of standing dead chestnut estimated to

be 70.3 million cubic feet.


SPECIES LISTED

Softwoods

Shortleaf pine includes:
Shortleaf pine
Pitch pine
White pine

Virginia pine

Other softwoods include:
Cypress
Redcedar
Hemlock

Hardwoods

Post oak group includes:
Post oak
Swamp white oak
Swamp chestnut oak
Overcup oak
Bur oak
Chinquapin oak

Chestnut oak

White oak

Black oak includes:
Black oak
Scarlet oak

Northern red oak includes:
Northern red oak
Swamp red oak

Other red oaks include:
Southern red oak
Pin oak
Willow oak
Water oak
Shingle oak

Hickory

Elm

Soft maple includes:
Red maple
Silver maple
Boxelder

Sugar maple

Sycamore

Ash

Yellow~poplar

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Pinus echinata

Pinus rigida
us strobus

Pinus virginiana

Taxodium distichum

Juniperus virginiana
Tsuga canadensis

Quercus stellata

Quercus olor

Quercus prinus

Quercus lyrata

Quercus macrocarpa

Quercus muehlenbergii

Quercus montana

Quercus alba ‘e)

Quercus velutina
Quercus coccinea

Quercus borealis
Quercus falcata var.
pagodaefolia

Quercus falcata
Quercus palustris
Quercus phellos
Quercus imbricaria

farya spp.
Ulmus spp.

sex rubrum
Acer saccharinum
© negundo
Acer saccharum
Platanus occidentalis
Fraxinus spp.
Liriodendron tulipifera



FOREWORD

The Forest Survey is a Nation-wide activity of the Forest
Service. The fivefold purpose of the Forest Survey is (1) to make
a field inventory of the present supply of standing timber; (2) to
find out how fast this supply is being increased through growth;
(3) to find out how fast it is being diminished through industrial
and domestic uses, windfall, fire, disease, and other causes;

(4) to determine the present consumption and the probable future
trend in requirements for forest products; and (5) to interpret
and correlate these findings with existing and anticipated eco-
nomic conditions, as an aid in formulating both private and public
policies for use of land suitable for forest production.

The Forest Survey is conducted in the various regions by
the forest experiment stations of the Forest Service. In Kentucky
the project is directed by the Central States Forest Experiment
Station with headquarters in Columbus, Ohio.

This Survey Release presents the more significant prelimi-
nary statistics on the forest area and timber volume for the Eastern
Kentucky Region. Forest area and timber volume statistics have
already been published for the other regions of Kentucky. Later,
an analytical report for the state will be published which will
interpret statistics on forest area, timber volume, growth, and
drain in the light of existing and anticipated economic conditions.



® Mixed_hardwoods.--Stands of mixed hardwood species not
qualifying for other hardwood types. Principal species
include yellow-poplar, elm, maple, basswood, ash, beech,
hemlock, and black locust in mixture with oaks and hickories.

Bottomland.-~Stands on the alluvial bottoms of rivers and
streams. The principal species include sycamore, willow,
elm, blackgum, sweetgum, soft maple, oaks, hickory, cotton~
wood, and cypress.

Tree classes

Saw-timber tree.--A live softwood (coniferous) tree at least
9.0 inches d.b.h. or live hardwood tree of commercial species
at least 11.0 inches d.b.h., with a sound butt log at least
8 feet long, or with at least half of the gross volume of
the tree in sound material.

Pole-timber tree.--A live tree of commercial species at
least 5.0 inches d.beh. but less than saw-timber size that
is now merchantable or gives promise of becoming merchantable.

Seedling and sapling trees.--Trees of commercial species

less than 5.0 inches in diameter at breast height.

© Cull tree.~-A live tree at least 5.0 inches d.b.h. that does
not qualify as a saw~timber or pole-timber tree because of
species, poor form, limbiness, rot, or other defect.

Volume estimates

Board-foot volume includes the sound volume of sawlogs in
merchantable saw-timber trees to a minimum top d.i.b. of 6
inches for softwoods and 8 inches for hardwoods. Volume
deductions have been made for rot, crook, and other defects.
Board-foot volumes are shown in the International 1/4-inch
log rule, which approximates green lumber tally.

Cubic-foot volume

Total volume includes the sound wood inside bark in
both sound and cull living trees 5.0 inches d.b.h. and
larger, from the stump to a minimum top diameter of
4.0 inches inside bark. It includes the upper stems
of softwood trees and the upper stems and limbs of
hardwoods.

