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FORESTRY BULLETIN NO 1
AUGUST 1945
FOREST FACTS FOR GEORGIA DISTRICT 2

THE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF GEORGIA
IN COOPERATION WITH
THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
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F0R3ST FACTS FOR GEORGIA DISTRICT 2
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The Agricultural and Industrial Development Board of Georgia
in cooperation with
The Georgia Department of Forestry
The American Forestry Association UNIVERSW
LIBRARIES
Of GEORGEFOREWORD
The Georgia Forest Resource Appraisal was initiated in July I9UU under
a cooperative agreement between the Agricultural and Industrial Development
Board of Georgia the Georgia Department of Forestry and the American Forestry
Association The purpose of the survey is to determine on a county basis
l the volume of sawtimber cordwood and other forest products 2 the rate
at which this timber is growing 3 drain and mortality U acreage burned
annually 5 area of forest land 6 cutting practices and 7 management
trends
The field work in District 2 was done in July August September and
October 19 This publication is a preliminary report and the data are
subject to correction before they are published in a state report to be
issued early in I9U6 Only items 1 k and 5 above are considered in this
report The other data need considerable interpretation and additional study
before releasing and theytoo will form part of the state report
The Georgia Department of Forestry through Director J M Tinker furnished
help through the State and District Staff in the collection of field data The
American Forestry Association through Director John B Woods and Regional
Consultant Charles R Ross approved general plans for the project and assisted
in the collection of field data
Coordination of the survey and report preparation were under the super
vision of the authors
Appreciation is expressed to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration
the School of Forestry of the University of Georgia and to the Georgia Forestry
Association for valuable assistance in the survey
Special acknowledgement is due R Bruce MacGregor and Elton J Smith of the
Georgia Department of Forestry Robert K Boydell of the Agricultural and
Industrial Development Board and L W R Jackson of the Division of Forest
Pathology Bureau of Plant Industry Soils and Agricultural Engineering U S
Department of Agriculture
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Ellis Arnall Governor of Georgia
AGRICULTURAL AND IHDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMEM1 BOARD
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Blanton Fortson Chairman
L Vaughan Howard Executive Director
Hame of Member
Address
Ivan AllenAtlanta
T E AbercrombieAtlanta
Charles L Bowden
W 5T Banks
Cason J Callaway
M D Collins
Ryburn G Clay
Mrs Frank C David
Blanton Fortson
Charles B Gramling
Macon
Grantvilie
Hamilton
Atlanta
Atlanta
Columbus
Athens
Atlanta
Robert W GrovesSavannah
Alfred W Jones Sea Island
Tom Linder Atlanta
Wiley L Moore Atlanta
Walter R McDonald Atlanta
Henry MclntoshAlbany
W H MaMaughtonCartersville
J L PilcherMeigs
Ed StevensDawson
M King Tucker Waynesboro
Wilson WilliamsAtlanta

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Description of Georgia District 2 t 5
Baker County Data 9
Brooks County Data10
Calhoun County Data11
Colquitt County Data12
Decatur County Data13
Dougherty County Data1
Early County Data15
Grady County Data16
Miller County Data17
Mitchell County Data12
Seminole County Data 19
Thomas County Data20
Tift County Data21
Worth County Data22
Summary of Georgia District 2 Data23
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DESCRIPTION OF GEORGIA DISTRICT 2
Georgia District 2 coincides with District 2 of the Georgia Depart
ment of Forestry and Georgia Congressional District 2 It is located in the
southwest corner of the State and embraces lk counties Listed alphabetically
these counties are
Baker
Brooks
Calhoun
Colquitt
Decatur
Dougherty
Early
Grady
Miller
Mitchell
Seminole
Thomas
Tift
Worth
Including water areas the total area of tho District is 3906560 acres
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Of this total area k percent or 2102706 acres is in forest land
Included among the principal cities of the District are Albany Bain
bridge Moultrie Thomasville and Tifton Other cities and towns of import
ance throughout the District are Blakely Cairo Camilla Colquitt Donalson
ville Morgan Fewton Quitman and Sylvester An excellent road system con
sisting of federal and state paved highways and state and county improved
roads forms a network of transport facilities between all towns and rural
districts In addition the area is traversed by twelve railroads the prin
cipal ones being the Atlantic Coast Line Birmingham and Coast Central of
Georgia Georgia and Florida Seaboard Air Line and Southern
Principal rivers in the District are the Chattahoochee which borders
the District on the west the Withlacoochee and Little which partially
border the District on the east and the Flint and Ochlockonee which traverse
the District in a north to south direction Traffic on the Chattahoochee and
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Flint rivers once important arteries of transportation has decreased since
the advent of the railroads
From the standpoint of dominant interest in forest use the produc
tion of naval stores has long held the most prominent position in the
District with the production of lumber poles piling pulpwood and other
commodities secondary in the minds of most forest owners Markets for each
of these products are available in the District and with the recent awaken
ing of many forest owners to the advantages of integrated utilization it can
be safely predicted that these markets will be increased in the future
Practically all of the forest area of the District is covered by one of
three general forest types Principal among these from the standpoint of
coverage is the longleafslash or loblolly pine type the pinehardwoods
type and the hardwoods type Each of these types is dominated by the species
its name implies It is interesting to note with respect to coverage that
in the oast 50 years the longleafslash pine type which forms a belt extend
ing in a general east to west direction across the District has been narrowed
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by the encroachment of the pinehardwoods type and that within the longleaf
slash pine type the proportion of slash pine is steadily increasing
Practically all of the types are composed of secondgrowth stands Small
scattered tracts of oldgrowth timber occur occasionally in all types but
in the aggregate they comprise only a small proportion of the total timber
volume and an even smaller proportion of the forest area
The net volume of pine hardwood and cypress sawtimber in the District
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2 Mohr Charles The Timber Pines of the Southern United States USDA
Div of For Bui 13 1896
3 Volume and other pertinent data are given by counties in the latter por
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totals 3SU7000000 board feet Approximately 89 percent or 3 409000000
board feet of this total volume is pine sawtimber The remaining U3gOOOOOO
board feet are hardwood and cypress sawtimber On the basis of total forest
land acreage this represents an average of 1621 board feet of pine and 208
board feet of hardwood and cypress per acre Under present as well as under
normal conditions and from both a physical and an economic standpoint almost
the entire volume of sawtimber can be listed as accessible
Net cordwood volume in the District not including sawtimber sized trees
totals 4455000 cords Of this total 2209000 cords or 50 percent are
pine 1341000 cords or 30 percent are pulping hardwoods and 905000
cords or 20 percent are nonpulping hardwoods and cypress This is an aver
age volume per acre for forest land of 10 cords of pine 07 cords of pulp
ing hardwood and 04 cords of nonpulping hardwood and cypress or a total of 2
cords oer forest land acre of all species
Naval stores production varies from a low in Calhoun and Dougherty Counties
each with two operators working approximately six crops to a high in Brooks
and Colquitt where SO operators work 46 crops and 16 operators work approxi
mately 69 crops respectively
In spite of the publicized prevalence of fires the stocking of the major
ity of forest stands in the District is above the average Of the 2102706
acres of forest land in the District 51 percent is rated as having Ood stock
ing 9 percent as having medium stocking and 40 percent as having poor stock
ing It is interesting to note in examining these data that 91 percent of
the area is either well stocked or poorly stocked with a comparatively close
division of area between these classifications Many of the areas classified
as poorly stocked have apparently been in such a condition for years indicat
ing the necessity for artificial means of restocking The fact that more than
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15 years gives concrete evidence that such a condition does exist and that an
attempt is being made by forest owners to adjust the condition in favor of
better forestry practice A forest nursery of the Georgia Department of Fores
try capable of producing 30 million seedlings per year is located at Albany
Although uncontrolled woods fires have long been a major threat to the
forests and sound forest practices in the District in recent years the tendency
among forest owners to use controlled prescribed burning has greatly lessen
ed the number of major conflagrations However even with this form of insur
ance against damaging fires over 177000 acres of forest land were burned in
the District in 19 Only one county Brooks has recognized the import
ance of forest fire prevention to the extent of entering into a cooperative
agreement with the Gsorgia Department of Forestry to establish countywide
forest fire protection
In the fourteen counties in District 2 forty percent or 156158 acres
of all land listed on the 19 tax digest was owned in units of 500 acres or
more by Eh owners For individual counties there is considerable varia
tion in the proportion held in the 500 acre and larger ownership group The
largest percentage is in Farly County where 129 owners hold 51 percent and
the lowest in Tift County with 9 Owners holding 10 percent of the total area
These holdings do not necessarily indicate ownership of a contiguous tract of
land but possibly a number of separate tracts located in the county
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BAKER COUNTY
Total area 22780 acres
Forest area 135337 acres 59 percent
Total net sawtiniber volume 214826000 board feet
Pine 193835000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 20991000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 350700 cords
Pine 142200 cords
Pulping hardwoods 5580 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 152700 cords
Stocking
Good 67668 acres
Medium 10827 acres
Poor 56842 acres
Area burned 1944 1353 acres
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Total area 312080 acres
Forest area 162539 acres 51 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 351696000 board feet
Pine 320872000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 30824000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 495900 cords
Pine 199600 cords
Pulping hardwoods 162900 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 1330 cords
Stocking
Oood 95898 acres
Medium 17879 acres
Poor 48762 acres
Area burned 1944 1625 acres
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CALHOUN COUNTY
Total area 184960 acres
Forest areas 9330 acres 51 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 112586000 board feet
Pine 63423000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress U9l63OOO board feet
Total net cordwood volume 179500 cords
Pine 26700 cords
Pulping hardwoods 112900 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 39900 cords
Stocking
Good 60371 acres
Medium 1887 acres
Poor 32072 acres
Area burned 1944 30186 acres
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Total area 360320 acres
Forest area 156379 acres 43 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 357885000 board feet
Pine 330797000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 27088000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 241100 cords
Pine 190800 cords
Pulping hardwjods 47500 cords
Nonpulping hardroods and cypress 2800 cords
Stocking
Good 68807 acres
Medium 28l4g acres
Poor 59i24 acres
Area burned 1944 28lUg acres
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Total area 392320 acres
Forest area 266335 acres 68 percent
Total net sawtimber volume klG234000 board feet
Pine 37195000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 42039000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 5800000 cords
Pine 343800 cords
Pulping hardwoods 134500 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 66500 cords
Stocking
Good 130529 acres
Medium 13319 cacres
Poor 122537 acres
Area burned 1944 7992 acres
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Total area 210560 acres
Forest area 100016 acres Hg percent
Total net sawtiniber volume 12775000 board feet
Pine 10773000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 35032000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 329200 cords
Pine 76900 cords
Pulping hardwoods 115700 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 136600 cords
Stocking
Good 51009 acres
Medium 6001 acres
Poor Uo006 acres
Area burned I9UU 16002 acres
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EARLY COUNTY
Total area 336640 acres
Forest area 175389 acres 52 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 226523000 board feet
Pine 168767000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 57216000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 39000 cords
Pine 120500 cords
Pulping hardwoods 157700 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 90600 cords
Stocking
Good 8591 acres
Medium 10523 acres
Poor 78925 acres
Area burned 1944 22800 acres
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Total area 298880 acres
Forest area 176040 acres 59 percent
Total net sawtinber volume 410031000 board feet
Pine 372515000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 37516000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 606700 cords
Pine 35100 cords
Pulping hardwoods 193300 cords
ITonpulping hardwoods and cypress 48300 cords
Stocking
Good 132030 acres
Medium 3521 acres
Poor 40489 acres
Area burned 1944 1J60 acres
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Total area 183620 acres
Forest area 102126 acres 56 percent
Total net sawtimber volume i25U3iOOO board feet
Pine 107448000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 17983000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 184300 cords
Pine 84500 cords
Pulping hardwoods 25100 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 74700 cords
Stocking
Good 3574 acres
Medium 714 acres
Poor 59233 acres
Area burned 1944 2042 acres
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Total area 32700 acres
Forest area 148176 acres 15 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 323223000 board feet
Pine 30001000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 21222000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 31500 cords
Pine 167200 cords
Pulping hardwoods 84100 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 63200 cords
Stocking
Good 83l46 acres
Medium l4g48 acres
Poor 50482 acres
Area burned ig44 11878 acres
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Total area 177280 acres
Forest area 106191 acres 60 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 94609000 board feet
Pine 80186000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 14423000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 85100 cords
Pine 60800 cords
Pulping hardwoods 3100 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 21200 cords
Stocking
ood 20176 acres
Medium 6372 acres
Poor 79643 acres
Area burned 1944 3186 acres
19THOMAS COUNTY
Total area 347520 acres
Forest area 197391 acres 57 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 441453000 board feet
Pine 409137000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 32316000 board feet
Total net cordvrood volume 409800 cords
Pine 209000 cords
Pulling hardwoods 135800 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 65000 cords
Stocking
Good 110539 acres
Medium 19739 acres
Poor 67113 acres
Area burned 1944 15791 acres
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Total area 17020 acres
Forest area 90568 acres 53 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 1957000 board feet
Pine 130799000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress Ik95000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 104500 cords
Pine 67500 cords
Pulping hardwoods 33300 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 3700 cords
Stocking
Good 0756 acres
Medium 13525 acres
Poor 36227 acres
Area burned 191 1177 acres
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Total area 371200 acres
Forest area 191539 acres 52 percent
Total net sawtimber volume U3l4Oi5OOO board feet
Pine 397716000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 36299OOO board feet
Total net cordvood volume 20200 cords
Pine 15500 cords
Pulping hardwoods 79100 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 6600 cords
Stocking
Good S6193 acres
Medium 26815 acres
Poor 78531 acres
Area burned I9UU 22985 acres
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SUMMARY OF DISTRICT 2
Total area 3906560 acres
Forest area 2102706 acres 54 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 3847091000 board feet
Pine 3409434000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 437657000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 4455300 cords
Pine 2209100 cords
Pulping hardwoods 1340800 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 905 O cords
Stocking
Good 1071807 acres
Medium 180613 acres
Poor 850286 acres
Area burned 1944 177522 acres
23DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED
General
Total area Entire acreage within the boundaries of the unit con
sidered including water areas Total areas used were obtained from the publica
tion Areas of the United States I9U0 U S Bureau of the Census 1942
Forest area Acreage obtained from aerial photographs having a
forest cover agricultural urban water roads rightofways and other non
forest areas omitted
Forest land Land supporting a forest cover or which if cleared
does not show evidence of being used for improved pasture agricultural urban
or other nonforest use
Net volume Volume from which cull sweep and mortality volumes
have been deducted
Board feet Board foot measure log scale by International 5inch
rule
Cord Standard cord k x k x 8 feet in dimensions
Top diameter Minimum top diameters for pine and cypress 5f inches
for hardwoods g inches all trees having large branches forked top excessive
crook or other defect to an acceptable utilization top diameter
dbh Diameter breast high feet above the average ground level
Naval stores crop Ten thousand cups or faces
Forest Types
Longleafslash or loblolly pine Forest stands in which over 75 percent
of the dominant and codominant stems are longleaf slash andor loblolly pines
Pinehardwoods Forest stands in which 50 to 75 percent inclusive of
the dominant and codominant stems are pine and the remainder are hardwoods
Hardwoods Forest stands in which more than 50 percent of the domin
ant and codominant stems are hardwoods
Species Croups
Pines All pines regardless of speciesprincipally longleaf slash
and loblolly
Cypress Pondcypress and baldcypress
Hardwoods All hardwood species
Pulping hardwoods Bay magnolia yellow poplar red maple all
species of gums and other softtextured species
Nonpulping hardwoods Firm textured species such as ash hickory
elm persimmon birch beech holly and all oaks except blackjack and bluejack
which were considered as cull and are not included in the cordwood volume data
Forest Condition Classes
Oldgrowth Forest stands having the characteristics of mature
original forests
Secondgrowth Forest stands which have replaced the original forests
Size Classes
Sawtimber a Pine trees nine inches dbh and larger which are
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c Hardwood trees 13 inches dbh and larger which are
50 percent sound and will produce one 12 foot log
Cordwood Any tree between 49 inches and the minimum sawlog dbh
at least 75 percent sound and having a reasonably straight stem with the
exception of scrub oaks such as blackjack and bluejack oaks and all other
species which because of fork crook extreme limbiness or other sound defects
will never become suitable for sawtiraber
Reproduction All trees smaller than 5 inches dbh
Stocking
Number Trees Required 1
Good Medium Poor
Sawtimber
Plot Size
10 12 trees 15 5lk 4 or less acre
14 16 trees 6 35 2 or less acre
18 3 2 1 or less acre
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FORESTRY BULLETIN NO 3
OCTOBER 1045
FOREST FACTS FOR GEORGIA DISTRICT 8
GENERAL LIBR
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THE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD OP GEORGIA
IN COOPERATION WITH
THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OP FORESTRY
THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION
Forestry Bulletin No 2
October 1945
FOREST FACTS FOR GEORGIA DISTRICT 8
by
B F Grant
and
A E Patterson
The Agricultural and Industrial Development Board of Georgia
in cooperation with
The Georgia Department of Forestry
The American Forestry AssociationFOREWORD
The Georgia Forest Resource Appraisal was initiated in July 19
under a cooperative agreement between the Agricultural and Industrial
Development Board of Georgia the Georgia Department of Forestry and the
American Forestry Association The purpose of the survey is to determine
on a county basis l the volume of sawtimber cordwood and other forest
products 2 the rate at which this timber is growing 3 drain and
mortality k acreage burned annually 5 area of forest land 6 cutting
practices and 7 management trends
The field work in District 8 was done in January February and March
195 This publication is a preliminary report and the data are subject to
correction before they are published in a state report to be issued early in
lk Only items 1 k and 5 above are considered in this report The others
need considerable interpretation and additional study before releasing and
they too will form part of the state report
The Georgia Department of Forestry through Director J M Tinker
furnished help from the State and District Staff in the collection of field
data The American Forestry Association through Director John B Woods and
Regional Consultant Charles R Ross approved general plans for the project
and assisted in the collection of field data
Coordination of the survey and report preparation were under the
supervision of the authors
Appreciation is expressed to the Agricultural Adjustment Administra
tion the School of Forestry of the University of Georgia and to the Georgia
Forestry Association for valuable assistance in the survey
Special acknowledgement is due the following members of the Georgia
Department of Forestry R Bruce MacGregor formerly State Marketing Aide
Guyton DeLoach District Forester Lee Webb and W W Holmes District
Marketing Aides Robert K Boydell of the Agricultural and Industrial Develop
ment Board and L W R Jackson of the Division of Forest Pathology Bureau
of Plant Industry Soils and Agricultural Engineering U S Department of
Agriculture

Ellis Arnall Governor of Georgia
AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT BOARD
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Blanton Fortson Chairman
L Vaughan Howard Executive Director
Name of Member Address
Ivan Allen Atlanta
T F AbercrombieAtlanta
Charles L BowdenMacon
W N BanksGrantville
Cason J CallawayHamilton
M D CollinsAtlanta
Ryburn G Clay Atlanta
Mrs Prank C DavidColumbus
Blanton Eortson Athens
Charles B GramlingAtlanta
Robert W Groves Savannah
Alfred W JonesSea Island
Tom Binder Atlanta
Wiley L MooreAtlanta
Walter R McDonald Atlanta
Henry MclntjshAlbany
W H McNaughton Cartersville
J L PilcherMeigs
Ed Stevens Dawson
Mo King TuckerWaynesboro
Wilson Williams Atlanta