Growing stock includes the volume of sound wood inside
bark in (1) the sawlog portion of hardwood saw-timber

trees to a minimum top d.i.b. of 8 inches, (2) the stem

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the minimum length of cuttings is 3 feet. Cull deductions
including sweep cannot exceed 50 percent. Such logs for
most species will normally yield more than 40 percent No. 1
common and better lumber.

Grade_3.--Logs at least 8 inches in diameter inside bark at

the small end. Minimum length is 8 feet. Minimum standards
require that these logs be at least 50 percent sound and
qualify at least for manufacture of local-use lumber or
railroad ties and timbers. Such logs for most species in
Kentucky will normally yield 20 to 25 percent No. 1 common
and better lumber.

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FOREST SURVEY PROCEDURE

The inventory of the forest resources of the Eastern Kentucky
Region was made during the period January 1951 to June 1951. The
sampling procedure used involved an office study of aerial photo»
graphs and a field examination of systematically selected forest
and nonforest plots.

The proportion of forest land in each county was obtained
by placing a transparent template marked with uniformly spaced dots
over aerial photographs and by counting the number of dots falling
on forest and nonforest areas. The percentage of forest dots in a
county, multiplied by the total area gave a preliminary estimate of
the forest area. This was later adjusted after field examination
indicated the number of plots that had changed from forest to none
forest since the aerial photos were taken and vice versa.

The locations of systematically selected dots falling on for-
est land were marked on the photographs. The acre surrounding each
marked dot was examined under a stereoscope and was classified by
stand-size class on the basis of the height, crown width, and den-
sity of trees on the plot. Plots to be examined in the field were
systematically drawn from those classified under the stereoscope.
This selection was weighted, giving the most weight to the larger
stand-size classes, In addition, several nonforest plots were
selected for field examination to measure the movement of open land
to forest since the photographs were taken.

The locations of the selected field plots were marked on the
photographs, which were then sent to the field. Crews of two men
each located these points on the ground. On forest jand, a 1/5-
acre plot was established for which species, size, quality, and
growth of trees were recorded.

The following tabulation gives the number of dots and plots
examined for the Eastern Region:

Number of photo dots counted for forest=

area determination 13,817
Number of forest plots stereoscopically

examined on photos 2,244
Number of forest plots field examined 463
Number of nonforest plots field examined 93

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Table 3.--Commercial forest area by forest type
and stand-size class, 1951

3 3 Larges Small: Pole~* seedling: None
3 8 Saw= 3 saw- 3,, sand 3:
Forest type ’ Total stimber: timber: SM>ST sapling: *tocked
3 sstandssstandss 3_stands
Thousand Per- - - - - = = Thousand acres~ - ~ = -
acres cent
Pine 3 0.2 -_ 3 -_ -_ -
Oak-pine 583.2 15 19 8 16 =
Oak-hickory 800 44.4 516 112 120 52 _
White oak 3 2 -— 3 - -- -
Beech-maple 57 3.1 44 6 4 3 =
Mixed hardwoods 878 48.7 400 46 164 239 29
Bottomland 3 2 3 - -- -_- —
All types 1,802 978 «189 296 310 29
aw
Percent 100.0 54.3 10.5 16.4 17.2 1.6



e@ SIGNIFICANT FOREST STATISTICS FOR THE
SSS es

EASTERN REGION OF KENTUCKY

The eight counties of this Forest Survey Region include some
of the most rugged terrain in Kentucky. The area is separated from
Virginia on the southeast by a crest of the Cumberland Mountains
and from West Virginia on the northeast by Tug Fork, a tributary of
Big Sandy River. The Region is dissected by many narrow, meander-
ing valleys and knife~like ridges rising 2,000 to 3,500 feet above
the valley floors.

Though there are nearly 16,000 farms in these eight counties,
the principal industry of the Region is coal mining. Only 14 per-
cent of the land area is listed as cropland in the 1950 Census and
most of this is used for pasture. Transportation facilities which
developed slowly in this region, due in part to the rugged terrain,
have improved considerably as the coal industry developed since
1900.

The lumber industry is also important to this region. In
1947 this area produced nearly 100 million board feet of lumber.
Much of this is used by the mines which also use large amounts of
round wood for pit props.

The total !and area of the Eastern Region is 2,136,000 acres
of which about 84 percent (1,802,000 acres) is forested. This is
the most heavily forested area of Kentucky. Though the forests of
this region are on the most mountainous terrain of Kentucky, and
while road systems are still inadequate in much of the area, aJl of
the forest area in this region is considered physically accessible
today.

Nearly all of the forest land is privately owned. The 1950
Census shows about 470,000 acres of forest land on farms. It is
estimated that lumber and coal companies own in the neighborhood
of three-quarters of a million acres of land in tracts of 1,000
acres or more. Only about 16,000 acres of forest land are in
federal and state ownership.

Oak-hickory and mixed hardwood types, about equally divided,
occupy 93 percent of the forest area in this region. Oak~hickory
occupies the ridge tops and upper slopes; mixed hardwoods predomi-
nate on the lower slopes and in the coves. Chestnut oak comprises
a large portion of the volume in the oak-hickory type. Yellow=
poplar, hickory, basswood, beech, and sugar maple are important
species in the mixed hardwoods type.



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AMONINAX NI SNOISTA AFAMNS ISTkOs



ACCURACY OF DATA

Statistical analysis of forest, area and timber volume data
shows the following sampling error: for the Eastern Region:

Forest area Growing stock volume
(M acres) (Percent) (Million (Percent)

cu. ft.)
£16,.2 40.9 441.6 43.5

These estimates of sampling error do not include errors
resulting from the development and application of volume tables
and cull factors, or from mistakes in measurement or judgment.
All phases of field and office work were closely supervised to

@ keep these errors to a minimum. Since the percentage error in-

. creases with each subdivision of the total, small acreages or
volumes may have large errors and may therefore indicate only
relative magnitudes.

1/ At one standard error; that is, the chances are two out
of three that the calculated acreages and volumes do not differ from
the totals that would have been obtained by 100-percent measurement
by more than the errors shown here.

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®) Table 1.--Forest_and_nonforest area by county, 1951

s Total : :
County 3s land,: Forest area 3 Nonforest area

:areal/: 3

Thousand Thousand Percent Thousand Percent
acres acres acres

Floyd 257 191 74 66 26
Harlan 300 273 91 27 9
Knott 228 191 84 37 16
Leslie 264 242 92 22 8
Letcher 217 178 82 39 18
Martin 148 132 89 16 ll
Perry 219 173 79 46 21
Pike 503 422 84 81 16
All counties 2,136 1,802 84 334 16

1/ Source: Area of United States 1950, U. S. Bureau of the Census.

© Table 2.--Commercial forest area by ownership class, 1951

Ownership class Commercial forest area

Thousand = Percent.
acres
Federal:

National forest ie) oO.
Other 9 0.5
Total 9 oO.
State € 0.4
County and Municipal (/) --
Private 1,786 99.1
All ownerships 1,802 100.0

1/ Less than 500 acres.



Basswood - Tilia spp.

Cottonwood - Populus deltoides

Sweetgum - Liquidambar styraciflua
. Blackgum - Nyssa sylvatica

Blackgum (Swamp) - Nyssa aquatica

Beech - Fagus grandifolia

Black walnut - Juglans nigra

Other hardwoods ~ include all other commercial hard-
wood species

Noncommercial species include species that do not normally
have commercial value such as hawthorn, redbud, hornbeam, hophorn-
beam, alder, and serviceberry.

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FOREST STATISTICS
OF
EASTERN KENTUCKY

CENTRAL STATES

FOREST EXPERIMENT STATION
Calumbir Obie
PHILIP A. BRIEGLEB, DIRECTOR

FOREST SURVEY RELEASE NO. 12 JULY 1952



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e@ Table 4.--Saw-timber volume on commercial forest area by species
and_stand-size ciass, 1951

3 : Large : Small ; 2Seedling
. Pole-

Species . Total b Swe e saNe t danpan? ‘and

3 : timber: timber: ands? saplin

: 3 stands: stands: °°9"9S; stands

Million Percent - - - Million board feet - - -

bd. ft.

Shortleaf pine 9 1.6 37 45 7 6
Virginia pine nie o3 -- 8 _ 9
Hemlock 54 9 48 4 1 1
Post-oak group 6 el 6 - -- -
Chestnut oak 1,259 20.9 1,124 99 29 i
White oak 316 5.2 258 32 26 (2/)
Black oak 894 14.8 773 88 23 10
Northern red oak 408 6.7 365 35 7 1
Other red oaks 12 2 12 -- -- -—
Hickory 728 12.1 622 79 14 13
Ash 538 1.0 55 3 -— --
Elm 6 al 1 3 2 =
Yellow-poplar 548 9.1 452 68 27 1
Basswood 381 6.3 348 25 8 --
Blackgum 252 4.2 232 7 ll 2
© Sugar maple 164 2.7 158 6 om _
Soft maple 68 lel 51 4 13 _
Sycamore 5 ol 1 2 2 -—
Beech 585 9.7 540 22 7 16
Black walnut 38 6 29 1, 6 2
Other hardwoods 141 2.3 122 8 6 5
Total 6,035 5,234 539 189 73
Percent 100.0 86.7 8.9 3.1 1.3

1/ Includes the volume on nonstocked areas.
2/ Less than 0.5 million board feet.