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CONTENTS
Description of Georgia District 8 5
Appling County Data 10
Atkinson County Data
Bacon County Data12
Berrien County Data 13
Brantley County Data1
Camden County Data15
Charlton County Data
Clinch County Data 17
Coffee County Data 18
Cook County Data 1
Schols County Data0
Glynn County Data21
Irwin County Data 22
Jeff Davis County Data 23
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Lanier County DataH
Lowndes County Data 25
Pierce County Data2
Telfair County Data27
Ware County Data2S
Wayne County Data29
Summary of Georgia District 8 Data30
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uDESCRIPTION OF GEORGIA DISTRICT 8
Georgia District 8 coincides with District 8 of the Georgia Depart
ment of Forestry and Georgia Congressional District 8 It is located in
the south central part of the state and embraces 20 counties Listed
alphabetically these counties are
Appling Brantley Coffee Irwin Pierce
Atkinson Camden Cook Jeff Davis Telfair
Bacon Charlton Schols Lanicr Ware
Berrien Clinch Glynn Lowndes Wayne
The total area of the District including water areas is 6277120
acres Of this total area 74 oercent or 4640379 acres is in forest
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land The Okefenokee Swamp in Charlton Clinch and Ware Counties contain
ing nearly 500000 acres is excluded from the forest land area of the
District hut the islands off the coast of Camden and Glynn Counties are
included
Among the principal cities of the District are Waycross Yaldosta
Brunswick and Douglas Other cities are Adel Alma Baxley Blackshcar
Folkston Hazelhurst Homerville Jesup Lakeland McRae Nashville Nahunta
Ocilla Pearson and Woodbine An excellent road system consisting of
federal and state paved highways and state and county improved roads comprise
a net of transport facilities between all towns and rural districts In
addition the District is traversed by seven railroads the principal ones
being the Atlantic Coast Line Georgia and Florida Southern Seaboard Air
Line and the AtlajftaBirminghm and Coast
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Principal rivers in the District are the Altamaha which borders the
District on the east the Ocmulgee which flows through the northern part of
the District the Withlacoochee which partially borders the District on the
west the St Marys which partially borders the District on the south the
Alapaha Sat ilia and Suwannee which traverse the District Traffic on the
Altamaha Satilla and St Marys especially by barges is an important source
of transportation for forest products Brunswick with a deepwater port is
an important center for the export of forest products especially naval
stores to domestic and foreign ports
From the standpoint of dominant interest in forest use the production
of naval stores has long held the most prominent position in the District
with the production of lumber pulpwood poles piling and other commodities
secondary in the minds of most forest owners Markets for each of these
products are available in the District and with the recent awakening of many
forest owners to the advantage of integrated utilization it can be safely
predicted that these markets will be increased in the future
Practically all of the forest area of the District is covered by one
of three forest types Principal among these from the standpoint of
coverage is the longleafslash pine type the pinehardwoodcypress type
and the hardwoods type Each of these types is dominated by the species its
name implies
Practicallly all of the types are composed of secondgrowth stands
Small scattered tracts of oldgrowth timber occur occasionally in all
types but in the aggregate they comprise only a small proportion of the
total timber volume and an even smaller proportion of the forest area
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The net volume of pine hardwood and cypress sawtimber in the
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District totals 6466730000 hoard feet excluding timber in the Oko
fenokee Swamp Approximately 85 percent or 5448710000 board feet of
this total volume is pine sawtimber The remaining 1018020000 board
feet are hardwood and cypress sawtimber On the basis of total forest land
acreage this represents an average of 1174 board feet of pine and 219
board feet of hardwood and cypress per acre Under present as well as
under normal conditions and from both a physical and an economic stand
point almost the entire volume of sawtimber can be listed as accessible
The hardwood and cypress sawtimber is scattered and the volume per acre
is small
Net cordwood volume in the District not including sawtimber sized
trees totals 13jU7700 cords Of this total 7748900 cords or 56 per
cent are pine 4116200 cords or 30 percent are pulping hardwoods and
1882600 cords or l4 percent arc nonpulping hardwoods and cypress
This is an average volume per acre for forest land of 17 cords of pine
09 cords of pulping hardwoods and 04 cords of nonpulping hardwoods and
cypress or a total of 30 cords per forest land acre of all species
Naval stores production varies from a low in Glynn County where five
or six operators work approximately twelve crops to a high in Appling and
Clinch where more than 700 operators work approximately 200 crops and 80
operators work approximately 220 crops respectively In the District
nearly 2800 operators are working approximately 2100 crops
Of the 4640379 acres of forest land in the District 70 percent is
rated as having good stocking 11 percent as having medium stocking and
19 percent as having poor stocking Many of the areas classified as poorly
2 Volume and other pertinent data are given by counties in the latter
portion of this bulletin
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BBHkstocked have apparently been in such a condition for years indicating the
necessity for artificial means of restocking The fact that more than Ik
million pine seedlings have been distributed in the District within the
past 15 years gives evidence that such a condition does exist and that an
attempt is being made by forest owners to adjust the condition in favor of
better forestry practice
More than 750000 acres of forest land or about 16 percent of
the forested area in the District were burned in igUU This includes
woodlands on which controlled prescribed burning was applied as well as
those which were burned by wild fires The latter have long been a major
threat to the forests as well as a deterrent to the application of sound
forest practices in the District Six counties Appling Brantley Camden
Glynn Lowndes and Wayne have established countywide fire protection in
cooperation with the Georgia Department of Forestry Six additional
counties Atkinson Charlton Clinch Schols Lanier and Ware are also
protecting a portion of the forest land in Timber Protective Organizations
in cooperation with that Department
In the twenty counties in District 8 fortyfive percent or
2816546 acres of all land listed on the I9UU tax digest was owned in
units of 1000 acres or more by 638 owners For individual counties there
is considerable variation in the proportion held in the 1000 acre and
larger ownership group The largest percentage is in Clinch County where
US owners hold 80 percent and the lowest in Cook County with 6 owners
holding 7 percent of the total area These holdings do not necessarily
indicate ownership of a contiguous tract of land but possibly a number of
separate tracts located in the county
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timberland in Ware County under a 99 year lease from the Soil Conservation
Service United States Department of Agriculture and 1000 acres in
Appling County which is owned outright
The Bureau of Biological Survey United States Department of the
Interior owns around 300000 acres of the Okefenokee Swamp and is
administering it as a game and bird refuge
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Total area 329600 acres
Forest area 272250 acres S3 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 275086000 board feet
Pine 232790000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 36296000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 340300 cords
Pine 291900 cords
Pulping hardwoods 18800 cords
ftonpulping hardwoods and cypress 29600 cords
Stocking
Good 204188 acres
Medium 10890 acres
Poor 57172 acres
Area burned 1944 46282 acres
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Total area 203520 acres
Forest area 17417 acres 86 percent
Total net savtimber volume 193336000 board feet
Pine 179769000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 13567000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 52300 cords I
Pine 386500 cords
Pulping hardwoods 109800 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress U6000 cords
Stocking
Good 115115 acres
Medium 38372 acres
Poor 20930 acres
Area burned lgUI 3883 acres

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Total area IS520 acres
Forest area 137265 acres 73 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 150223000 board feet
Pine 136234000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 13939000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 37300 cords
Pine 251900 cords
Pulping hardwoods 22600 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 32800 cords
Stocking
Good 93340 acres
Medium 16472 acres
Poor 27453 acres
Area burned 1944 23335 acres
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Total area 300800 acres
Forest area 206048 acres 68 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 20831000 board feet
Pine 182176000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 26165000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 626200 cords
Pino 450200 cords
Pulping hardwoods 153600 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 22U00 cords
Stocking
Good 111266 acres
Medium 63875 acres
Poor 30907 acres
Area burned 1944 57693 acres
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Total area 236080 acres
Forest area 25039 acres 89 percent
Total net sawtimher volume 367 230000 board feet
Pine 337379 000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 29360000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 842200 cords
Pine 576200 cords
Pulping hardwoods 175600 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 90400 cords
Stocking
Good 218474 acres
Medium 5081 acres
Poor 304g4 acres
Area burned 1944 48268 acres

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Total area UUU800 acres
Forest area 391583 acres 38 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 5395000 board feet
Pine U27217000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 112188000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 888800 cords
Pine 607000 cords
Pulping hardwoods 195800 cords
onpulping hardwoods and cypress 86000 cords
Stocking
Good 321098 acres
Medium 7832 acres
Poor 62653 acres
Area burned I9UU 78316 acres
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Total area 5H30 acres
Forest area 243972 acres 48 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 3Hi795000 board feet
Pine 286179000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 256l6000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 878500 cords
Pine 531900 cords
Pulping hardwoods 209800 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress
Stocking
Good 190298 acres
Medium 24397 acres
Poor 29277 acres
Area burned Ijkk 45915 acres
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Total area 510020 acres
Forest area 45952 acres 90 percent
Total net eawtimber volume 759674000 board feet
Fine 601773000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 157901000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 2014500 cords
Pine 965500 cords
Pulping hardwoods 823800 cords
ITonpulping hardwoods and cypress 225200 cords
Stocking
Good 344687 acres
Medium 68937 acres
Poor 45958 acres
Area burned 1944 50554 acres
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Total area 392320 acres
Forest area 265993 acres 68 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 378641000 board feet
Pine 332631000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 46010000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 66l100 cords
Pine 469900 cords
Pulping hardwoods 137200 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress
Stocking
Good 138316 acres
Medium 37239 acres
Poor 90438 acres
Area burned 1944 48879 acres
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Total area 149120 acres
Forest area 97223 acres 66 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 245066000 board feet
Pine 204228000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 40838000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 330300 cords
Pine 81300 cords
Pulping hardwoods 177600 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 71400 cords
Stocking
Good 4l086 acres
Medium 10760 acres
Poor 45977 acres
Area burned 1944 9782 acres
19 ECHOLS COUNTY
Total area 272000 acres
Forest area 27520 acres 91 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 17604UQOO board feet
Pine 379502000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 9652000 board feet
Total net cordwood volumes 1247300 cords
Pine 5lU500 cords
Pulping hardwoods 653200 cords
ITonpulping hardwoods and cypress 796 cords
Stocking
Good 170789 acres
Medium 7029 acres
Poor 29702 acres
Area turned 1944 14851 acres
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Total area 279600 acres
Forest area 250859 acres 84 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 258009000 board feet
Pine 167323000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 90686000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 271000 cords
Pine 137200 cords
Pulping hardwoods 113200 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 20600 cords
Stocking
Good 190653 acres
Medium 2508 acres
Poor 571698 acres
Area burned 1944 55189 acres
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Total area 238020 acres
Forest area 135229 acres 57 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 193127000 board feet
Pine 175934000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 17253000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 417500 cords
Pine 244300 cords
Pulping hardwoods 147200 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 26000 cords
Stocking
Good 52739 acres
Medium 29751 acres
Poor 52739 acres
Area burned 1944 2434l acres
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Total area 211gUo acres
Forest area 174980 acres S3 percent
Total nat eawtimber volume 191586000 board feet
Pine 153125000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 33461000 board feet
Total not cordwood volume 400200 cords
Fine 273200 cords
Pulling hardwoods 73800 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 53200 cords
Stocking
Coods 117236 acrs
Medium 10499 acres
Poor U72U5 acres
Area burned 194U 2977 acres
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Total area 117120 acres
Forest area 80579 acres 69 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 126401000 board feet
Pine 135372000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 51029000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 32U00 cords
Pine 173600 cords
Pulping hardwoods 132600 cords
FonTulping hardwoods and cypress 36200 cords
Stocking
Good 55600 acres
Medium 15310 acres
Poor 9669 acres
Area burned lMk 11281 acres
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Total area 327680 acres
Forest area 21266U acres 65 percent
Total net sawtirober volume 4U5356000 board feet
Pine 377 295000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 6806l000 board font
Total net cordwood volume 10SU60C cords
Pine 366800 cords
Pulping hardwoods HQ3600 cords
Fonrralping hardwoods and cypress 219200 cords
Stocking
Sood 125 U72 acres
Medium 23393 acres
Poor 637qc acres
Area burned 19UU 6380 acres
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Total area 218880 acres
Forest area 162847 acres 74 percent
Total net sawtimher volume 171752000 board feet
Pine 153214000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 18538000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 448600 cords iLy6
Pine 267000 cords
Pulping hardwoods 119000 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 62600 cords
Stocking
Good 128649 acres
Medium 11399 acres
Poor 22799 acres
Area burned 1944 27684 acres
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Total area 221600 acres
Fftrest area 197120 acres 70 percent
Total net sawtimber volume UU2575OOO board feet
Pine 3652U3OOO board feet
Hardwood and cypress 77332000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 1091800 cords
Pine 3U6200cords
Pulping hardwoods 259UOO cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress U86200 cords
Stocking
Good 12U186 acres
Medium 13798 acres
Poor 59136 acres
Area burned I9UU 3753 acres
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Total area 53680 acres
Forest area 31336 acres 5 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 33312000 board feet
Pine 318093000 board feet
Hardwood and cynress 150149000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 733500 cords
Pine 623900 cords
Pulping hardwoods 70000 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress S9600 cords
Stocking
Good 216271 acres
Medium 59553 acres
Poor 37612 acres
Area burned I9HU 50150 acres
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Total area Ul344o acres
Forest area 362173 acres gg percent
Total net sawtimber volume 339881000 board feet
Pine 291692000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress kZ189000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 229300 cords JLlt
Pine 189900 cords
Pulping hardwoods 2U600 cords
lionpulping hardwoods and cypress lU800 cords
Stocking
Good 293360 acres
Medium 3622 acres
Poor 65191 acres
Area burned 19U 5797 acres
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Total area 6277120 acres
Forest area U640379 acres jk percent
Total net sawtimber volume 6 1466730000 board feet
Pine 544g710000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 1018020000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 1377700 cords
Pine 7748900 cords
Pulping hardwoods 4ll6200 cords
Fonnulping hardwoods and cypress 1882600 cords
Stocking
Good 3252823 acres
Medium 500717 acres
Poor 886839 acres
Area burned 1944 756930 acres

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30DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED
General
Total area Entire acreage within the boundaries of the unit considered
including water areas Total areas used were obtained from the publication
Areas of the United States 1940 U S Bureau of the Census 1942
Forest area Acreage obtained from aerial photographs having a forest
cover agricultural urban water roads rightof ways and other nonforest
areas omitted
Forest land Land supporting a forest cover or which if cleared does
not show evidence of being used for improved pasture agricultural urban or
other nonforest use
Net volume Volume from which cull sweep and mortality volumes have
been deducted
Board feet Board foot measure log scale by International Jinch rule
Cord Standard cord 4x4x8 feet in dimensions
Top diameterMinimum top diameters for pine and cypress inches
for hardwoods 8 inches all trees having large branches forked top excessive
crook or other defect to an acceptable utilization top diameter
dbh Diameter breast high 4 feet above the average ground level
Naval stores crop Ten thousand cups or faces
Forest Types
Longleafslash pine Forest stands in which over 75 percent of the
dominant and codominant stems are longleaf andor slash pine
Pinehardwoodscypress Forest stands in which no species group alone
accounts for as much as 75 percent of the stand
Hardwoods Forest stands in which more than 50 percent of the dominant
and codominant stems are hardwoods
Species Groups
Pines All pines regardless of species principally longleaf slash
and loblolly
Cypress Pondcypress and baldcypress
Hardwoods All hardwood species
Pulping hardwoods Bay magnolia yellow poplar red maple all species
of gums and other softtextured species
Nonpulping hardwoods Firm textured species such as ash hickory elm
persimmon birch beech holly and all oaks except blackjack and bluejack which
were considered as cull and are not included in the cordwood volume data
Forest Condition Classes
Oldgrowth Forest stands having the characteristics of mature original
forests
Secondgrowth Forest stands which have replaced the original forests
Size Classes
Sawtimber a Pine trees nine inches dbh and larger which are
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b Cypress same qualifications as pine
c hardwood trees 13 inches dbh and larger which are
RO rrcent sound and will nroduce one 12 foot log
Cordwood Any tree between U9 inches and the minimum sawlog dbn
at least 75 percent sound and having a reasonably straight stem with the
exception of scrub oaks such as blackjack and bluejack oaks and all other
species which because of fork crook extreme limbincss or other sound defects
will never become suitable for sawtimber
Reproduction All trees smaller than 5 inches dbh
Density
dumber Trees Hequired
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10 12 trees 15 5lU 4 or less acre
lU 16 trees 6 35 2 or less acre
18 4 m 2 1 or less acre
Go rdwo od
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Scrub oak and associated minor species excluded
Ul stands coming under the good or medium classification of the
above table were classified as having good stocking The remaining sawtimber
and cordwood stands ie those coming under the poor classification of
the above table but having 59 trees of reproduction size on 140 acre were
classified as having medium stocking Those sawtimber cordwood and repro
duction stands coming under the poor classification of the above table but
having 4 or less trees of reproduction size on l40 acre were classified as
heavingpoor stocking
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FORESTRY BULLETIN NO 3
NOVEMBER 1945

FOREST FACTS FOR GEORGIA DISTRICT 1
THE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD OP GEORGIA
IN COOPERATION WITH
THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OP FORESTRY
THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATIONRHBHIHHHHIHIIHIIIHI

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Forestry Bulletin ITo 3
November 195
FOREST FACTS FOR GEORGIA DISTRICT 1
13 F Grant
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A E Fatterson
Tho Agricultural and Industrial Development Board of Georgia
in cooperation with
The Georgia Department of Forestry
The American Forestry Association
FOREWORD
The Georgia Forest Resource Appraisal was initiated in July 19
under a cooperative agreement between the Agricultural and Industrial
Development Board of Georgia the Georgia Department of Forestry and the
American Forestry Association The purpose of the survey is to determine
on a county oasis l the volume of sawtimber cordwood and other
forest products 2 the rate at which this timber is growing 3 drain
and mortality U acreage burned annually 5 area of forest land
6 cutting practices and 7 management trends
The field work in District 1 was done in January February and
March I9U5 This publication is a preliminary report and the data are
subject to correction before they arc published in a state report to be
issued early in I9U6 Only items 1 k and 5 above arc considered in this
report The others need considerable interpretation and additional study
before releasing and they too will form part of the state report
The Georgia Department of Forestry through Director J M Tinker
furnished help from the State and District Staff in the collection of field
data The American Forestry Association through Director John B Woods and
Regional Consultant Charles R Ross approved general plans for the project
and assisted in the collection of field data
Coordination of the survey and report preparation wsrc under the
supervision of the authors
Appreciation is expressed to the Agricultural Adjustment Administra
tion the School of Forestry of the University of Georgia and to the Georgia
Forestry Association for valuable assistance in the survey
Special acknowledgement is due the following members of the Georgia
Department of Forestry R Bruce MacGregor formerly State Marketing Aide
Wll McCorib District Forester and J W Roberts District Marketing Aide
Robert Z Boydell formerly with the Agricultural and Industrial Develop
ment Board and L W R Jackson of the Division of Forest Pathology Bureau
of Plant Industry Soils and Agricultural Engineering U S Department
of Agriculture
Ellis Arnall Governor of Georgia
AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT BOARD
OF
GEORGIA
Blanton Fortson Chairman
L Vaughan Howard Executive Director
Name of Member Address
Ivan Allen Atlanta
T F AbercrombieAtlanta
Giiarles L BowdenMacon
W N BanksGrantville
Cason J CallawayHamilton
M D CollinsAtlanta
Ryburn G ClayAtlanta
Mrs Frank C DavidColumbus
Blanton FortsonAthens
Charles B GramlingAtlanta
Robert W Groves Savannah
Alfred W JonesSea Island
Tom Binder Atlanta
Wiley L MooreAtlanta
Walter R McDonald Atlanta
Henry MclntoshAlbany
W H McNaughton Cartersville
J L FilcherMeigs
Ed StevensDawson
M King TuckerWaynesboro
Wilson Williams Atlanta
CONTENTS
Description of Georgia District 1 5
Bryan County Data3
Bui loch Comity Datain
Burke County Data11
Candler County Data 12
Chatham County Data13
Effingham County Data1I4
Emanucl County Data15
Evans County Data16
Jenkins County Data17
Liherty County Datalg
Long County Data19
Mclntosh County Data20
Montgomery County Data 21
Screven County Datat22
Tattnail County Data23
Treutlcn County Data2k
Toomhs County Data25
Wheeler County Data26
Summary of Georgia District 1 Data 27
Definitions 2S
DESCRIPTION OF GEORGIA DISTRICT 1
Georgia District 1 is located in southeast Georgia and embraces
18 counties It is identical to District 1 of the Georgia Department of
Forestry and Georgia Congressional District 1 Listed alphabetically the
counties in the District are
Bryan Candler Emanuel Liberty Montgomery Treutlen
Builoch Chatham Evans Long Scrcven Toombs
Burke Effingham Jenkins Mclntosh Tattnall tftieeler
The total area of the District including water areas is 518140
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acres Of this total area 70 percent or 3639868 acres is in forest land
The principal cities of the District are Savannah Statesboro Swains
boro and Waynesboro Other cities aro Alamo Claxton Darien Hinesville
Ludowici Lyons Mcttcr Millen Mt Vernon Pembroke Reidsville Soperton
Springfield and Sylvania
An excellent road system consisting of federal and state paved high
ways and state and county improved roads comprise a network of transport
facilities between all towns and rural districts In addition the District
is traversed by several railroads Among those are The Southern Seaboard
Air Line Georgia and Florida Central of Georgia and the Atlantic Coast Line
Principal rivers in the District are the Altamaha which borders the
District on the southwest the Savannah which borders the District on the
east the Qconee which touches the District on the west and the Canoochco
and Ogeechec which traverse the District in a northwest to southeast di
rection Traffic on the Altamaha and Savannah especially by barges is an
important source of transportation for forest products Savannah with a
deepwater port is an important center for the export of forest products
naval stores to domestic and foreign norts
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Forest Resource Appraisal are given on page 28
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IFrom the standpoint of dominant interest in forest use the production
of naval stores has long held the most prominent position in the District with
the production of lumber poles piling pulpwood and other commodities
secondary in the minds of most forest owners Markets for each of these
products are available in the District and with the recent awakening of many
forest owners to the advantage of integrated utilization it can be safely
predicted that these markets will be increased in the future
Practically all of the forest area of the District is covered by one
of four forest tyoes Principal among these from the standpoint of coverage
is the longleafslash pine type the pinehardwoodcypress type the loblolly
hardwoods type and the hardwoods type Each of these types is dominated by
tha species its name implies
Practically all of the typos arc composed of secondgrowth stands
Small scattered tracts of oldgrowth timber occur occasionally in all types
but in the aggregate they comprise only a small portion of the total timber
volume and an even smaller proportion of the forest area
The net volume of pine hardwood and cypress savtimber in the District
totals 6407Ul2000 board feet Approximately 81 percent or 5193394000
board feet of this total volume is pine sawtirnber The remaining 1214018000
board feet arc hardwood and cyorcss sawtirnber On the basis of total forest
land acreage this represents an average of 1427 board feet of pine and 333
board feet of hardwood and cypress per acre Under present as well as under
normal conditions and from both a physical and an economic standpoint almost
the entire volume of sawtirnber can be listed as accessible The hardwood and
cypress sawtirnber is scattered and the volume nor acre is small
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Net cordwood volume in the District not including sawtimber sized
tres totals 153gU300 cords Of this total 5858700 cords or 38 per
cent arc nine 682200 cords or kk percent are pulping hardwoods and
2683UO0 cords or 18 percent arc nonpulping hardwoods and cypress
This is an average volume per acre for forest land of 16 cords of pine
19 cords of pulping hardwoods and 07 cords of nonpulping hardwoods and
cypress or a total of U2 cords per forest land acre of all species
Naval stores production varies from none in Burke County which is
just north of the slash and longlcaf pine belt to a high in Ernanuel County
where 509 operators work 158 crops In the District nearly 2400 operators
work approximately S85 crops
Of the 3639868 acres of forest land in the District 69 percent or
25109 acres is rated as having good stocking 6 percent or 215605 acres
as having medium stocking and 25 percent or 913769 acres as having poor
stocking Many of the areas classified as poorly stocked have apparently
been in such a condition for years indicating the necessity for artificial
means of restocking The fact that more than lU million pine seedlings have
been distributed in the District within the past 15 years gives evidence
that such a condition does exist and that an attempt is being made by forest
owners to adjust the condition in favor of better forestry practice
More than 905000 acres of forest land or about 25 percent of the
forested area of the District were burned in lhk This includes woodlands
on which controlled prescribed burning was applied as well as those which
were burned by wild fires The latter have long been a major threat to the
forest as well as a deterrent to the application of sound forest practices
in the District Seven counties Bryan Burke Chatham Ernanuel Jenkins
Montgomery and Treutlen have established countywide fire protection in
cooperation with the Georgia Department of Forestry Two additional counties
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Liberty and Mclntosh are also protecting a portion of the forest land in
timber protective organizations in cooperation with the State Department
In the lg counties in District 1 thirtythree percent or 1704379
acres of all land listed on the 1944 tax digest was owned in units of 1000
acres or more by 631 owners For individual counties there is considerable
variation in the proportion held in the 1000 acre and larger ownership group
The largest percentage is in Long County where 2f owners hold 54 percent and
the lowest in Toombs County where 19 owners hold 13 percent of the total area
These holdings do not necessarily indicate ownership of a contiguous tract
of land but possibly a number of separate tracts located in the countyBHTAN COUNTY
Total area 291200 acres
Forest area 252305 acres 87 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 82532000 board feet
Pine 760700000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 63832000 toard feet
Total net cordwood volume 1869800 cords
Pine 683600 cords
Pulping hardwoods 853700 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 332500 cords
Stocking
Good 222029 acres
Medium 10092 acres
Poor 20IZk acres
Area burned 19 35323 acres
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Total area SUOO acres
Forest area 28U083 acres 65 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 529120000 board feet
Pine 44189000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 87226000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 1487900 cords
Pine 565800 cords
Pulping hardwoods 835400 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 86700 cords
Stocking
Good 161927 acres
Medium 22727 acres
Poor 99429 acres
Area burned 1944 7386l acres
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Total area 53280 acres
Forest area 331203 acres 62 percent
Total not sawtimber volume 560011000 board feet
Pine 361019000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 198992000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 1692900 cords
Pine 301000 cords
Pulping hardwoods 936900 cords
Uonpiolping hardwoods and cypress
Stocking
Good 218594 acres
Medium 9936 acres
Poor 102673 acres
Area burned I9UU 105985 acres
U55000 cords
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Total area l6o6Uo acres
Forest area 97330 acres 6l percent
Total net sawtimiber volume 16362000 board feet
Pine lc5756000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 20606000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 303200 cords
Pine 133000 cords
Pulping hardwoods 148200 cords
ITonpulping hardwoods and cypress 22000 cords
Stocking
Good 57720 acres
Medium 4891 acres
Poor 35219 acres
Area burned I9UU 31305 acres
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CHATHAM COUTTTY
Total area 321280 acres
Forest area 2klSlk acres 75 percent
Total not sawtimber volume 374310000 board feet
Pine 309115000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 65195000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 1792300 cords
Pine 655500 cords
Pulping hardwoods 817500 cords
ITonpulping hardwoods and cyDress 319300 cords
Stocking
Good 212349 acres
Medium 9675 acres
Poor 19350 acres
Area burned 194 332b2 acres
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Total area 307i200 acres
Forest area 258662 acres 84 percent
Total net sawtiiriber volume U6U590000 board feet
Pine 35UU9UOOO board feet
Hardwood and cypress 110096000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 1599t900 cords
Pine U33100 cords
Pulping hardwoods 857100 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 309700 cords
Stocking
Good 15002U acres
Medium 18106 acres
Poor 90532 acres
Area burned I9UU 75012 acres
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Total area 439040 acres
Forest area 280986 acres 64 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 291030000 board feet
Pine 258155000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 32875000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 223500 cords
Pine 156700 cords
Pulping hardwoods 64600 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 2200 cords
Stocking
Good 168592 acres
Medium 5620 acres
Poor 106774 acres
Area burned 1944 109584 acres
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Total area 119040 acres
Forest area 79757 acres 67 percent
Total net sawtirrbcrvolume 122779000 board feet
Pine 108695000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 14084000 board foet
Total net cordwood volume 242300 cords
Pine 122HOO cords
Pulping hardwoods 104000 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 15900 cords
Stocking
Oood 5337 acres
Medium 6321 acres
Poor 19939 acres
Area burned 1944 19141 acres
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Total area 22U640 acres
Forest area 117U87 acres 52 percent
Total net sawtiniber volume 15296000 board feet
Pine 11359000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 31707000 board feet
Total not eordwood volume UOOO cords
Pine 156700 cords
Pulping hardwoods 185100 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 62500 cords
Stocking
Good 69318 acres
Mediums 587 acres
Poor U295 acres
Area burned I9UU 32771 acres
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LIBERTY COUNTY
Total area Jkj040 acres
Forest area 247975 acres 2 percent
Total net savtimbor volume 483427000 board feet
Pine 443379000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 40048000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 1019200 cords
Pine 565400 cords
Pulling hardwoods 319i900 cords
Honpulping hardwoods and cypress 133900 cords
Stocking
Good 121022 acres
Modiun 24793 acres
Poor 42155 acres
Area burned 194 44636 acres

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LONG COUNTY
Total area 257920 acres
Forest area 239608 acres 93 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 3H873000 board feet
Pine 265626000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress U627000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 558000 cords
Pine UgOO cords
Pulping hardwoods 32100 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 3700 cords
Stocking
Good 15339 acres
Medium 3355 acres
Poor 5271 acres
Area burned I9UU 7922 acres
19 McINTOSH COU1TTY
Total area 306560 acres
Forest area 257387 acres g4 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 217363000 board feet
Pine 176S25000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress Uo538000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 265100 cords
Pine 231600 cords
Pulping hardwoods 23200 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 10300 cords
Stocking
Good 1956l4 acres
Medium 10296 acres
Poor 51477 acres
Area burned 1944 4g904 acres

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Total area 151680 acres
Forest area 91008 acres 60 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 328370000 board feet
Pine 239228000 board feet
Hardvrood and cypress 8912000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 31800 cords
Pine 160100 cords
Pulping hardwoods 155400 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 26300 cords
Stocking
Good 6U6l6 acres
Medium 4550 acres
Poor 21812 acres
Area burned 1944 20932 acres

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HSCREV3N COUNTY
Total area 4l664o acres
Forest area 272066 acres 65 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 483929000 board feet
Pine 306989000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 176940000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 2210600 cords
Pine 315400 cords
Pulping hardwoods 1142300 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 752900 cords
Stocking
Good l63240 acres
Medium 10882 acres
Poor 97944 acres
Area burned 1944 8978 acres
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TATTNALL COUNTY
Total area 315520 acres
Forest area 24l057 acres 76 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 311035000 board feet
Pine 27671000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 3294000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume Ug6500 cords
Pine 346000 cords
Pulping hardwoods 9300 cords
ITonpulping hardwoods and cypress 51200 cords
Stocking
Good 192gU6 acres
Medium 192SU acres
Poor 22927 acres
Area burned 1944 50622 acres
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TEEUTLEN COUNTY
Total area 124160 acres
Forest area 65929 acres 53 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 180324000 board feet
Pine 152940000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 27324000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 122000 cords
Pine 79100 cords
Pulping hardwoods 39800 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 3100 cords
Stocking
Good 42854 acres
Medium 1978 acres
Poor 21097 acres
Area burned 1944 21097 acres
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Total area 236l60 acres
Forest area 146292 acres 62 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 3H 37000 board feet
Pine 263765000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress U76i3OOO board feet
Total net cordwood volume 31700 cords
Pine 244500 cords
Pulping hardwoods 75400 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 21800 cords
Stocking
Good 110169 acres
Medium 102g2 acres
Poor 2644l acres
Area burned 1944 32317 acres
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WHEELER COUNTY
Total area 19584o acres
Forest area 133759 acres 68 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 321683000 board feet
Pine 234484000 board feet
Hardvrood and cypress 87199000 board feet
Total net cord wood volume 423000 cords
Pine 220300 cords
Pulping hardwoods 162300 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 40700 cords
Stocking
Good 92294 acres
Medium 6688 acres
Poors 34777 acres
Area burned 1944 26752 acres
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SUMMARY OP DISTRICT 1
Total area 5181440 acres
Forest area 3639868 acres 70 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 6407 112000 board feet
Pine 519339000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 1214018000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 15384300 cords
Pine 5858700 cords
Pulping hardwoods 6842200 cords
Honpulping hardwoods and cypress 2683400 cords
Stocking
Good 2510494 acres
Medium 215605 acres
Poor 913769 acres
Area burned 1944 905807 acres

27 DEFINITIONS OF TEEMS USED

General
Total area Entire acreage within the boundaries of the unit
considered including water areas Total areas used were obtained from the
publication Areas of the United States 19I40 U S Bureau of the Census
Forest area Acreage obtained from aerial photographs having a
forest cover agricultural urban water roads rightofways and other non
forest areas omitted
Forest land Land supporting a forest cover or which if cleared
does not show evidence of being used for improved pasture agricultural urban
or other nonforest use
Net volume Volume from which cull sweep and mortality volumes
have been deducted
Board feet Board foot measure log scale by International iinch
rule
CordStandard cord 4 x k x 8 feet in dimensions
Top diameter Minimum top diameters for pine and cypress 5 inches
for hardwoods inches all trees having large branches forked top
excessive crook or other defect to an acceptable utilization top diameter
flfr1Diameter breast high 4 feet above the average ground level
Naval stores crop Ten thousand cups or faces
Forest Types
Longleafslash pine Forest stands in which over 75 percent of the
dominant and codominant stems are longleaf andor slash pine
Pinehardwoodscypress Forest stands in which no species group alone
accounts for as much as 75 percent of the stand
Loblollyhardwoods Forest stands in which 50 percent or more of the
dominant and codominant stems are loblolly pine and the remaining are hardwoods
Hardwoods Forest stands in which more than 50 percent of the
dominant and codominant stems are hardwoods
Species Groups
Pines All pines regardless of species principally longleaf slash
and loblolly
Cypress Pondcyoress and baldcypress
Hardwoods All hardwood species
Pulping hardwoods Bay magnolia yellow poplar red maple all
species of gums and other softtextured species
Nonxmlping hardwoods Firm textured species such as ash hickory
elm persimmon birch beech holly and all oaks except blackjack and bluejak
which were considered as cull and are not included in the cordwood volume data
Forest Condition Classes
Oldgrowth Forest stands having the characteristics of mature
original forests
Secondgrowth Forest stands which have replaced the original forests
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Size Classes
Sawtimber a Pine trees nine inches dbh and larger which are
50 percent sound and will produce one 12 foot log
b Cypress same qualifications as pine
c Hardwood trees 13 inches dbh and larger which are
50 percent sound and will produce one 12 foot log
Cordwood Any tree between U9 inches and the minimum sawlog dbh
at least 75 percent sound and having a reasonably straight stem with
the exception of scrub oaks such as blackjack and bluejack oaks and
all other species which because of fork crook extreme limbiness or
other sound defects will never become suitable for sawtimber
Reproduction All trees smaller than 5 inches dbh
Density
Number Trees Required
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Sawtimber Good Medium Poor Plot Size
10 12 trees 15 5lU h or less acre
Ik 16 trees 6 35 2 or less 5 acre
18 3 2 1 or less acre
Cordwood
3
1 or less
lUO acre
Reproduction
10
59
k or less
lUO acre
3 Scrub oak and associated minor species excluded
All stands coming under the good or medium classification of the
above table were classified as having good stocking The remaining sawtimber
and cordwood stands ie those coming under the poor classification of
the above table but having 59 trees of reproduction size on lUo acre were
classified as having medium stocking Those sawtimber cordwood and repro
duction stands coming under the poor classification of the above table but
having 4 or less trees of reproduction size on lUo acre were classified as
having poor stocking
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FORESTRY BULLETIN NO 4
DECEMBER 1945
FOREST FACTS FOR GEORGIA DISTRICT 3
GENERAL LIBRARY
JAN
UNIVERSITY tGIA

THE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPS1ENT BOARD OP GEORGIA
IN COOPERATION WITH
THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OP FORESTRY
THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATIONmrForestry Bulletin No k
December 195
FOREST FACTS FOR GEORGIA DISTRICT 3
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B F Grant
and
A E Patterson
The Agricultural and Industrial Development Board of Georgia
in cooperation with
The Georgia Department of Forestry
The American Forestry Associationj
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FOREWORD
The Georgia Forest Resource Appraisal was initiatod in July 194
under a cooperative agreement between the Agricultural and Industrial
Development Board of Georgia the Georgia Department of Forestry and the
American Forestry Association The purpose of the survey is to determine
on a county basis l the volume of sawtimber cordwood and other forest
products 2 the rate at which this timber is growing 3 drain and
mortality k acreage burned annually 5 area of forest land 6
cutting practices and 7 management trends
The field work in District 3 was done in April May and June
195 This publication is a preliminary report and the data are subject
to correction before they are published in a state report to be issued
early in 196 Only items 1 4 and 5 above are considered in this report
The others need considerable interpretation and additional study before
releasing and they too will form part of the state report
The Georgia Department of Forestry through Director J M Tinker
furnished help from the State and District Staff in the collection of
field data The American Forestry Association through Director John B
Woods and Regional Consultant Charles R Ross approved general plans for
the nroject and assisted in the collection of field data
Coordination of the survey and report preparation were under the
supervision of the authors
Appreciation is expressed to the Agricultural Adjustment Adminis
tration the School of Forestry of the University of Georgia and to the
Georgia Forestry Association for valuable assistance in the survey
Special acknowledgement is due the following members of the
Georgia Department of Forestry R Bruce MacGregor formerly State Market
ing Aide Robert L Mosely formerly District Forester and the present
State Marketing Aide M C Morrison District Marketing Aide and W S Black
County Ranger Robert K Boydell formerly of the Agricultural and Industrial
Development Board and L W R Jackson of the Division of Forest Pathology
Bureau of Plant Industry Soils and Agricultural Engineering U S Depart
ment of AgricultureHBHBHHHHEllis Arnall Governor nf Georgia
AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT BOARD
of
GEORGIA
Blanton Fortson Chairman
L Vaughan Howard Executive Director
Name of Member Address
Ivan AllenfAtlanta
T F Abercrombie Atlanta
Charles L BowdenMacon
W N BanksGrantville
Cason J CallawayHamilton
M D Collins Atlanta
Ryburn G ClayAtlanta
Mrs Frank C DavidColumbus
Blanton FortsonAthens
Charles 3 Gramling Atlanta
Robert W GrovesSavannah
Alfred TJ JonesSea Island
Tom LinderAtlanta
Wiley L Moore t Atlanta
Walter R McDonald Atlanta
Henry MclntoshAlbany
W H McNaughtonCartersville
J L Filcher Meigs
Ed Stevens Dawson
M King Tucker Waynesboro
Wilson Williams AtlantaIH
CONTENTS
Description of Georgia District 3 5
Ben Hill County Data9
Chattahoochee County Data 10
Clay County Data 11
Crisp County Data 12
Dodge County Data 13
Dooly County Data lU
Harris County Data 15
Houston County Data 16
Lee County Datat7
Macon County Data18
Marion County Data19
Muscogee County Data20
Peach County Data21
Pulaski County Data 22
Quitman County Data23
Randolph County Data f2
Schley County Data25
Stewart County Data26
Suivter County Data 27
Taylor County Data 28
Terrell County Data29
Turner County Data 30
Webster County Data 31
Wilcox County Data 32
Summary of Georgia District 3 Data f 33
Definitions3