About 65 percent of the forest area is supporting saw-timber
stands. Almost all of the saw-timber area is classed as large saw
timber. The large saw-timber stands average 5,352 board feet per
acre, while the small saw-timber stands average 2,852 board feet
per acre.

The total volume of saw timber in the Region is 6.0 billion
board feet, of which 87 percent is in large saw-timber stands.
Various species of oak make up 48 percent of the volume. Chestnut
oak is the most important single species in terms of volume. Next
in importance is black oak, followed by hickory, beech, and yellow-
poplar. About 46 percent of the saw-timber volume is in trees 20
inches d.b.h. and larger.

A higher proportion of the hardwood saw-timber volume is in
high-quality logs in this region than elsewhere in Kentucky. The
white oak group, which includes chestnut oak, shows up best with
nearly 32 percent of its volume in grade 1 and 2 logs. The other
hardwoods group, which includes a considerable amount of large
hickory, yellow-poplar, blackgum, basswood, and beech, has about
23 percent of its volume in grade 1 and 2 logs. This is the high=
quality timber wanted by most wood-using industries. The volume
and growth of high-quality timber in this region should be in-
creased through proper management and cutting practices.

The growing stock in this region averages 660 cubic feet
per acre. This indicates an understocked condition. The area
should be supporting two or three times as much volume per acre.
Steps should be taken to encourage young timber in this region.
Improved cutting practices and more adequate protection of the
forests from fire and grazing would help a great deal.


of softwood saw-timber trees to a minimum top d.i.b.
of 4.0 inches, and (3) pole-timber trees to a minimum
top d.i.b. of 4.0 inches.

Stand-size class

Large saw timber.--Stands having a minimum net volume of
1500 board feet per acre in saw-timber trees, with more
than half of this volume in trees 15.0 inches d.b.h. and
larger.

Small saw _timber.--Stands having a net volume of 1500
board feet per acre in saw-timber trees, with at least
half of this volume in trees smaller than 15.0 inches d.b.h.

Pole timber.--Stands with less than 1500 net board feet per
acre but at least 10 percent stocked with pole-timber and
larger trees and with at least half the minimum stocking

in pole-timber trees.

Seedlings and saplings.--Stands not qualifying either for
saw timber or pole timber but having at least 300 seedlings

and saplings of commercial species per acre.

Nonstocked.--Commercial forest land not qualifying for any
other class.

Hardwood log grade 32/

Grade 1.--Butt logs at least 14,0 inches (upper logs at
least 16 inches) in diameter inside bark at the small end.
Minimum length of butt logs is 10 feet; 8 feet for upper
logs. Five-sixths of the surface on the three best faces
must be clear of defect. Two clear cuttings are allowed on
any face, but the minimum length of cuttings is 7 feet for
butt logs and 5 feet for upper logs. Cull deductions in-
cluding sweep cannot exceed 25 percent for butt logs and
40 percent for upper logs. Such logs will normally yield
at least 65 percent No. 1 common and better lumber.

Grade 2.--Logs at least 12 inches in diameter inside bark
at the small end. Minimum length is 8 feet. Two-thirds
of the surface on the three best faces must be clear of
defect. Three clear cuttings are allowed on any face, but

2/ The hardwood log grades used are essentially those pub-

lished as "Interim Sawlog Grades for Southern Hardwoods," by C. Ro
Lockard and R. D. Carpenter, Southern Forest Experiment Station,

1946.

Persons interested in detailed specifications should con-

sult this publication.