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DESCRIPTION OF GEORGIA DISTRICT 3
This report covers Georgia District 3 which is the same area as
District 3 of the Georgia Department of Forestry and Georgia Congressional
District 3 It is located in the western part of central Georgia and
includes portions of the upper coastal plain and the lower Piedmont The
2k counties included in the District are
Ben Hill Dodge Dee Peach Schley Terrell
Chattahoochee Dooly Macon Pulaski Stewart Turner
Clay Harris Marion Quitman Sumtcr Webster
Crisp Houston Muscogcc Randolph Taylor Wilcox
The total area of the District including water areas is 5029760
acres Of this total area S2 nercent or 2751903 acres is in forest
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land This varies from 36 percent in Terrell County to 85 percent in
Chattahoochee County and from 36627 acres in Peach County to 202822 acres
in Harris County
Among the principal cities of the District are Columbus Americus
Cordele and Fitzgerald Other cities are Abbeville Ashburn Buena Vista
Butler Cusseta Cuthbert Dawson Eastman Ellaville Ft Gaines Fort
Valley Georgetown Hamilton Hawkinsville Leesburg Lumpkin Oglethorpe
and Preston
An excellent road system consisting of federal and state paved
highways and state and county improved roads comprise a net of transport
facilities between all towns and rural districts In addition the District
is traversed by several railroads among which are the Atlanta Birmingham
and Coast the Central of Georgia the Seaboard Air Line and the Southern
1 Definitions and explanations of forestry terms as used by the Georgia
Forest Resource Appraisal are given on pages 3 and 35
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ITPrincipal rivers in the District are the Chattahoochee forming
the western boundry and the Flint and Ocmulgee which flow across the
District in a north to south direction All three of these rivers were
formerly important thoroughfares of transportation but since the develop
ment of railroads and highways river traffic has been light
Practically all of the forest area of the District is covered by
one of four forest tyoes Principal among these from the standpoint of
coverage is the longlcafslash rine type the longlcaf pine type the pine
hardwoods type and the hardwoods type Each of those types is dominated by
the species its name implies
Virtually all of the tyoes are composed of secondgrowth stands
Small scattered stands of oldgrowth timber occur occasionally in all tyoes
but in the aggregate they comprise only a small proportion of the total
timber volume and an even smaller proportion of the forest area
In the southeast section of the District naval stores has long
held the most prominent position from the standpoint of dominant interest
in forest use while theproduction of lumber poles piling and pulpwood
have been paramount in other parts of the District Markets for each of
these products are available throughout the District
Dodge County is one of the foremost naval stores producing counties
in the state with around 165 operators working approximately IU5 crops
Other Important counties from the standpoint of naval stores production arc
Ben Hill Turner Crisp ilcox and Dooly In the District 270 operators
are working approximately 2gg crops
The net volume of oine hardwood and cypress sawtimber in the
Districttotals 3276329000 board feet Approximately 76 percent or
2 Volume and other pertinent data are given by counties in the latter
portion of this bulletin
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4000468000 board feet of this total volume is nine sawtirnber The
remaining 1275861000 board foot are hardwood and cypress sawtirnber
On the basis of total forest land acreage this represents an average
of 1452 board feet of pine and 463 board feet of hardwood and cypress per
acre Under present as well as under normal conditions and from both a
physical and an economic standpoint almost the entire volume of sawtirnber
can be listed as accessible Most of the hardwood and cypress sawtirnber
is scattered and the volume per acre is small
Net cordwood volume in the District not including sawtirnber sized
trees totals 9921400 cords Of this total 319500 cords or 44 percent
are pine 4127800 cords or 42 percent are pulping hardwoods and l4l4100
cords or l4 percent arc nonpulping hardwoods and cypress This is an
average volume per acre for forest land of 16 cords of pine 15 cords of
pulping hardwoods and 05 cords of nonpulping hardwoods and cypress or
a total of 36 cords per forest land acre of all species
Of the 2751903 acres of forest land in the District 57 percent
is rated as having good stocking 8 percent as having medium stocking and
35 percent as having poor stocking Many of the areas classified as poorly
stocked have apparently been in such a condition for years indicating the
necessity for artificial means of restocking mhe fact that more than
IS million pine seedlings have been planted in the District within the
past 15 years gives evidence that such a condition does exist and that an
attempt is being made by forest owners to adjust the condition in favor of
better forestry practice
More than 273000 acres of forest land or about 10 percent of the
forested area of the District were burned in 1944 This includes woodlands
on which controlled prescribed burning was applied as well as those which

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vere burned by wild fires The latter are a major threat to the forests
as iell as a deterrent to the application of sound forest practices in the
District Five counties Ben Hill Crisp Harris Terrell and Wilcox have
established countywide fire protection in cooperation with the Georgia
Department of Forestry
In the 24 counties in the District 25 percent or 1278879 acres
of all land listed on the lkk tax digest was owned in units of 1000 acres
or more by 668 owners For individual counties there is considerable varia
tion in the proportion held in the 1000 acre and larger ownership group
The largest tTccntage is in Lee County where 6l owners hold 111389 acres
or approximately U9 percent and the lowest is in Chattahoochee County with
5 owners holding 11993 acres or 7 nercent of the total area These holdings
do not necessarily indicate ownership of a contiguous tract of land but
possibly a number of separate tracts located in the county
Federal owned lands in District 3 include Fort Benning Military
Reservation in Muscogee Chattahoochee and Marion Counties Andcrsonville
National Cemetery and Prison Park in Sumter and Macon Counties and the Pine
Mountain Recreational Demonstration Area in Harris County The Pine Mountain
State Park eonsisting of 1722 acres is partly in Harris County and the
Chehaw Park and Game Refuge is partly in Lee County These two areas are
under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Parks The State Depart
ment of Wildlife owns 156 acres in Ben Hill County known as Bowens Mill
Hatchery and Harris and Peach Counties each owns a small county forestSSSS
BEN HILL COUHTY
Total area 163200 acres
Forest area 102000 acres 62 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 20056000 board feet
Pine 19077000 board feet
Hardwood and cvnress 10087000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 180000 cords
Pine 70800 cords
Pulping hardwoods 91100 cords
Fernpulping hardwoods and cypress 18100 cords
Stocking
Good 2UUS0 acres
Medium 11220 acres
Poor 66300 acres
Area burned lykk 9180 acres
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Total area l6l920 acres
Forest area 137470 acres 85 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 305118000 board feet
Pine 239952000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 65166000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 737700 cords
Pine 298000 cords
pulping hardwoods 288700 cords
Fernpulping hardwoods and cynress 151000 cords
Stocking
Good 90731 acres
Medium 279 acres
Poor 43990 acres
Area burned 1944 8248 acres
10 CLAY COUFTY
Total area 13360 acres
Forest area 8429b acres 59 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 103U69000 board feot
Fine 73231000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 30238000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume l6l000 cords
Pine 60400 cords
Pulping hardwoods 69500 cords
iTonTrulmrig hardwoods and cypress 31100 cords
Stocking
Good 57321 acres
Medium 529 acres
Poor 24U46 acres
Area burned 1944 l6Ol6 acres
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Total area 190720 acres
Forest area 7732 acres Ul percent
Total net sawtimber volume 163120000 board feet
Pine 137083000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 26037000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 155200 cords
Fine 74000 cords
Pulping hardwoods 69700 cords
Nonpulping iaardwoods and cypress 11500 cords
Stocking
Good 33206 acres
Medium 10066 acres
Poor 3070 acres
Area burned 19 520 acres
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DODOS COUNTY
Total area 30000 acres
Forest area 177230 acres 55 percent
Total net sawtimber volune U76136000 board feet
Fine 4l94ll000 board feet
Hardwood and eypress 56725000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 50700 cords
Fine 392500 cords
Pulping hardwoods 157300 cords
Nonpulping hardvoods and cypress 3090 cords
Stocking
Good 132278 acres
Medium 8864 acres
Poor 30138 acres
Area burned 1944 46093 acres
13 DOOLY COUNTY
Total area 252300 acres
orest area 96064 acres 33 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 205272000 board feet
Pine l6072000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 44549000 board feet
Total net cordwood volumes 233600 cords
Fin 115400 cords
pulping hardvoods 96500 cords
ITonpulping hardwoods and cypress 26700 cords
Stocking
Good 6725 acres
Medium 10567 acres
Poor 72772 acres
Area burned igUUj 6724 acres
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SS3ssiaHARRIS COUNTY
Total area 302720 acres
Forest area 202822 acres 67 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 380695000 board feet
Pine 280319000 board feet
Hardwood and cypresss 100376000 board feet
Total net eordnood volume 72500 cords
Pine 553100 cords
Pulping hardwoods 115U00 cords
TJonnulping hardwoods and cypressj 56000 cords
Stocking
flood 1825U0 acres
Medium 6084 acres
Poor 14198 acres
Area burned 1944 10l4l acres
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HOUSTON COUNTY
Total area 243200 acres
Forest area 130112 acres 5 nercent
Total net sawtimber volume 239590000 board feet
Pino loO765OOr board font
Hardwood and cynress 7825000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume Ul3U00 cords
Pine 1U6200 cords
Pulping hardwoods 192900 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 79300 cords
Stocking
Good 79136S acres
Medinm 13011 acres
Poor 37733 acres
Area burned 1944 9103 acres
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LEE COUNTY
Total area 229120 acres
Forest area 1072 acres U7 rjereent
Total net sawtimbar volume 253U66COO board feet
Pine i5gU97OOO board feet
Hardwood and cjmress 9U969000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 292UOO cords
Pine 106700 cords
Pulpihg hnrdvoods 12U100 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 6l500 cords
Stocking
Good U5036 acres
Medium 7o79 acres
Poor 3U313 acres
Area burned I9UU 11795 acres
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MAC01T COUNTY
Total area 257920 acres
Forest area 121738 acres kj percent
Total net sawtlmber volume 22U699000 board feet
Pine 142511000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 8218S000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 3UU300 cords
Pine 102100 cords
Pulping hardwoods 16200 cords
Tonpulping hardwoods and cypress 79800 cords
Stocking
Good kg693 acres
Medium 1978 acres
Poor 33565 acres
Area burned I9UU 730U acres
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xSxiMARTOH COUKTY
Total area 233600 acres
Forest area ikf402 acres 63 percent
Total not sawtimber volume 94512000 board feet
Pine 75311000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 19201000 board feet
Total net cordood volume 704100 cords
Pine 193000 cords
Pulping hardwood8j 35200 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 160900 cords
Stocking
Good 63383 acres
Medium 5896 acres
Poor 78123 acres
Area burned 1944 13266 acres
19 MTJSCOGEE COTJFTY
Total area 342080 acres
Forest area 103576 acres 73 percent
Total net sawtiraber volume 2g6ll4000 board feet
Pine 217510000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 686o4000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 424900 cords
Pine 239000 cords
Pulping hardwoodsi 125oOO cords
Notwpulping hardvoods and cypress 60300 cords
Stocking
Sood
84932 acres
Medium 3107 acres
Poor
15537 acres
Area burned 1944 62l4 acres

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P9ACH COUNTY
Total area SGGkQ acres
Forest area 36627 acres 38 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 3793000 board feet
Pine 33157000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress k336000 board feet
Total net cordiood volume 152700 cords
Pine 111700 cords
Pulping hardtroods 36500 cords
Hoiwpulping hardwoods and cypress U500 cords
Stocking
Good 3003U acres
Medium
Poor 6593 acres
Area burned igUU 1099 acres
21 4FULASXI COUNTY
Total area 162560 acres
Forest area 83881 acres 52 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 210676000 board feet
Fine I7U163000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 36513000 board feet
Total net cordwood volme 383200 cords
Fine 231900 cords
Pulning hardwoods
72
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 79200 cords
Stocking
Good 52006 acres
Medium 8388 acres
Foor 23187 acres
Area burned llkk 15099 acres
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QJJITMAN COUNTY
Total area 109440 acres
Forest area 76061 acres 70 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 125626000 board feet
Pine 95335000 board feetf
Hardwood and cypress 29791000 board feet
Total net cordrood volume 361100 cords
Pine 120600 cords
Pulping hardwoods 20000 cords
ITonpulping hardwoods and cypress 40100 cords
Stocking
Good 5U76U acres
Medium 1521 acres
Poor 19776 acres
Area burned I9UU 912gacres
23HAJEDOLPH COUNTY
Total area 279040 acres
Forest area 146U96 acres 52 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 215202000 board feet
Pine 183539000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 6l613000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 711100 cords
Pine 228100 cords
Pulping hardwoods lQl700 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 78000 cords
Stocking
Good 105177 acres
Medium 2930 acres
Poor 38089 acres
Area burned I9II 17580 acres

24 JbaiiismmmiiSCHLSY COUNTY
Total area 103680 acres
Forest area 55572 acres 54 percent
Total net sartimber volume 85242000 board feet
Pine 46883000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 38359000 board feet
Total net cordvood volume 230900 cords
Pine 67000 cords
Pulping hardwoods 12800 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 35400 cords
Stocking
Good 22J85 acres
Medium 7780 acres
Poor 25007 acres
Area burned 1944 3890 acres
25 IHHIHSTSWAHT COUNTY
Total area 296320 acres
Forest area 195571 acres 66 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 425269000 board feet
Pine 30672000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress llg797000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 1097500 cords
Pine 475100 cords
Pulping hardwoods 4gg900 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 133500 cords
Stocking
Good l4S63U acres
Medium
Poor 46937 acres
Area burned I9UU 9779 acres
26 SUMTSRCOUNTY
Total area 31830 acres
porest area 1372gg acres kk percent
Total net savtimber volume 326136000 board feet
Pine 200511000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 125625000 board feet
Total net cordrool volume 370900 cords
Pine 126600 cords
Pulping hardwoods 167200 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 77100 cords
Stocking
Good 57661 acres
Medium 35695 acres
Poor 3932 acres
Area burned I9UU 15102 acres

27 TAYLOR COIBTTY
Total area 257920 acres
Forest area 156215 acres 6l percent
Total net sawtimber volume k963000 board feet
Pine 33672000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 16291000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 636600 cords
Pine 15600 cords
Pulping hardwoods 4lU300 cords
Nonpulning hardwoods and cypress 7670 cords
Stocking
Good 62726 acres
Medium UjoU acres
Poor 29325 acres
Area burned 19 3136 acres
1
22 TEP3ELL C0U1TTY
Total area 210560 acres
Forest area 76854 acres 36 percent
Total net sairtimber volume 130183000 board feet
Pine 78132000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 52051000 board feet
Total net cordrood volume 199400 cords
Pine 70300 cords
Pulping hardwoods 91800 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 37300 cords
Stocking
Good Ul502 acres
Medium 9222 acres
Poor 26130 acres
Area burned 1944 16907 acres
29 BMHB
TURF3P COUNTY
Total area IS7520 acres
Forest area 93010 acres 50 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 189980000 board feet
Pine 17761000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 15219000 board feet
Total net cordrood volume 138600 cords
Pino 90200 cords
Pulping hardwoods 4l100 cords
Fonpulping hardwoods and cypress 7300 cords
Stocking
Good 3999U acres
Medium 10231 acres
Poor 42785 acres
Area burned 19kk 7UUlacres

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30TO STEP COUNTY
Total area 124800 acres
Forest area 713S6 acros 57 percent
Total net sartimber volume 144051000 board feet
Pine 9201000 board feet
Hardvood and cypress 45650000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 360400 cords
Pine 108700 cords
Pulping hardwoods 194700 cords
ITonpulping hardroods and cypress 57000 cords
Stocking
Good 39263 acres
Medium 8566 acres
Poor 23557 acres
Area burned 1944 5710 acres
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WILCOX COUNTY
Total area 245760 acres
Forest area 134922 acres 55 percent
Total net saHimber volume 373753000 board feet
Pine 319102000 board feet
HardTOOd and cypress 54651000 board feet
Total net cordvood volume 317200 cords
Pine 187200 cords
Pulping hardwoods 109200 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 20800 cords
Stocking
Good 6746l acres
Medium l484l acres
Poor 52620 acres
Aroa burned 1944 18889 acres
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ISUMMARY OF DISTRICT 3
Total area 5029760 acres
Forest area 2751903 acres 52 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 5276329000 board feet
Pine 4000468000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 1275g6l000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 9921400 cords
Pine 319500 cords
Pulping hardwoods 4187800 cords
Nonpulping hardwooda and cypress l4l4100 cords
Stocking
Good 1577092 acres
Medium 225328 acres
Poor 99483 acres
Area burned 1944 273269 acres
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I DEFINITIONS OF TEEMS USED
General
Total areaEntir acreage within the boundaries of the unit
considered including water areas Total areas used were obtained from the
publication Areas of the United States 190 US Bureau of the Census
192
Forest area Acreage obtained from aerial photographs having a
forest cover agricultural urban water roads rightofways and other non
forest areas omitted
Forest land Land supporting a forest cover or which if cleared des
not show evidence of being used for improved pasture agricultural urban or
other nonforest use
Net volume Volume from which cull sweep and mortality volumes
have been deducted
Board feetBoard foot measure log scale by International inch rule
Cord Standard cord k x k x feet in dimensions
Tqq diameterMinirrram top diameters for pine and cypress 5 inches
for hardwoods gir inches all trees having large branches forked top excessive
crook or other defect to an acceptable utilization top diameter
dbhDiameter breast high Uk feet above the average ground level
Naval stores crop Ten thousand cups or faces
Forest Types
Longleafslash pine Forest stands in which over 75 percent of the
dominant and codominant sterns are longleaf andor slash pine
Longleaf pine iForest stands in which more than 50 percent of the
dominant and codominant stems are longleaf pine
PinehardwoodsForest stands in which 50 to 75 percent inclusive
of the dominant and codominant stems are pine and the remainder are hardwoods
Hardwoods Forest stands in which more than 50 percent of the dominant
and codominant stems are hardwoods
Srecies Groups
Pines All pines regardless of species principally longleaf slash
and loblolly
Cypress Pondcypress and baldcyprcss
Hardwoods All hardwood species
Pulping hardwoods Bay magnolia yellow poplar red maple all
species of gums and other softtextured species
Nonpulping hardwoods Firm textured species such as ash hickory elm
persimmon birch beech holly and all oaks except blackjack and bluejack which
were considered as cull and are not included in the cordwood volume data
Forest Condition Classes
Oldgrowth Forest stands having the characteristics of mature
original forests
Secondgrowth Forest stands which have replaced the original forests
Size Classes
Savtimbera Pine trees nine inches dbh and larger which are
3Un B
iixxxssmmMiMimm
50 percent sound and will produce one 12 foot log
b Cypress same qualifications as pine
c Hardwood trees 13 inches dbh and larger which
arc 50 percent sound and will produce one 12 foot log
Cordwood Any tree between H inches and the minimum sawlog dbh
at least 75 percent sound and having a reasonably straight stem with the
exception of scrub oaks such as blackjack and bluejack oaks and all other
species which because of fork crook extreme limbiness or other sound defects
will never become suitable for sawtimber
Reproduction All trees smaller than 5 inches dbh
Density
Number Trees Required
1
Savtirnber
Good
Medium
Poor
Plot Size
10 12 trees 15 5lU 4 or less acre
l4 16 trees 6 35 2 or less acre
18 1 3 2 1 or less g acre
Cordwood
3
1 or less
l40 acre
Reproduction
10
59
k or less
lUO acre
1 Scrub oak and associated minor species excluded
All stands coming under the good or medium classification of the
above table were classified as having good stocking The remaining sawtiraber
and cordwood stands ie those coming under the poorclassification of
the above table but having 59 trees of reproduction size on lUo acre were
classified as having medium stocking Those sawtimber cordwood and repro
duction stands coming under the poor classification of the above table but
having k or less trees of reproduction size on l40 acre were classified as
having poor stocking
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35 MIHHfl
FORESTRY BULLETIN NO 5
JANUARY 1946
FOREST FACTS FOR GEORGIA DISTRICT 6
THE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF GEORGIA
IN COOPERATION WITH
THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATIONForestry Bulletin No 5
January 19146
FORSST FACTS FOR GEORGIA DISTRICT 6
y
B F Grant
and
A S Patterson
The Agricultural and Industrial Development Board of Georgia
in cooperation with
The Georgia Department of Forestry
The American Forestry AssociationHHHIHIIHFOREWORD
The Georgia Forest Resource Appraisal was initiated in July 19II
under a cooperative agreement between the Agricultural and Industrial
Development Board of Georgia the Georgia Department of Forestry and the
American Forestry Association The purpose of the survey is to determine
on a county basis l the volume of sawtimbcr cordwood and other forest
products 2 the rate at whichthis timber is growing O drain and
mortality 1 acreage burned annually 5 area of forest land 6 cutting
practices and 7 management trends
The field work in District 6 was done in March April and May I9U5
This publication is a preliminary report and the data are subject to
correction before they are published in a state report to be issued early
in 1916 Only items 1 k and 5 above arc considered in this report The
others naed considerable interpretation and additional study before re
leasing and they too will form part of the state report
The Georgia Department of Forestry through Director J M Tinker
furnished help from the State and District Staff in the collection of field
data The American Forestry Association through Director John B Woods and
Regional Consultant Charles R Ross approved general plans for the project
Coordination of the survey and report preparation were under the
supervision of the authors
Appreciation is expressed to the Agricultural Adjustment Administra
tion the School of Forestry of the University of Georgia and to the
Georgia Forestry Association for valuable assistance in the survey
Special acknowledgement is due Charles M Everett District Forester
of the Georgia Department of Forestry Robert X Boydell formerly of the
Agricultural and Industrial Development Board of Georgia and L W R Jack
son of the Division of Forest Pathology Bureau of Plant Industry Soils
and Agricultural Engineering TJ S Department of AgricultureEllin Arnall Governor nf Georgia
AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT BOARD
OP
GEORGIA
Blanton Port son Chairman
L Vaughan Howard Executive Director
Name of Member Address
Ivan Allen Atlanta
T P Aoercrombie Atlanta
Charles L Bowden Macon
I H BanksGrantville
Gason J Callaway Hamilton
M D Collins Atlanta
Ryburn 0 Clay Atlanta
Mrs Prank 0 David Columbus
Blanton Fortson tAthens
Charles B GramlingAtlanta
Robert K Groves Savannah
Alfred W Tones Sea Island
Tom Lirder p Atlanta
Wiley L Moore o Atlanta
falter R McDonald Atlanta
Henry Mclntosh Albany
W H McNaughtonCartersviJle
J L Pilchere Meigs
Ed Stevens f Dawsoa
M King Tuckerffaynesboro
Wilson Williams Atlanta
COFT317TS
Description of Georgia District 6 5
Baldwin County Data9
Bibb County Data10
Blockloy County Data11
Crawford Coxmty Data12
Glascock County Data13
Hancock County Datafl4
Jasper County Data15
Jefferson County Data16
Jhnson County Data 17
Jones County Data lg
Laurens County Data19
Monroe County Data20
Putnam County Data21
Twiggs County Data 22
Washington County Data23
Wilkinso1 County Data2k
Summary of District 6 Data f 25
Definitions26vSwtSJCK
DESCRIPTION OF GEORGIA DISTRICT 6
This report covers Georgia District 6 which is the same area as
District 6 of the Georgia Department of Forestry and Georgia Congressional
District 6 It is located in central Georgia and includes portions of the
upcr Coastal Plain and lower Piedmont separated by the Fall Line which
crosses the District in Crawford Bibb Jones Baldwin and Hancock Counties
The District embraces the following 16 counties
Baldwin
Bibb
Bleckley
Crawford
Glascock
Bancock
Jasrier
Jefferson
Johnson
Jones
Laurcns
Monroe
Putnam
Twiggs
Washington
Wilkinson
1
The total area of the District including water areas is 4070400
acres Of this total area 65 percent or 2655324 acres is in forest landf
Johnson and Laurens Counties with 4g percent and 46 percent respectively of
the total area in forest land are the only counties in the District with
less than 50 percent of the total area in forests In Monroe and Putnam
Counties 80 percent is classified as forest land
Macon the principal town in the District has a population of around
60COO Other towns include Cochran Dublin Satonton Forsyth Gibson Gray
Irwinton Jeffersonville ICncxville Louisville Milledgeville Monticello
Sandcrsvillo Snarta and Wrightsvillc
All parts of the District are accessible to motor vehicles through an
excellent road system consisting of federal and state paved highways and
state and county graded roads In addition the District is traversed by
several railroads among which are the Central of Georgia the Georgia the
Georgia and Florida and the Southern
1 Definitions and explanations oT forestry terms as used by the Georgia
Forest Resource Appraisal are given on pages 26 and 27
5 mmmmm
Principal rivers in the District arc the Ocone and the Ocmulgce
which flow across the District in a north to south direction Both of these
rlvera ere formerly important thoroughfares of transportation river boats
and barges coming as far north as Dublin on the Oconee and to Macon on the
Ocmulgeo River traffic has been light since the development of railroads
and highways
Practically all of the forest area of the District is covered by one
of four forest types The most important of these from the standpoint of
coverage is the loblollyshortleaf pine type with the predominating species
loblolly pine although shortlcaf pine in considerable quantities also occurs
throughout the District Second in importance is the pinehardwoods type
dominated by one or more of the pines mentioned above mixed with hardwoods
usually oaks and third the hardwoods type The longleafslash pine type
predominates in the southern part of Johnson Laurens and Bleckley Counties
Some longlcaf pine occurs on the sand ridges as far north as Hancock County
and a small amount of cypress is found along the Oconee and Ocmulgce rivers
and their tributaries in the southern part of the District
Practically all of the forest area of the District is composed of
secondgrowth stands Small scattered stands of oldgrowth timber occur
occasionally in all types but in the aggregate they comprise only a small
proportion of the total timber volume and an even smaller proportion of the
forest area
The dominant interest in forest use in District 6 has been lumber
In recent years a considerable amount of pulpwood has been cut and with two
pulp mills soon to bo erected at Macon will be increasingly in demand A
market is also available for poles piles and handle stock In the southern
part of Johnson and Laurens Counties an area predominated by slash and long
leaf pine the production of naval stores is of considerable importance
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2
Around 100 operators are working approximately 30 crops in Johnson and in
Laurens County some 50 operators work 75 crons
The net volume of pine hardwood and cypress sawtimber in the District
totals U2g6g25000 board feet Approximately 69 percent or 293U52000
board feet of this total volume is pine sawtimber The remaining 133371000
board feet arc hardwood and cypress sawtimber On the basis of total forest
land acreage this represents an average of 1109 board feet of pine and 505
board feet of hardwood and cypress per acre Under present as well as under
normal conditions and both from a physical and an economic standpoint almost
the entire volume of sawtimber can be listed as accessible Most of the
hardwood and cypress sawtimber is scattered and the volume ter aero is small
Fet cordvood volume in the District not including sawtimber sizod trees and
culls totals 13646300 cords Of this total 4524200 cords or approxi
mately 33 percent are pine 6088700 cords or 45 percent are pulping
hardwoods and 3033 400 cords or 22 percent are nonpulping hardwoods and
cynress This is an average volume per acre for forest land of 17 cords
of pine 23 cords of pulping hardwoods and 11 cords of nonpulping hard
woods and cypress or a total of 51 cords per forest land acre of all species
Of the 265532U acres of forest land in the District approximately
90 percent is rated as having good stocking 2 percent as having medium stock
ing and 8 percent as having poor stocking Most of the area classified as
poorly stocked has apparently been in such a condition for years and will not
revert to timber unless it is planted More than 9 million pine seedlings
have been planted on similar land in the District within the past 15 years
About 9 percent of the forested area of the District or more than
235000 acres burned over in 1944 Most of this acreage was burned by wild
fires which are a major threat to the forests as well as a deterrent to the
2 Volume and other pertinent data are given by counties in the fetter portion
of this bulletin
2 Less than 01 percent is cynress
7 application of sound forest practices in the District Tw counties Bibb
and 3aldwin have established countywide firs protection in cooperation with
the Georgia Department of Forestry An airplane fire detection system has
recently benn inaugurated to cover a part of the District by the Georgia
Department of Forestry
In the 16 counties in the District 2k percent or 964685 acres of
all land listed on the lkk tax digest was owned in units of 1000 acres or
more by 523 owners For individual counties there is considerable variation
in the proportion held in the 1000 acre and larger ownership group The
largest percentage is in Twiggs County where U5 owners hold 89900 acres or
approximately 38 percent and the lowest is in Glascock County where 5 owners
hold Gk00 acres or 7 percent of the total area These holdings do not
necessarily indicate ownership of a contiguous tract of land but possibly a
number of separate tracts located in the county
Federal owned lands in the District include the Hitchiti Experimental
Forest of approximately 5000 acres in Jones County under the jurisdiction of
the United States Forest Service and the Piedmont Wildlife Area of 12000 acres
in Jasper and Jones Counties administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of
the United States Department of Interior The Soil Conservation Service of the
United States Department of Agriculture owns 78000 acres in Jasper Jones and
Putnam Counties The Ocmulgee National Monument consij
ig
383
Bibb County is owned by the National Park Service
he Georgia Experiment Station has the supervision of 15000 acres in
Jasper County through a lease from the Soil Conservation S
Department of Agriculture
ervice United States
8 BALDWIN COUNTY
Total area 169600 acres
Forest area 116346 acres 69 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 206513000 board feet
Pine 119016000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 87497000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 730000 cords
Pine 195100 cords
Pulping hardwoods 318gOO cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 216100 cords
Stocking
Good llg56 acres
Medium 1163 acres
Poor 2327 acres
Area burned 1944 4654 acres

9BIBB COIBTTY
Total area l6560 acres
Forest area 10865 acres 67 percent
Total net sawtiniber voljme 127476000 board feet
Pine 93395000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 34081000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 307100 cords
Pine 118900 cords
Pulping hardwoods 137700 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 50500 cords
Stocking
rood 93108 acres
Medium
Poor 15157 acres
Area burned 1944 6496 acres
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BLECKLEY COUNTY
Total area lUol60 acres
Forost area 75686 acres 54 percent
Total net saHimber volume 165225000 board feet
Pine 136013000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 29212000 board feet
Total net cordwood voltime 33500 cords
Pine 145900 cords
Pulping hardroods 100500 cords
ITonpulping hardwoods and cypress 86100 cords
Stocking
Good 62063 acres
Medrum 3027 acres
Poor 10596 acres
Area burned 1944 15137 acres
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CRAWF0HD COUNTY
Total area 201600 acres
Forest area 12531 acres 71 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 1495000 board feet
Pine 134264000 board feet
Hardwood 15151000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 413300 cords
Pine 242300 cords
Pulping hardwoods llUOOO cords
Nonnulping hardwoods 57000 cords
Stocking
Good 116875 acres
Mediijm
Poor 25656 acres
Area burned 1944 4276 acres
12 GLASCOCK COUNTY
Total area 91520 acres
Forest area 51q83 acres 57 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 8502000 board feet
Pine kk980000 board feet
Hardwood and cynrcss 37522000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 267600 cords
Pine 82800 cords
Pulping hardwoods 114300 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 70500 cords
Stocking
Good 46785 acres
Medium 2079 acres
Poor 3119 acres
Area burned I9UU k679 acres
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HANCOCK COUNTY
Total area 31000 acres
Forest area 222B67 acres 72 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 307082000 board feet
Pine 169620000 board feet
Hardwood 137U62000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume l5900 cords
Pine Ul3000 cords
Pulping hardwoods 6lU000 cords
ITonpulping hardwoods 37S900 cords
Stocking
Good 21172U acres
Medium 6686 acres
Poor 4U57 acres
Area burned lUU 13372 acres
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JASPER COUNTY
Total area 20000 acres
Forest area 174720 acres 73 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 203173000 board feet
Pine i72U23OOO hoard feet
Hardwood 30755000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 663900 cords
Pine 3149400 cords
Pulping hardwoodss 209700 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 10Ug00 cords
Stocking
Good 15375U acres
Medium 177 acres
Poor 19219 acres
Area burned I9UU 2620 acres
15 H
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frfaHSHZJEFFERSON COUNTY
Total area 340480 acres
Forest area 186583 acres 55 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 326715000 board feet
Fine 224872000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 101843000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 1058100 cords
Pine 317200 cords
Pulping hardwoods 373200 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 367700 cords
Stockings
Good 154864 acres
Medium 9 39 acres
Poor 22390 acres
Area burned 1944 26122 acres
161
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Total area 200320 acres
Forest area 95152 acres kg percent
Total net sawtlntoer volumes 209900000 board feet
Pine lk565000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 67335000 board feet
Total net cordwood volurce 56200 cords
Fine 192200 cords
Pulping hardwoods 240700 cords
Nonpalping hardwoods and cypress 113300 cords
Stocking
Good S9UU3 acres
Medium 1903 acres
Poor 3go6 acres
Area burned lVkk 2U7l40 acres
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JONES COUNTY
Total area 257280 acres
Forest area 2001b1 acres 78 oercent
Total net sawtimber volume 298171000 board feet
Pine 195961000 board feet
Hardwood 102210000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 1005600 cords
Pine 280000 cords
Pulping hardwoods 520300 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 205300 cords
Stocking
Good 184151 acres
Medium 2002 acres
Poor 14011 acres
Areaburned 1944 6005 acres
18 LAUPMS COUNTY
Total area 519040 acres
Forest area 238239 acres 46 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 520742000 board feet
Pine 4q8439000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 82253000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 819400 cords
Pine 470800 cords
Pulping hardwoods 252700 cords
ITonpulping hardwoods and cypress 95900 cords
Stocking
Good 197738 acres
Medium 9530 acres
Poor 30971 acres
Area burned 1944 6l942 acres
19 SUMH

fMOKROE COUJITY
Total area 255360 acres
Forest area 203777 acres 80 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 20003000 board feet
Pine 170052000 board feet
Hardwood 29976000 board feet
Total net cordvood volume 661800 cords
Pine 3146000 cords
Pulping hardwoods 23300 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 81500 cords
Stocking
Good 173210 acres
Medium 2038 acres
Poor 28529 acres
Area burned igUU 076 acres
20tma
sPUTNAM COUNTY
Total area 224000 acres
Forest area 179424 acres 20 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 308717000 board feet
Fine 202031000 board feet
Hardrood 106686000 board feet
Total net cordvood volume 1368600 cords
Pine 376800 cords
Pulping hardwoods 646900 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 34900 cords
Stocking
Good 166864 acres
Medium 3 588 acres
Poor 8972 acres
Area burned 1944 7177 acres
21 TVIGGS COUNTY
Total area 233600 acres
Forest area 174499 acres 75 percent
Total net sawtimbcr volume 294622000 board feet
Fine 150767000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 143853000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 1094800 cords
Fine 261700 cords
Pulping hardwoods 522900 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 250200 cords
Stocking
Good 155304 acres
Medium
Poor 19195 acres
Area burned 1944 13960 acres
22 ttaf3SCSS
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Total area 431360 acres
Forest area 259679 acres 60 percent
Total net sawtiniber volume U60o69000 board feet
Pine 285228000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress i7UgUlOOO board feet
Total net corwood volume lUl6200 cords
Pine 371 UOO cords
Pulping hardwoods 727100 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 317700 cords
Stocking
Good 236308 acres
Medium 7790 acres
Poor 15531 acres
Area burned I9UU 26355 acres
23 WILKIITSOU COUKTY
Total area 293120 acres
Forest area 225409 acres 77 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 366464000 board feet
Pine 203770000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 162694000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 1555300 cords
Pine 3o0700 cords
Pulping hardwoods 901600 cords
ITonpuloing hardwoods and cypress 293000 cords
Stocking
Good
209631 acres
Medium 2254 acre
Poor
13524
acres
Area burned 1944 13524 acres
24 ftSSSSSSSUMMARY OF DISTRICT 6
Total area 4070400 acres
Forest area 2655324 acres 65 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 4286825000 board feet
Pine 2943452000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 1343371000 board feet
Total net cordvood volume 13646300 cords
Pine 4524200 cords
Fulping hardwoods 6082700 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 3033400 cords
Stocking
Good 2364678 acres
Medium 52836 acres
Poor 237510 acres
Area burned 1944 235135 acres
25 tWgsssasaH