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© Table 8.--Cubic volume of growing stock on commercial forest area
® by species and stand-size class, 1951

Large s Small : Polax :Seedling

x 3 saw- 3 saw- 3 .. 3 and

Species 3 Total 3 timber: timber: ie sapling

3 3_stands: stands: zstandsl

Million Percent - = - Million cubic feet - - -

cu. ft.
Shortleaf pine 19.0 1.6 6.5 9.9 1.6 1.0
Virginia pine 5.9 5 ol 2.8 — 3.0
Hemlock 11.8 1.0 10.6 °7 34 el
Post-oak group 1.5 al 1.3 -- 2 -
Chestnut oak 216.4 18.2 183.1 20.1 11.4 1.8
White oak 73.8 6.2 51.9 11.6 9.4 9
Black oak 168.8 14.2 129.2 1e.8 19.1 3.7
Northern red oak 71.5 6.0 61.5 7.2 2.6 2
Other red oaks 3.7 3 3.4 3 - =
Hickory 152.9 12.8 120.8 20.1 8.8 3.2
Ash 14.6 1.2 13.0 9 27 ~~
Elm 4.3 4 2.6 1.4 3 -
Yellow~poplar 111.4 9.4 79.7 16.7 13.9 1.1
Basswood 70.7 5.9 62.8 6.0 1.8 el
Sweetgum (2/) -- (2/) -- -- --
© Blackgum 45.0 3.8 39.7 2.0 2.5 8
= Sugar maple 31.6 2.7 29.4 1.8 el 3
Soft maple 23.7 2.0 16.9 2.4 3.7 7
Sycamore 3.3 3 23 5 2.1 4
Beech 97.5 8.2 86.6 6.1 Qed: 2.7
Black walnut 8.8 o7 5.2 4 2.4 8
Other hardwoods 53.6 4.5 38.1 6.2 6.7 2.6
All species 1,189.8 942.7 133.9 89.8 23.4
re — ee

Percent 100.0 79.2 11.3 7.5 2.0

1/ Includes the volume on nonstocked areas.
2/ Less than 0.05 million cubic feet.



Table 10.--Average volume per acre by stand-size class, 1951

Stand-size class Average volume per acre

Board feet Cubic feetL/

Large saw-timber stands 5,352 963.9
Small saw-timber stands 2,852 708.5
Pole-timber stands 639 303.4
Seedling and sapling stands2/ 215 69.0

All classes 3,349 660.3

V/ Growing stock only.
© 2/ Includes the volume on nonstocked areas.

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© CONTENTS

Page
Significant forest statistics for the Eastern Region
of Kentucky- ----*- 2-2 -- 552-225 - 2 -- 2 ee 1
Tables
1. Forest and nonforest area by county, 1951- = - - - - 3
2. Commercial forest area by ownership class, 1951--- 3
3. Commercial forest area by forest type and stand-
size class, 1951 -----+-+-+--+--+------ 4
4. Saw-timber volume on commercial forest area by
species and stand-size class, 1951 -------- 5
5. Saw-timber volume on commercial forest area by
species and tree-diameter class, 1951~ - - - - = - °6
6. Hardwood saw-timber volume by species group and
log grade, 195l- = --=----+--+6+------ 7
© 7. Total cubic volume of sound wood on commercial
forest area by species and class of material,
195l-2+--+2e 2-2-2 ee ee ee ee ee ee eee 8
8. Cubic volume of growing stock on commercial
forest area by species and stand-size class,
195l--s 22-52 ee ee eee ee ee ee eee 9
9. Cubic volume of growing stock on commercial
forest area by stand-size class and tree-diameter
class, 195le = - 2-2-2222 2222-2 eee 10

10. Average volume per acre by stand=-size class, 1951- - 11

Forest Survey procedure = ------2=-=2s-=--+=-+-+-+- 12
Accuracy of data- -------- 2-7-2 -----2---- 13
Explanation of terms used - --=----=-=--+--2---- 14
Species listed- -------+----- 258 --------- 18



TERRITORY SERVED BY THE

CENTRAL STATES FOREST EXPERIMENT STATION
FOREST SERVICE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

INDIANA

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MISSOURI

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FOREST STATISTICS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY

By
THE FOREST SURVEY ORGANIZATION
CENTRAL STATES FOREST EXPERIMENT STATION
These people helped to collect and compile data and to pre-
pare this report:
R. K. Winters, Chief, Division of Forest Economics
Field Inventory

M. E. Becker, Supervisor; E. F. Youngblood,
W. B. Metcalf, R. A. Harmon, J. M. Smith,
T. A. Harrington, G. N. Semmens, P. L. Thornton

Photo Interpretation

K. E. Moessner, Supervisor; C. E. Jensen,
F. D. Brunson,

Drafting
R. W. Smith |

Statistical Computations ©

Lake F. Compton, Margaret Peirsol, Julia M.
Hummell, Norma J. Crandall, Violet Powell

Stenographic Service
Edith D. Clark
The aerial photographs used in this survey were provided by

the Kentucky Department of Conservation, Division of Forestry,
H. B. Newland, Director.


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