DEFINITIONS OF TSHMS USED
Genoral
Total area Entire acreage within the boundaries of the unit considered
including water areas Total areas used cre obtained from the publication
Areas of the United States lqUo I S Bureau of the Census I9U2
Forest area Acreage obtained from aerial photographs having a forest
cover agricultural urban water roads rightofways and other nonforest
areas omitted
Forest land Land supporting a forest cover or which if cleared does
not show evidence of being used for improved pasture agricultural urban or
other nonforest use
Net volume Volume from which cull sweep and mortality volumes have
been deducted
Board feet Board foot measure log scale by International inch rule
Cord Standard cord k x k x 8 feet in dimensions
Top diameter Minimum top diameters for pine and cypress 5 inches
for hardwoods h inches all trees having large branches forked top excessive
crook or other defect to an acceptable utilization top diameter
clbh Diameter breast high hh feet above the average ground level
Naval stores crops en thousand cups or faces
Forest Types
Loblollyshortleaf pine Forest stands in which over 75 percent of the
dominant and codominant stems are loblolly andor shortleaf pine
Longleafslash pineForest stands in which over 75 percent of the
dominant and codominant stems are longleaf andor slash pine
Finehardwoods Forest stands in which 50 to 75 percent inclusive
of the dominant and codominant stems are pine and the remainder are hardwoods
Hardwoods Forest stands in which more than 50 percent of the dominant
and codominant stems are hardwoods
Species Grouns
Fines All pines regardless of species principally longleaf slash
and loblolly
Cypress Pondcypross and baldcypress
Hardwoods All hardwood species
Pulping hardwoods 3ay magnolia yellow poplar red maple all species
of gums and other softtextured species
Nonpulping hard woodsFirm textured species such as ash hickory
elm persimmon birch beech holly and all oaks except blackjack and bluejack
which ere considered as cull and are not included in the cordood volume data
Forest Condition Classes
01dgroth Forest stands having the characteristics of mature original
forests
Secondgrowth Forest stands which have replaced the original forests
Siz Classes
Sa timber a Pine trees nine inches dbh and larger which are
26 50 percent sound and will produce one 12 foot log
b Cupress same qualifications as pine
c Hardwood trees 13 inches dbh and larger which
are 50 percent sound and will produce one 12 foot log
Cord woodAny tree between k inches and the minimum sawlog dbh
at least 75 eerccnt sound and having a reasonably straight stem with the
exception of scrub oaks such as blackjack and bluejack oaks and all other
species which because of fork crook extreme limbiness or other sound defect
will never become suitable for sawtimber
ReproductionAll trees smaller than 5 inches dbh
Density
Number Tress Required
Sawtimber
r00d
Medium
Poor
10 12 trees
lU 16 trees
lg7
15
6
3
5lU
35
2
k or less
2 or less
1 or less
Plot Size
f acre
acre
acre
Cordwood
JL
1 or less
110
acre
Reproduction
10
31
4 or less
1U0
acre
Scrub oak and associated minor species excluded
All stands coming under the good or medium classification of the
above table were classified as having good stocking The remaining sawtimber
and cordwood stands ie those coming under the poor classification of
the above table but having 59 trees of reproduction size on lUo acre wore
classified as having medium stocking Those sawtimber cordwood and repro
duction stands coming under the poor classification of the above table but
having k or less trees of reproduction size on l4o acre were classified as
having poor stocking
27aKcrmFORESTRY BULLETIN NO 6
JANUARY 1946
FOREST FACTS FOR GEORGIA DISTRICT 10
GENERAL U
L2 1946
THE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF GEORGIA
IN COOPERATION WITH
THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATIONH
Forestry Bulletin No 6
January I9U6
FOREST TACTS FOR GEORGIA DISTRICT 10
y
B F Grant
and
A S Patterson
The Agricultural and Industrial Development Board of Georgia
in cooperation with
The Georgia Department of Forestry
The American Forestry Associationzmmmmsm
FOREWORD
The Georgia Forest Resource Appraisal was initiated in July Ijkk
under a cooperative agreement between the Agricultural and Industrial
Development Board of Georgia the Georgia Department of Forestry and the
American Forestry Association The purpose of the survey is to determine
on a county basis l the volume of sawtimber cordwood and other forest
products the rate at which this timber is growing 3 drain and
mortality U acreage burned annually 5 area of forest land 6 cutting
practices and 7 management trends
The field work in District 10 was done in May June and July I9U5
This publication is a preliminary report and the data are subject to
correction before they are published in a state report to be issued early in
196 Only items 1 4 and 5 above are considered in this report The others
need considerable interpretation and additional study before releasing and
they too will form part of the state report
The Georgia Department of Forestry through Director J M Tinker
furnished help from the State and District Staff in the collection of field
data The American Forestry Association through Director John B Toods and
Regional Consultant Charles R Ross annroved general plans for the troject
Coordination of the survey and report preparation were under the
supervision of the authors
Appreciation is expressed to the Agricultural Adjustment Adminis
tration the School of Forestry of the University of Georgia and to the
Georgia Forestry Association for valuable assistance in the survey
Special acknowledgement is due William R Johnson District Forester
and Gordon Bryan District Marketing Aide of the Georgia Department of
Forestry Robert K Boydell formerly of the Agricultural and Industrial
Development Board of Georgia and L R Jackson of the Division of Forest
Pathology Bureau of Plant Industry Soils and Agricultural Engineering
U S Department of AgricultureI
SiaxioaEllin Arnall Governor ff Georgia
AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT BOARD
OF
GEORGIA
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Blanton Fortson Chairman
L Vaughan Howard Executive Director
Name of Member Address
Ivan Allen Atlanta
T F AoorcrombieAtlanta
Charles L BowdenMacon
W N BanksGrantville
Cason J CallawayHamilton
M D CollinsAtlanta
Ryburn G ClayAtlanta
Mrs Frank C DavidColumbus
Blanton Fortson Athens
Charles B Gramling Atlanta
Robert W GrovesSavannah
Alfred W JonesSaa Island
Tom Linder Atlanta
Wiley I MooreAtlanta
Walter E McDonaldf Atlanta
Henry kclntoshAlbany
W H McNaughton Cartersville
J L FilcherMeigs
Ed Stevens Dawson
M King TuckerWaynesboro
Wilson Williams AtlantaCOOTSUTS
Description of Georgia District 10 5
Clarke County Data j 9
Columbia County Data10
Elbert County Data11
Franklin County Data 12
V Greenc County Data17
Hart County Data
Lincoln County Data 15
McDuffie County Data16
Madison County Data17
Morgan County Datalg
Oconee County Data 19
Oglcthorpe County Data20
Richmond County Data 21
Taliaferro County Data22
Walton County Data23
tarren County Data2k
Hikes County Dataf25
Summary of Georgia District 10 Data26
Definitions27I
DESCRIPTION OF GEORGIA DISTRICT 10
Georgia District 10 the area covered in this report is identical
to District 10 of the Georgia Department of Forestry and Georgia Congressional
District 10 It is located in the eastern part of upper central Georgia and
includes a small portion of the unner Coastal Plain and the Piedmont separated
by the Fall Line in barren McDuffie Columbia and Richmond Counties The 17
counties included in the District are
Clarke
Columbia
Elbert
Franklin
Greene
Hart
Lincoln
McDuffie
Madison
Morgan
Oconee
Oglethoroe
Richmond
Taliaferro
Walton
Warren
Wilkes
The total area of the District including water areas is 3271680
acres Sixtyfour percent of this total area or 2094185 acres is in
forest land This varies from kl percent in Hart County to 80 percent in
Greene County and from 45120 acres in Clarke County to 208737 acres in
Wilkes County
Augusta the largest town in the District has a population of around
70000 Other towns in the District are Athens Greensboro Appling Elbcrton
Carnosville Hartwell Lincolnton Thomson Danielsville Madison Watkinsville
Lexington Crawfordville Monroe Warrenton and Washington
All parts of the District are accessible to motor vehicles through an
excellent road system consisting of federal and state paved highways and state
and county graded roads In addition the District is traversed by several
railroads among which are the Central of Georgia the Georgia the Georgia
and Florida the Seaboard Air Line and the Southern
1 Definitions and explanations of forestry terms as used by the Georgia
Forest Resource Appraisal are given on pags 27 and 28The principal rivers in the District are the Savannah which borders
the District on the cast and the Oconee which flows across the District in a
north to south direction
Practically all of the forest area of the District is covered by one
of three forest types The loblollyshortleaf pine type dominated by loblolly
andor shortleaf pine the pinehardwoods type with one or both of the above
pines mixed with hardwood and the hardwoods type where hardwoods such as oak
poplar and gum predominate
Secondgrowth stands of timber cover most of the forest area of the
District Small scattered stands of oldgrowth timber occur occasionally in
all types but in the aggregate they comprise only a small proportion of the
total timber volume and ari even smaller proportion of the forest area
The dominant interest in forest use in District 10 has been lumber
with poles Tilling cross ties and fuel wood secondary in importance In recent
years a considerable amount of pulpwood has been cut
The net volume of pine and hardwood sawtimber in the District totals
2928076000 board feet Approximately 65 percent or 1gg6070000 board feet
of this total volume is nine sawtimber The remaining 1032006000 board feet
2
are hardwood and cypress sawtimber On the basis of total forest land acreage
this represents an average of 905 board feet of pine and U93 board feet of hard
wood per acre or a total of 139 board feet per forest land acre of all species
Under present as well as under normal conditions and from both a physical
and an economic standpoint almost the entire volume of sawtimber can be listed
as accessible Most of the hardwood sawtimber is scattered and the volume per
acre is small
Net cordwood volume in the District not including sawtimber sized trees
and culls totals 7778900 cords Of this total 4230400 cords or 5U percent
2 A small amount of cypress occurs in Richmond County
6 arc pine 2176700 cords or 28 percent are pulping hardwoods and 1371800
cords or 18 nercent are nonpulping hardwoods This is an average volume
per acre for forest land of 20 cords of pine 10 cords of pulping hardwoods
and 07 cords of nonpulping hardwoods or a total of 37 cords per forest land
acre of all species
Of the 2091185 acres of forest land in the District 8U percent is
rated as having good stocking 5 percent as having medium stocking and 11 per
cent as having poor stocking Most of the area classified as poorly stocked
has apparently heen in such a condition for years and will not revert to
merchantable timber unless it is planted More than 7 million pine seedlings
have been planted in the District within the past 15 years
About 3 percent of the forest area of the District or around
70000 acres burned over in lokk Most of this acreage was burned by wild
fires which are a major threat to the forest as well as a deterrent to the
application of sound forest practices in the District Only one county Wilkes
has established countywide fire protection in cooperation with the Georgia
Department of Forestry
In the 17 counties in the District approximately 17 percent or
56900 acres of all land listed on the 19 UU tax digest was owned in units
of 1000 acres or more by 28b owners For individual counties there is consider
able variation in the proportion held in the 1000 acre and larger ownership
group The largest percentage is in Columbia County where 30 owners hold
6000 acres or 31 percent and in Wilkes County where 40 owners hold 91600
acres or 30 percent The lowest percentage is in Clarke County where 2 owners
hold 2000 acres or 25 percent and in Franklin County with 3 individuals
owning 5300 acres or 3 percent of the total acreage These do not necessarily
3 A small amount of cedar and cypress are included
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indicate ownership of a contiguous tract of land but possibly a number of
separate tracts located in the county
Publicly owned land in District 10 includes the Gwinn Nixon State
Forest of lOOf acres in Richmond County owned by the Georgia Department of
Forestry the Alexander H Stephens State Memorial Park of 263 acres in
Taliaferro County owned oy the State Department of Parks the Whitehall and
OconeeDenmark Forests in Clarke County of 78 and 265 acres respectively
and the Watson Springs Forest of 53g acres in Green County owned by the School
of Forestry University of Georgia the Walton County Hatchery of 25 acres in
Walton County owned oy the Georgia Department of Wildlife Camp Gordon in
Richmond Columbia and McDuffie Counties is owned by the War Department and
the National Park Service owns the Alexander Stephens Recreational Demonstra
tion Area consisting of 9I0 acres in Taliaferro County and the Hard Labor
Creek Demonstration Area of approximately 6000 acres in Walton and Morgan
Counties The Soil Conservation Service owns around 28000 acres in Green
Oglethorpe and Morgan CountiesCLAPXE COUNTY
Total area 20000 acres
Forest area 45120 acres 56 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 36006000 board feet
Pine lU365000 board feet
Hardwood 21641000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 166100 cords
Pine
110100 cords
Puluing hardwoods
48000 cords
Tonpulning hardwoods 8000 cords
Stocking
Good 3925 acres
Medium 3158 acres
Poor
2708 acres
Area burned 1944 902 acres
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COLUMBIA COUNTY
Total area 197120 acres
Forest area 1763 acres 75 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 179190000 board feet
Pine 82619000 board feet
Hardwood 96571000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 565200 cords
Fine 207UOO cords
Pulping hardwoods 287700 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 70100 cords
Stocking
Good 121067 acres
Medium 8859 acres
Poor 17717 acres
Area burned 19M 7382 acres
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ELBERT COUNTY

Total area 233600 acres
Forest area 155578 acres 67 nercent
Total net sawtimber volume 220577000 board feet
Pine 112800000 board feet
Hardwood 101777000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 358200 cords
Fine 206600 cords
Palping hardwoods 88700 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 72900 cords
Stocking
Good 127574 acres
Medium 4667 acres
Poor 23337 acres
Area burned 1944 4667 acres
11PRAMU1T COUFTY
Total area 172160 acres
Forest area 85736 acres 50 percent
Total net sawtimber volume l4g236000 board feet
Pine 97706000 board feet
Hardwood 50530000 board feet
Total not cordwood volume 121300 cords
Pine 77200 cords
Pulping hardwoods 34000 cords
Fonpulping hardwoods 10100 cords
Stocking
Good 67731 acres
Medium 2572 acres
Poor 1533 acres
Area burned I9UU 2572 acres
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Total area 258560 acres
Forest area 20684g acres 80 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 25565000 board feet
Pine 222557000 board feet
Hardwood 3200g000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 469700 cords
Pinr
370800 cords
Pulping hardwoods
57900 cords
Uoiwpulping hardwoods UlOOO cords
Stocking
Good 169615 acres
Medium 124ll acres
Poor
Area burned 1944
24822 acr
6205
es
acres
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Total area 165120 acres
Forest area 683oO acres kl percent
Total net sawtimber volume 106737000 board feet
Pine 55137000 board feet
Hardwood 51600000 board feet
Total net cordrood volume 138900 cords
Pine 73900 cords
Pulping hardwoods 38100 cords
Tonpulping hardwoods 26900 cords
Stocking
Good 55372 acres
Medium 2051 acres
Poor 10937 acres
Area burned I9UU 2051 acres
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LINCOLN COUNTY

Total area 163200 acres
Forest area US973 acres 73 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 165812000 board feet
Pine 90398000 board feet
Hardwood 75UlU000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 59800 cords
Pine 300100 cords
Pulning hardwoods 179700 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 70000 cords
Stocking
Good 97552 acres
Medium 8328 acres
Poor 13087 acres
Area burned I9HU 3569 acres

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McDUFPIE COUNTY
Total area 168320 acres
Forest area 1104l2 acres 66 percent
Total net sawtimber volume l48425000 board feet
Pine 82891000 board feet
Hardwood 6553UOOO board feet
Total net cordwood volume 514500 cords
Pint
272900 cords
Pulping hardwoods
Nonpulping hardwo
ods
173600 cords
68000 cords
Stocking
Good
Medium
Poor
9053 acres
7729 acres
12146 acres
Area burned 1944 2208 acres
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area
MADISON COTOTTY
1792UO acres
Forest area 92977 acres 52 percent
Total net sawtimber volume
130397000 board feet
Pine 80745000 board feet
Hardwood 49652000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 227400 cords
Pine 115700 cords
Pulping hardwoods 54900 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 26800
cords
Stocking
Good
77171 acre
Medium 3719 acres
Poor 12087 acres
Area burned 1944 4 64
acres
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MOHGAF COUNTY
Total area 227g4o acres
Forest area 149007 acres 65 uorcent
Total net sawtlmiber volume 173330000 board feet
Pine lUg291000 board feet
Hardwood 30039000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 37500 cords
Pine 243700 cords
Puloing hardwoods
700
Nonpulping hardwoods 66100 cords
Stocking
Good
Medium
Poor
129636 acres
5960 acres
134ll acres
Area burned 1944 4470 acres
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OCOFEE COTOTTY
Total area 119040 acres
Forest area 65115 acres 55 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 127672000 board fe6t
Pine 91937000 board feet
Hardrood 35735000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 203500 cords
Pine 9S400 cords
Pulping hardwoods 58600 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 46500 cords
Stocking
Good 58603 acres
Medium 2605 acres
Poor 3907 acres
Area burned 1944
1302 acres
19 OGLETHORPE COUNTY
Total area 278100 acres
Forest area 137085 acres 67 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 220366000 board feet
Pine 156733000 board feet
Hardood 63513000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 707700 cords
Pine 501800 cords
Pulping hardwoods 13800 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 62100 cords
Stocking
Good 155280 acres
Medium 13096 acres
Poor 18709 acres
Area burned 19UU 3742 acres
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RICHMOND COUNTY
Total area 208610 acres
Forest area 137 acres 66 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 118101000 board feet
Pine 7936000 board fet
Hardwood and cypress 73115000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 384300 cords
Pin 201600 cords
Pulping hardwoods lU600 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 168100 cords
Stocking
Good II2JU5 acres
Medium 8250 acres
Poor 16199 acres
Area burned I9UU 12375 acres
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TALIAPEHRO COUNTY
Total area 124800 acres
Forest area 9598 acres 76 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 138336000 board feet
Pine 9323000 board feet
Hardwood 44013000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 603300 cords
Pine 225500 cords
Paining hardwoods 221400 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 156400 cords
Stocking
Good
Medium
Poor
80408 acres
5676
acres
85l4 acres
Area burned 1944 6622 acres
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WALTON COUHTY
Total area 211200 acres
Forest area 107078 acres 51 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 231400000 board feet
Pine 182884000 board feet
Hardwood 48516000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 382400 cords
Pine l4o00 cords
Pulping hardwoods 125200 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 116300 cords
Stocking
Good 9744l acres
Medium 3212 acres
Poor 6425 acres
Area burned 1944 1071 acres
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Total area 181760 acres
Forest area 113Ulg acres 62 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 192926000 board feet
Pine 10483000 board feet
Hardwood 88094000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 886400 cords
Pine 319100 cords
Pulping hardwoods 332100 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 235200 cords
Stocking
Good 99808 acres
Medium 6805 acres
Poor 6805 cres
Area burned lqUU 3102 acres
2kwTILKES COUNTY
Total area 302080 acres
Forest area 208737 acres 69 Toercent
Total not sawtimbor volume 301060000 board feet
Pine 196811000 board feet
Hardwood 104219000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 1115700 cords
Pine
729700 cords
Pulping hardwoods 258700 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 127300 cordc
Stocking
Good 171164 acres
Medium 16699 acres
Poor
20S4 acres
Area burned 1944 2087 acres
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Total area 3271680 acres
Forest area 2094185 acres 64 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 2928076000 board feet
Pine 1896070000 board feet
Hardwood and cypress 1032006000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 7778900 cords
Pine 4230400 cords
Pulping hardwoods 2176700 cords
Fonpulping hardwoods and cypress 1371800 cords
Stocking
Good 1750970 acres
Medium 115797 acres
Poor 227418 acres
Area burned 1944 69276 acres
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DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED
General
fotal area Entire acreage within the boundaries of the unit considered
including water areas Total areas used were obtained from the publication
Areas of the United States 19I40 U S Bureau of the Census lolj2
Forest area Acreage obtained from aerial photographs having a forest
cover agricultural urban water roads rightofways and other nonforest
areas omitted
Forest land Land supporting a forest cover or which if cleared does
not show evidence of being used far improved pasture agricultural urban or
other nonforest use
Net volume Volume from which cull sweep and mortality volumes have
been deducted
poard feet Board foot measure log scale by International iinch rule
Cord Standard cord k x k x 8 feet in dimensions
Top diameter Minimum top diameters for pine and cypress inches
SnnJ tt8 VneS aU treeS having larSe Ranches forked top excessive
crook or other defect to an acceptable utilization top diameter
dbjt Diameter breast high lg feet above the average ground level
Forest Types
Loblllyshortleaf pine Forest stands in which over 75 percent of the
dominant and codominant stems are loblolly andor shortleaf pine
Pinehardwoods Forest stands in which 50 to 75 percent inclusive
of tne dominant and codominant stems are pine and the remainder are hardwoods
H Jt iS 7 reSt StandS in Which more than 50 Percent of the dominant
and codominant stems are hardwoods
Species Groups
and loby regardleSS f Species Principally longleaf slash
Cypress Pondcypress and baldcypress
Hardwoods All hardwood species
Pulping hardwoods Bay magnolia yellow poplar red maple all species
of gums and other softtextured species species
Nonpulping hardwoods Firm textured species such as ash hickorv
elm persimmon birch beech holly and all oaks except blackjack and bluejack
which were considered as cull and are not included in the cordwood volume data
Forest Condition Classes
forestsdrOWth YTeSt StaMS haVlnS thG characteristics of mature original
Secondgrowth Forest stands which have replaced the original forests
Size Classes
Sawtimber a Pine trees nine inches dbh and larger which are
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50 percent sound and vail produce one 12 foot log
b Cypress same qualifications as pine
c Hardwood trees 13 inches dbhand larger which
are 50 percent sound and will produce one 12 foot log
Cordwood Any tree betwden 49 inches and the minimum sawlog dbh
at least 75 percent sound and having a reasonably straight stem with the
exception of scrub oaks such as blackjack and bluejack oaks and all other
species which because of fork crook extreme limbinoss or other sound defects
will never become suitable for sawtimbcr
Penroduction All trees smaller than 5 inches dbh
Density
Number Trees Required
Sawtimber
Good
Medium
Poor
Plot Size
10 12 trees 15 514 4 or less
lkn 16 trees 6 35 2 or less
12 V M 2 1 or less
Cordwood
Reproduction
3L
10
33
1 or less
4 or less
g acre
acre
t acre
140 acre
140
acre
Scrub oak and associated minor species excluded
All stands coming under the good or medium classification of the
above table were classified as having good stocking The remaining sawtimber
and cordwood stands ie those coming under the poor classification of
the above table but having 59 trees of reproduction size on l40 acre were
classified as having medium stocking Those sawtimber cordwood and repro
duction stands coming under the poor classification of the above table but
having 4 or less trees of reproduction size on l40 acre were classified as
having poor stocking
28 JFORESTRY BULLETIN NO 7
FEBRUARY 1946
FOREST FACTS FOR GEORGIA DISTRICT 4
GENERAL LIBRARY
APR 12 1946
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGiA
THE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF GEORGIA
IN COOPERATION WITH
THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATIONForestry Bulletin No 7
February 1946
F0R3ST PACTS FOR GEORGIA DISTRICT k
by
B F Grant
and
A S Patterson
The Agricultural and Industrial Development Board of Georgia
in cooperation with
The Georgia Department of Forestry
The American Forestry Association

viMir FORERD
The Georgia Forest Resource Appraisal was initiated in July lykk
under a cooperative agreement between the Agricultural and Industrial
Development Board of Georgia the Georgia Department of Forestrv and the
American Forestry Association The purpose of the survey is to determine
on a county basis 1 the volume of sawtimber cordwood and other forest
products 2 the rate at which this timber is growing 3 drain and
mortality 1 acreage burned annually 5 area of forest land 6 cutting
practices and 7 management trends
195
The field work in District 4 was done In July August and September
This publicationis a preliminary report and the data are subject to
ohPCt0n bcfore thef are Published in a state report to be issued early in
194b Only items 1 4 and 5 above arc considered in this reuort The others
need considerable interpretation and additional study before releasing and
they too will form Tart of the state report
The Georgia Department of Forestry through Director J M Tinker
furnished help from the State and District Staff in the collection of field
data The American Forestry Association through Director John B Toods and
Regional Consultant Charles R Ross amoved general plans for the proct
and assisted in the collection of field data
Coordination of the survey and report preparation were under the
supervision of the authors
APoreCiatin is e3roressed to the Agricultural Adjustment Administra
tion the Scnool of Forestry of the University of Georgia and to the Georgia
forestry Association for valuable assistance in the survey
Special acknowledgement is due William V Waters District Forester
of the Georgia Department of Forestry Robert X Boydell formerly of the
Agricultural and Industrial Development Board of Georgia and L T R Jackson
of the Division of Forest Pathology Bureau of Plant Industry Soils and
Agricultural Engineering T7 S Department of Agriculture
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Description of Georgia District k 5
Butts County Data n
Carroll County Datal0
Clayton County Data q
Coweta County Data 12
Fayette County Dataf j
Heard County Data
Henry County Data 15
Lamar County Data r
Meriwether County Data n7
Newton County Data
Pike County Data 10
Sualding County Data 20
Talbot County Data21
Troup County Data 22
Up son County Data 2
Summary of District k Data 2h
Definitions oc
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1 Ellis Arnall Governor of Georgia
AGRICULTURAL ATTD INDUSTRIAL
DEVSLOFMOTT BOARD
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GEORGIA
Slanton Fort son Chairman
L Vaughan Howard Executive Director
Name of Member Address
Ivan Allen Atlanta
T 7 Aborcrombie Atlanta
Charles L Powdcn Macon
J T anksGrantvillc
vason J Callaway Hamilton
M D CollinsAtlanta
Jrtwrj G ClayAtlanta
Mrs Frank C DavidColumbus
Blanton FortsonAthens
Charles B Gramling Atlanta
Robert W Groves c v
Savannah
Alfred W Jones Tt
m T j0a island
Tom Linaer
Wiley L Moore
alter H McDonald
Henry MclntoshAlba
f McNaughton Cartersville
J L Pilcher
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T Dawson
M King Tucker
Taynesooro
Wilson Williams ai 4
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DESCRIPTION 0 GEORGIA DISTRICT 4
This report covers Georgia District k which is the same area as
District k of the Georgia Department of Forestry and Georgia Congressional
District k It is located in the western part of upper central Georgia and
except for a small part of Talbot County is entirely in the Piedmont Plateau
The 15 counties in the District are
Butts
Carroll
Clayton
Coweta
Fayette
Heard
Henry Newton Talbot
Lamar Pike Troup
Meriwether Soalding Upson
The total area of the District including water areas is 2983680
acres Of this total area 63 percent or lggUUS2 acres is in forest land7
This varies from 50 percent in Henry County to 8k percent in Talbot County and
from 5653 acres in Clayton County to 210555 acres in Troup County
Among the principal towns of the District are LaGrange Hewnan
Thomas ton Griffin Jackson HcDonough Jonesboro Fayetteville Barnesvilie
Talbotton Greenville Franklin Carrollton Covington and Zebulon
All narts of the District are accessible to motor vehicles through an
excellent road system consisting of federal and state paved highways and state
and county graded roads Inaddition the District is traversed by several rail
roads among which are the Atlanta and Vest Point the Atlanta Birmingham and
Coast the Central of Georgia and the Southern
Principal rivers in the District are the Chattahoochee which forms the
western boundary in the south end of the District and then cuts across in a
north to south direction the Flint which flows across the District and the
Ocmulgee which touches the District on the east
1 Definitions and explanations of forestry terms as used by the Georgia Forest
Resource Appraisal are given on pages 25 and 26
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Practically all of the forest area of the District is covered by one
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of throe forest types Principal among these from the standpoint of coverage
is the loblollyshortleaf pine type dominated by loblolly andor shortleaf pine
the pinehardwoods type where one or both of the above pines are mixed with
hardwoods and the hardwoods type where hardwoods such as oaks hickories
poplar and gum predominate
Most of the forest area of the District is composed of secondgrowth
stands of timber Small scattered stands of oldgrowth timber occur occasionally
in all types but in the aggregate they comprise only a small proportion of the
total timber volume and an even smaller proportion of the forest area
The production of ltniber has been the principal interest in forest use
in District 4 with poles piles crossties and fuelwood secondary in importance
In recent years a considerable amount of rulpwood has been cut and indications
are for a greater demand for this product in the future
The net volume of pine and hardwood sawtimber in District 4 totals
2783316000 board feet Approximately 71 nercent or 1984075000 board feet
of this total volume is pine sawtimber The remaining 799241000 board feet
are hardwood sawtimber On the basis of total forest land acreage this
represents an average of 1053 board feet of pine and 424 board feet of hard
wood per acre or a total of 1477 board feet per forest land acre of all
species Under present as well as under normal conditions and from both a
physical and an economic standpoint almost the entire volume of sawtimber can
be listed as accessible
Net cordwood volume in the District not including sawtimber sized
trees and culls totals 4868700 cords Of this total 2618100 cords or
54 percent are pine 1426900 cords or 29 percent are pulping hardwoods
2 Longleaf pine is found in small tracts in the southern and western parts
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and 823700 cords or 17 percent are nonpulping hardwoods Thin is an
average volume per acre for forest land of 14 cords of pine 08 cords of
pulping hardwoods and 04 cords of nonpulping hardwoods or a total of 26 cords
oer forest land acre of all species
Of the 1384482 acres of forest land in the District approximately
77 percent is rated as having good stocking 5 percent as having medium stocking
and 18 percent as having poor stocking Most of the area classified as poorly
stocked has apparently been in such a condition for years and will not revert
to merchantable timber unless it is planted More than 8 million pine seedlings
have ben planted in the District within the past 15 years
About 6 percent of the forest area of the District or more than
110000 acres burned over in ig44 Most of this acreage was burned by wild
fires which are a major threat to the forests as well as a deterrent to the
application of sound forest practices in the District Only two counties
Coweta and Upson have established countywide fire protection in cooperation
with the Georgia Department of Forestry
In the 15 counties in District 4 approximately 13 percent or 398100
acres of all land listed on the ig44 tax digest was owned in units of 1000
acres or more by 234 owners For individual counties there is considerable
variation in the proportion held in the 1000 acre and larger ownership group
The largest percentage is in Upson County where 26 owners hold 26 percent and
in Talbot County where 33 owners hold 24 percent The lowest is in Carroll
and Clayton Counties where g and 4 owners respectively hold 5 percent and in
Spalding County where 6 owners hold 6 percent On an acreage basis it varies
from 5200 in Clayton to 59700 in Talbot County These holdings do not
necessarily indicate ownership of a contiguous tract of land but possibly a
number of separate tracts located in the county
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Publicly owned lands in District k include the Pino Mountain State
Park of 1721 acrss part of which is in Meriwether County and the Indian Sorings
State Park of 153 acres in Butts County These tracts are owned hy the Georgia
State Department of Parks
The city of Newnan oms a water shed area of 900 acres the city of
Barnesville owns around 300 acres and the city of Manchester owns approximately
925 acres
The Boy Scouts have title to 1700 acres in Upson County and about
600 acres in Clayton County
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BUTTS COUNTY
Total area 120320 acres
Forest area 73395 acres 6l percent
Total net sawtimber volume 12OS29O0O board feet
Fine 86U6gCr0 board feet
Hardwood 3361000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume liq400 cords
Pine 81100 cords
Pulping hardwoods 19500 cords
ITonpulping hardwoods 18800 cords
Stocking
Good 6U58S acres
Medtumj 2202 acres
Poor 6605 acres
Area burned 19U4 7340 acres
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Total area 316800 acres
Forest arc 172656 acres 55 percent
Total net sawtimber volume l7454000 board feet
Fine 118195000 board feet
Hardwood 1929000 hoard feet
motal net cordwood volume 378000 cords
Fine 130700 cords
Fulping hardwoods 65300 cords
Nonwulnina
hardwoods 182000 cord
Stocking
Good 151937 acre
Medium 10359 acres
3OG
10360 acres
Area burned 1944
907
acre
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Total area 95360 acres
Forest area 56453 acres 59 percent
Total net sawUmber volume 69963000 board feet
Pine 50580000 board feet
Hardwood IP 383 000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 94600 cords
Pine 56000 cords
Pulping hardwoods 15000 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 23600 cords
Stocking
Good 49679 acres
Medium 564 acres
Poor 6210 acres
Area burned 1944 2823 acres
11 GOWETA CCHTY
Total area 283520 acres
Forest area 18797 acres 66 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 23968000 board feet
Pine 20U036000 board feet
Hardwood 30932000 board feet
Total net cordwood Volume U75i00 cords
Finn 248200 cords
Pulping hardwoods 124800 cords
onpuling hardwoods 102800 cords
Stocking
Good 90227 acres
Medium U5HU acres
Poor 52633 acres
Area burned I9UU 9392 acres
12FAYSTTS qoitntty
Total area lf 360 acres
Forest area 72595 acres 57 percent
Total net aawtimber volume 11567000 board feet
Pine 99031000 board feet
Hardwood lb6l6000 board feet
Total net cordTOOd volume 151000 cords
Pine 72300 cords
Pulping hardroods UU200 cords
Tonpulping hardwoods 3500 cords
Stocking
Good 638SU acres
Medium
Poor 2711 acres
Area burned I9UU 5082 acres
13 HSABD C0U1TTT
Total area 193280 acres
Forest area 13330 acres 70 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 16565000 board feet
Pine 101206000 board feet
Hardwood 6k259000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 39500 cords
Pine 228100 cords
Pulping hardwoods 85100 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 7300 cords
Stocking
Good 106121 acres
Medium 6716 acres
Poor 21193 acres
Area burned lkk 6718 acres
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H5NHY COUNTY
Total area 211gHo acres
Porest area 1063 acres 50 Tercent
Total net sawtimber volume 201905000 board feet
Pine 111275000 board feet
Hardwood 90630000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 10000 cords
Fine 89500 cords
Pulping hardwoods 13900 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 36600 cords
Stocking
Good 92519 acres
Medium 2127 acres
Poor 11692 acres
Area burned I9UU h2h acres
15 LAMAR COUMTY
Total area 115840 acres
Forest area 67419 acres 58 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 114010000 board feet
Fine 67021000 board feet
Hardwood 46989000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 148700 cords
Pine 70000 cords
Pulping hardwoods 51300 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 27400 cords
Stocking
Good 60003 acres
Medium 4719 acres
Poor 2697 acres
Area burned 1944 8091 acres
16 h MSRIETirR C0U1ITY
Total arear 319360 acres
Forest area 18715 acres 59 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 285767000 board foet
Pine 197759000 board feet
Hardwood 88008000 board feet
Total net cordood volume 85500 cords
Pine 307600 cords
Pulping hardwoods 139500 cords
lionpulping hardwoods 3800 cords
Stocking
dood 15973 acrs
Medium 5614 acres
Poor 35553 acres
Area burned 19 15000acrcs
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Total area 174720 acres
Forest area 98892 acres 57 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 189868000 board feet
Pine 144382000 board feet
Hardwood 45486000 board feet
Total net cordrood volume 221300 cords
Pine 113400 cords
Pulping hardwoods 55700 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 52200 cords
Stocking
Good 880l4 acres
Medium 1978 acres
Poor 8900 acres
Area burned 1944 1989 acres
IS PIKE COUNTY
Total area 17200 acres
Forest area 71626 acres ky percent
Total net sawtimber volume 89024000 board feet
Pin 69151000 board feet
Hardwood 1973000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 117100 cords
Pine 58600 cords
Pulping hardwoods 45500 cords
Tonpulping hardwoods 13000 cords
Stocking
Good 61650 acres
Medium
Poor 10036 acres
Area burned 1944 5000 acres
19MHBBI

spaldiw county
Total area 1286Uo acres
Forest area 72810 acres 57 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 87955 00 board feet
Pine 65lUUOOO board feet
Hardood 22811000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 120800 cords
Pine 65100 cords
Pulping hardwoods 50600 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 5100 cords
Stocking
Good 633U5 acres
Medium 728 acres
Poor 8737 acres
Area burned I9UU 2912 acres
20 TALBOT COUNTY
Total area 2U960O acres
Forest area 20S915 acres Zk percent
Total net sawtimber volume 352562000 board feet
Pine 239296000 board feet
Hardwood 113266000 board feet
Total net cordvood volume 1017600 cords
Pine U50300 cords
Pulping hardwoods 32800 cords
Fonpulping hrdwoods 13500 cords
Stocking
Good 1U62U1 acres
Medium 6267 acres
Poor 56U07 acres
Area burned I9UU 16712 acres
21 Mann

TPOUP COUNTY
Total area 286080 acres
Forest area 210555 acres fk percent
Total net savtimber volume 395976000 board feet
Pine 22507000 board feet
Tardwood 1539000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume JlPG00 cords
Pine 9000 cords
Pulping hardwoods 163600 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods and cypress 60000 cords
Stocking
3ood 153 705 acres
Medium 822 acres
Poor UgU28 acres
Area burned 1Q4U 10528 acres
22 UPSOK COUNTY
Total area 213760 acres
Forest area 163313 acres 76 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 221923000 board feet
Pine 188024000 board feet
Hardwood 33899000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 296800 cords
Pine 158200 cords
Pulping hardwoods 120100 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 18500 cords
Stocking
Good 120852 acres
Medium 4899 acres
Poor 37562 acres
Area burned I9UU 8165 acres
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Total area 2933680 acres
Forest area 1884482 acres 63 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 2783316000 board feet
Pine 1984075000 board feet
Hardwood 799241000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 4468700 cords
Pine 2618100 cords
Pulping hardwoods 1426900 cords
ITonpulping hardwoods 823700 cords
Stocking
Good 1458738 acres
Medium 99709 acres
Poor 326035 acres
Area burned 1944 110919
acre
24 DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED
General
Total area Entire acreage within the boundaries of the unit considered
including water areas Total areas used were obtained from the publication
Areas of the United States 19U0 U S Bureau of the Census 1912
Forest area Acreage obtained from aerial photographs having a forest
cover agricultural urban water roads rightof ways and other nonforest
areas omitted
Forest land Land supporting a forest cover or which if cleared does
not show evidence of being used for improved pasture agricultural urban or
other nonforest use
Ffrt volume Volume from which cull sweep and mortality volumes have
been deducted
Board feet Board foot measure log scale by International Jvinch rule
Cord Standard cord k x k x 8 feet in dimensions
Top diameterMinimum top diameters for mne and cypress fji inches
for hardwoods 8 inches all trees having large branches forked top excessive
crook or other defect to an acceptable utilization top diameters
dbh Diameter breast high kh feet above the average ground level
Naval stores crops Ten thousand cups or faces
Forest Types
Loblollyshortleaf pine Forest stands in which over 75 percent of the
dominant and codominant stems are loblolly andor shortleaf pine
Pinehardwoods Forest stands in which 50 to 75 percent inclusive
of the dominant and codominant stems are pine and the remainder are hardwoods
Hardwoods Forest stands in which more than 50 percent of the dominant
and codominant stems are hardwoods
Species Groups
Pines All pines regardless of species principally longleaf slash
and loblolly
Cypress Pondcypress and baldcypress
Hardwoods All hardwood species
Pulping hardwoods Bay magnolia yellow poplar red maple all species
of gums and other softtextured species
Nonpulping hardwoods Firm textured spscies such as ash hickory elm
persimmon birch beech holly and all oaks except blackjack and blucjack which
were considered as cull and are not included in the cordwood volume data
Forest Condition Classes
Oldgrowth Forest stands having the characteristics of mature original
forests
Secondgrowth Forest stands which have replaced the original forests
Size Classes
Sawtimber a Pine trees nine inches dbh and larger which are
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b Cyrress same qualifications as pine
c Hardwood trees 13 inches dbh and larger which
are 50 percent sound and will produce one 12 foot log
Cordwood Any tree between 49 inches and the minimum sawlog dbh
at least 75 percent sound and having a reasonably straight stem with the
exception of scrub oaks such as blackjack and bluejack oaks and all other
species which because of fork crook extreme limbiness or other sound defects
will never become suitable for sawtimber
Heproduction All trees smaller than 5 inches dbh
Density Fumber Trees Required
Sawtimber 1 Good Medium Poor Plot Size
10 12 trees Ik 16 trees 18 157 3 5lU 35 2 U or less 2 or less 1 or less acre acre j acre
Cordwood 3i 2 1 or less lU0 acre
Reproduction 10 59 k or less lUo acre

Scrub oaks and associated minor snecies excluded
All stands coming under the good or medium classification of the
above table were classified as having good stocking The remaining sawtimber
and cordwood stands ie those coming under the poor classification of the
above table but having 59 trees of reproduction size on l4o acre were classified
as having medium stocking Those sawtimber cordwood and reproduction stands
coming under the poor classification of the above table but having k or less
trees of reproduction size on lUo acre were classified as having poor stocking

26 FORESTRY BULLETIN NO 8
FEBRUARY 1946

FOREST FACTS FOR GEORGIA DISTRICT 7
THE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF GEORGIA
IN COOPERATION WITH
THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATIONForestry Bulletin No 8
February I9U6
FOREST FACTS FOB GEORGIA DISTRICT 7
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The Agricultural and Industrial Development Board of Georgia
in cooperation with
The Georgia Department of Forestry
The American Forestry AssociationFOREWORD
The Georgia Forest Resource Appraisal was initiated in July ljkk
under a cooperative agreement between the Agricultural and Industrial
Development Board of Georgia the Georgia Department of Forestry and the
American Forestry Association The purpose of the survey is to determine
on a county basis l the volume of sawtimber cordwood and other forest
products 2 the rate at which this timber is growing 3 drain and
mortality k acreage burned annually 5 area of forest land 6 cutting
practices and 7 management trends
The field work in District f was done in April May and June 195
This publication is a preliminary report and the data are subject to
correction before they are published in a state report to be issued early in
1946 Only items 1 k and 5 above are considered in this report The others
need considerable interpretation and additional study befor releasing and
they too will form nart of the state report
The Georgia Department of Forestry through Director J M Tinker
furnished help from the State and District Staff in the collection of field
data The American Forestry Association through Director John B Woods and
Regional Consultant Charles R Ross approved general plans for the project
Coordination of the survey and report preparation were under the
supervision of the authors
Appreciation is expressed to the Agricultural Adjustment Administra
tion the School of Forestry of the University of Georgia and to the Georgia
Forestry Association for valuable assistance in the survey
Special acknowledgement is due Frank Pullen District Forester
Frank Osborne and George Bishop District Marketing Aides of the Georgia
Department of Forestry Robert K Boydell formerly of the Agricultural and
Industrial Development Board of Georgia and L W R Jackson of the Division
of Forest Pathology Bureau of Plant Industry Soils and Agricultural
Engineering IT S Department of Agriculturev k i

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Ellis Arnall Governor of Georgia
AGRICULTURAL AD INDUSTRIAL
DFVFLOPMFHT BOARD
OF
GEORGIA
Blanton Fort son Chairman
L Vaughan Howard Executive Director
Name of Member Address
Ivan AllenAtlanta
T 7 Aborcrombie Atlanta
Charles L Bowden Macon
W N Banks Grantvilie
Cason J Callaway Hamilton
M D CollinsAtlanta
Ryburn G ClayAtlanta
Mrs Frank C David Columbus
Blanton Fortson Athens
Charles B Gramling Atlanta
Robert W Groves Savannah
Alfred 7 Jones Sea Island
Torn Binder Atlanta
Wiley L Moore Atlanta
Walter R McDonald Atlanta
Henry Mclntosh Albany
H McNaughtonfCartersville
J L Pilcher Meigs
Fd Stevens Dawson
M King backer t Waynesboro
Wilson Williams Atlanta
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27lCONTENTS
Description of Georgia District 75
Bartow County Data9
Catoosa County Data 10
Chattooga County Data 11
Cobb County Data t 12
Dade County Data13
Douglas County Data lk
Floyd County Data 15
Cordon County Data l6
Haralcon County Data 17
Murray County Data18
Paulding County Data19
Poke County Data20
Walker County Data21
Whit field County Data22
Summary of District 7 Data 23
Definitions24

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DESCRIPTION OF GEORGIA DISTRICT J
Georgia District f the area covered in this report is located in
northwest Georgia and includes a portion of the upper Piedmont Plateau and
the entire Limestone Valley and upland province It is identical to District 7
of the Georgia Department of Forestry and Georgia Congressional District 7 and
embraces the following lU counties
Bartow Cobb Floyd
Catoosa Dade Gordon
Chattooga Douglas Haralson
Murray Walker
Paulding Whitfield
Polk
The total area of the District including water areas is 2901120
acres Sixtynine percent of this total area or 2000316 acres is in forest
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land On a percentage basis this varies from 86 percent in Dade County to
57 percent in Cobb County and on an acreage basis from 235206 acres in Floyd
County to 66052 acres in Catoosa County
Among the principal cities in the District are Rome Marietta
Dalton Cedartown and Cartorsville Other cities are Buchanan Calhoun
Chatsworth Dallas Douglasville LaFayette Ringold Summerville and Trenton
The District is served by several railroads including the Central of
Georgia the Louisville and Nashville the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis
the Seaboard Air Line the Southern and the Tennessee Alabama and Georgia
Federal and state paved highways and state and county graded roads traverse
the District
The principal rivers in the District are the Coosa the Chattooga
and the Chattahoochee
1 Definitions and explanations of forestry terms as used by the Georgia
Forest Resource Appraisal are given on pages 2k and 25
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s Practically all of the forest area of the District is covered by
one of the following three forest types the pinehardwoods type where short
loaf andor loblolly pine is mixed with hardwoods the hardwoods typo and the
loblollyshortleaf pine type
Secondgrowth stands of timber cover most of the forest area of the
District Small scattered stands of oldgrowth timber occur occasionally
in all types but in the aggregate they comprise only a small proportion of the
total timber volume and an even smaller proportion of the forest area
The dominant interest in forest use in District 7 has been lumber
with poles piling crossties and fuelwood secondary in importance In recent
years a considerable amount of pulpwood has been cut
The net volume of pine and hardwood sawtimber in the District totals
2297937000 board feet Approximately 75 percent or 173377000 board
feet of this total volume is pine sawtimber The remaining 563560 board feet
are hardwood sawtimber On the basis of total forest land acreage this
represents an average of 867 board feet of pine and 282 board feet of hardwood
per acre or a total of lU9 board feet per forest land acre of all species
Under present as well as under normal conditions and from both a physical
and an economic standpoint almost th entire volume of sawtimber can be
listed as accessible
Vet cordwood volume in the District not including sawtimber sized
trees and culls totals 5323700 cords Of this total 3504200 cords or
65 percent are pine 25200 cords or 6 percent are pulping hardwoods and
1565300 cords or 29 percent are nonpulping hardwoods This is an average
volume per acre for forest land of 18 cords of pine 01 cords of pulping
hardwoods and 08 cords of nonpulping hardwoods or a total of 27 cords
per forest land acre of all species
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Of the 2000316 acres of forest land in the District 79 percent is
rated as having good stocking 9 percent as having medium stocking and 12
percent as having poor stocking Most of the area classified as poorly stocked
has apparently been in such a condition for years and will not revert to
merchantable timber unless it is planted More than three million seedlings
have been planted in the District within the past lj years
About 7 percent of the forest area of District 1 or more than
lUoOOO acres burned over in I9UU Most of this acreage was burned by wild
fires which are a major threat to the forests as well as a deterrent to the
application of sound forestry practices in the District Only four counties
Dade Floyd Bartow and Cobb have established countywide fire protection
in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Forestry
In the Ik counties in the District approximately 11 percent or
321UOO acres of all land listed on the I9U4 tax digest was owned in units of
1000 acres or more by 137 owners For individual counties there is considerable
variation in the proportion held in the 1000 acre and larger ownership group
The largest percentage is in Dade County where 11 owners hold 36100 acres
or 3U percent and the smallest in in Catoosa County where one individual holds
120Q acres or 1 percent In addition to Dade County more than 15 percent
of the land in Chattooga Floyd and Polk Counties are in holdings of 1000 acres
and over These do not necessarily indicate ownership of a contiguous tract of
land but possibly a number of separate tracts located in the county
Publicly owned land in District 7 includes S5072 acres of the
Chattahoochee National Forest in Catoosa Chattooga Floyd Gordon Murray
Walker and thitfield Counties owned by the United States Forest Service The
Soil Conservation Service owns 11150 acres in Whitfield County and the
National Park Service owns more than 9000 acres in 9 separate tracts in

7 Bartow Catoosa Cobb Dado Gordon Paulding Talker and Whitfield Counties
The War Department oims Port Oglethorpe in Catoosa and Walker Counties
The State Division of Parks ovms the Fort Mountain State Park of
1955 acres in Murray County and the Cloudland Canyon State Park of 2370
acres in Dado County The State Department of Wildlife owns the Summerville
Hatchery of 7 acres in Chattooga County

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Total area 304640 acres
Porest area 205023 acres 67 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 225903000 board feet
Fine 184113000 board feet
Hardwood 4l790000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 469300 cords
Pine 310000 cords
Pulping hardwoods 20400 cords
17onpulping hardwoods 138900 cords
Stocking
Good 159918 acres
Medium 4100 acres
Poor 41005 acres
Area burned 1944 8801 acres

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9 3CATOOSA CCTJFTY
Total area 106SS0 acres
forest area 66052 acrs 62 percent
Total net sawtiniber volume 76727000 board feet
Pine 55683000 board feet
Hardwood 210UU000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 169000 cords
Pine 81100 cords
Pulping hardwoods 11200 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 76700 cords
Stocking
Good 5765 acres
Medium 660 acres
Poor 7927 acres
Area burned igUU k62k acres

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10 CHATTOOGA COUHTY
Total area 202S80 acres
Forest area 150334 acres 7J percent
Total net sawtimber volume 15892000 board feet
Pine 131398000 board feet
Hardwoods 2349000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 448500 cords
Pine 364200 cords
Pulping hardwoods 12900 cords
lionpulping hardwoods 71400 cords
Stocking
Good 106737 acres
Medium 30067 acres
Poor 13530 acres
Area burned 1944 10523 acres
11CQBB COUNTY
Total area 222720 acres
Forest area 127173 acres 57 percent
Total net sartimber volume 155724000 board feet
Pine 106508000 board feet
Hardwood 49216000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 363100 cords
Fine 266000 cords
Pulping hardwoods 5300 cords

Nonpulping hardwoods 91800 cords
Stocking
Good 11953 acres
Medium
Poor 7630 acres
Area burned 1944 635 acres
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DADS COUNTY
Total area 105600 acres
Forest area 9099 acres 86 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 58899000 board feet
Pine kl918000 board feet
Hardwood 16981000 board feet
Total net cordood volume 239700 cords
Fine 76700 cords
Puluing hardwoods 900 cords
Tonrralping hardwoods 153600 cords
Stocking
Oood 76019 acres
Medium
Poor lUUSO acres
Area burned 1M 2715 acres
13 spirDOUGLAS COUNTY
Total area 1292SO acres
Forest area 87393 acres 68 percent
Total net sawtimber voltime 897911000 board feet
Pine 7629000 board feet
Hardwood 15162000 board feet
Total net cordood volume 207500 cords
Pine 152500 cords
Pulping hardwoods 8600 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 46400 cords
Stocking
Good 74284 acres
Medium
Poor 13109 acres
Area burned 1944 8739 acres
14 FLOYD COUlTY
Total area 3289o0 acres
Forest aroa 235206 acres 72 percent
Totai net sawtimber volume 362266000 board fset
Fine 309321000 board feet
Hardwood 5295000 board feet
Total not cordwood volume 1068600 cords
Pine 818700 cords
Pulping hardwoods 2300 cords
ITonpulping hardwoods 226500 cords
Stocking
Good 101139 acres
Medium 119955 acres
Poor l4112 acres
Area burned 19 lo6b8 acres
15GOEDOU COUNTY
Total area 229120 acres
forest area 14617 acres 64 percent
Total net sawtirnber volume 166858000 board feet
Pine 125438000 board feet
Hardwood 41420000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 320600 cords
Pine 238800 cords
Pulping hardwoods 21800 cords
lionpulping hardwoods 6000 cords
Stocking
Good 128638 acres
Medium
Poor
2923 acres
l46lS acres
Area burned 1944 8771 acr
es
16HJLRALSON COUNTY
Total area 1S2U00 acres
Forest are 130Ul6 acres 2 percent
Total net sawtiraber volume Ifk37000 board feet
Pine 116577000 board feet
Hardwood 57770000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 287200 cords
Pine 136000 cords
Pulping hardwoods 50700 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 100500 cords
Stocking
Good 113462 acres
Medium 3912 acres
Foor 1302 pcres
Area burned 1944 15650 acres

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17 MURRAY COUNTY
Total area 218880 acres
Forest area 171821 acres 70 percent
Total net sawtimber volume l885U9OOO board feet
Pine lU5U05OOO board feet
Hardwood U3lUU000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 375700 cords
Pine 283500 cords
Pulping hardwoods 22J00 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods
69500 cords
Stocking
Good 151202 acres
Medium
Poor
3U37
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17182 acres
Area burned I9UU 10309 acr
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Total ara 203520 acres
Forest area 144499 acres 71 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 158111000 board feet
Pine 111214000 board feet
Hardwood 46897000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 314200 cords
Pine 209000 cords
Pulping hardwoods 13500 cords
Tonpulping hardwoods 91700 cords
Stocking
Good
Medium
Poor
125714 acre
1445
acres
17340 aci
Area burned 1944 14450 acre

19 POLK COUNTY
Total area 199680 acres
Forest area 130790 acres 66 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 135821000 board feet
Pine 97100000 board feet
Hardwood 38721000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 256900 cords
Pine 173000 cords
Pulping hardwoods 10700 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 73200 cords
Stocking
Good 10728 acres
Medium 392 acres
Poor 19618 acres
Area burned I9UU 22235 acres
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20 WALKSB COUNTY
Total area 286720 acres
Forest area 202711 acres 71 percent
Total net sawtimber volum 19830000 board feet
Pine lUg6lU000 board feet
Hardwood 49816000 board feet
Total net cordood volume 532400 cords
Pine 223300 cords
Pulping hardwoods 28100 cords
Nonpulping hard30ds 281000 cords
Stocking
Cood 17332 acres
Medium 2027 acres
Poor 26352 acres
Area burned lkk 8108 acres
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21 WHITPISLD COUNTY
Total area 179g4o acres
Forest area 112220 acres 62 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 151619000 board feet
Pine 86459000 board feet
Hardwood 65l6o000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 271000 cords
Pine 171400 cords
Pulping hardvroods 15500 cords
Fonpulping hardwoodst g4100 cords
Stocking
Good S52gg acres
Medium 13466 acres
Poor 13466 acres
Area burned 1944 6733 acres

22BBnSUMMARY OF DISTRICT 7
Total area 2901120 acres
Forest area 2000316 acres 69 percent
Total net sawUniber volume 2297937000 board feet
Pine 173377000 board feet
Hardwood 563560000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 5323700 cords
Pine 350200 cords
Pulping hardwoods 25200 cords
ITonpulping hardwoods 1565300 cords
Stocking
Oood 1580989 acres
Medium 185916 acres
Poor 233H acres
Area burned I9UU 1U468U acres
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23 DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED
General
Total area Entire acreage within the boundaries of the unit considered
including water areas Total areas used were obtained from the publication
Areas of the United States lqUo U S Bureau of the Census I9U2
Forest area Acreage obtained from aerial photographs having a forest
cover agricultural urban water roads rightofways and other nonforest
areas omitted
Forest land Land supporting a forest cover or which if cleared does
not show evidence of being used for improved pasture agricultural urban or
other nonforest use
Net volume Volume from which cull sweep and mortality volumes have
been deducted
Board feet Board foot measure log scale by International 5inch rule
Cord Standard cord k x k x 8 feet in dimensions
Top diameter Minimum top diameters for pine and cypress 5 inches
for hardwoods gg inches all trees having large branches forked top excessive
crook or other defect to an acceptable utilization top diameter
dbhDiameter breast high kh feet above the average ground level
Naval stores crops Ten thousand cups or faces
Forest Types
Loblollyshortleaf pine Forest stands in which over 75 percent of the
dominant and codominant stems are loblolly andor shortleaf pine
Pinehardwoods Forest stands in which 50 to 75 percent inclusive
of the dominant and codominant stems are pine and the remainder are hardwoods
Hardwoods Forest stands in which more than 50 percent of the dominant
and codominant stems arc hardwoods
Species Groups
Pines All pines regardless of species principally longleaf shash
and loblolly
Cypress Pondcypress and baldcypress
Hardwoods All hardwood species
Pulping hardwoods Bay magnolia yellow poplar red maple all species
of gums and other softtextured species
Nonpulping hardwoods 7irm textured species such ps ash hickory elm
persimmon birch beech holly and all oaks except blackjack and bluejack which
were considered as cull and are not included in the cordwood volume data
Forest Condition Classes
Oldgrowth Forest stands having the characteristics of mature original
forests
Secondgrowth Forest stands which have replaced the original forests
Size Classes
Sawtimber a Pine trees nine inches dbh and larger which are

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b Cypress same qualifications as pine
c Hardwood trees 13 inches dbh and larger which
are 50 percent sound and will produce one 12 foot log
Cordwood Any tree between 49 inches and the minimum sawlog dbh
at least 75 percent sound and having a reasonably straight stem with the
exception of scrub oaks such as blackjack and bluejack oaks and all other
species which because of fork crook extreme limbiness or other sound defects
will never become suitable for sawtimber
Reproduction All trees smaller than 5 inches dbh
Density
Fumber Tres Required
Sawtimber
Good
Medium
Poor
Plot Size
10 12 trees 15
l4 16 trees 6
18V 3
5l4
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4 or less
2 or less
1 or less
acre
acre
J acre
Cordwood
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1 or less
lUo acre
Reproduction
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Scrub oaks and associated minor species excluded
All stands coming under the good or medium classification of the
above table were classified as having good stocking The remaining sawtimber
and cordwood stands ie those coming under the poor classification of the
above table but having 59 trees of reproduction size on l4o acre were classified
as having medium stocking Those sawtimber cordwood and reproduction stands
coming under the poor classification of the above table buthaving 4 or less
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FORESTRY BULLETIN NO 9
FEBRUARY 1946
FOREST FACTS FOR GEORGIA DISTRICT 9
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THE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF GEORGIA
IN COOPERATION WITH
THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATIONForestry Bulletin No 9
February I9U6
FOREST FACTS FOR GEORGIA DISTRICT 9
by
B F Grant
and
A E Fatterson
The Agricultural and Industrial Development Board of Georgia
in cooperation with
The Georgia Department of Forestry
The American Forestry Association
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The Georgia Forest Resource Appraisal was initiated in July lkk
undsr a cooperative agreement between the Agricultural and Industrial
Development Board of Georgia the Georgia Department of Forestry and the
American Forestry Association The purpose of the survey isto determine
on a county basis l the volume of sawtimber cordwood and other forest
products 2 the rate at which this timber is growing 3 drain and
mortality k acreage burned annually 5 area of forest land 6 cutting
practices and 7 management trends
The field work in District 3 was done in July August and September
195 This publication is a preliminary renort and the data are subject to
correction before they are published in a state report to be issued early in
196 Only items 1 U and 5 above are considered in this report The others
need considerable interpretation and additional study before releasing and
they too will form part of the state report

The Georgia Department of Forestry through Director J M Tinker
furnished help from the State and District Staff in the collection of field
data The American Forestry Association through Director John B Woods and
Regional Consultant Charles H Boss approved general plans for the project
Coordination of the survey and report preparation were under the
supervision of the authors
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Appreciation is expressed to the Agricultural Adjustment Administra
tion the School of Forestry of the University of Georgia and to the Georgia
Forestry Association for valuable assistance in the survey
Special acknowledgement is due 0 F Martin District Forester
and Henry Elrod District Marketing Aide of the Georgia Department of
Forestry Robert X Boydell formerly of the Agricultural and Industrial
Development Board of Georgia and L W B Jackson of the Division of Forest
Pathology Bureau of Plant Industry Soils and Agricultural Engineering
U S Department of Agriculture
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Ellis Arnall Governor of Georgia
AGRICULTURAL at1D INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT BOARD
OF
GEORGIA
Blanton Fort son Chairman
L Vaughan Howard Executiv Director
Name of Member Address
Ivan Allen
T F AbcrcromMe
Charles L Bowdcn
7 F Banks
Cason J Callaway
M B Collins
Ryburn C May
Mrs Fran C David
3 lant o n Fo r c s o n
Charles B Cramling
Robert T Groves
Alfred Jones
Tom Linoer c
Tiley L iIcore
Walter R KcDonald
Henry LIciatosh
T H MciTavghton
J L Pilcher
Ed Stevens
M King Packer
Wilson Williams
Atlanta
Atlanta
Kacon
Grantvilie
Hamilton
Atlanta
Atlanta
Co liimbus
Athens
Atlanta
Savannah
Sea Island
p Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Albany
Cartcrsville
Mcigs
Dawson
Xaynesboro
Atlanta
MCONTENTS
Description of Georgia District 9 t 5
Banks County Data 9
Barrow County Data T 10
Cherokee County Data11
Dawson County Data12
DcKalb County Data 13
Fannin County Data lU
Forsyth County Data 15
Fulton County Data16
Cilmer County Data 17
Cwinnett County DataIS
Habersham County Data19
Hall County Data 20
Jackson County Data 21
Lumpkin County Data 22
Fickens County Data23
Rabun County Data 24
Rockdale County Data 25
Stephens County Data26
Towns County Data 2f
Union County Data 28
White County Data 29
Summary of District 9 Data 30
Definitions31 4DESCRIPTION OF GEORGIA DISTRICT 9
Tho area discussed in this report is Ceorgia District 9 which is
identical to District 9 of the Georgia Department of Forestry and includes
two Georgia Congressional Districts 5 and 9 It is located in the northeast
corner of Georgia and includes the Appalachian Mountain Plateau and a part of
the Piedmont Platsau Twentyone counties are included in the District
Listed alphabetically these counties are
Banks Fannin Habersham Rabun
Barrow Forsyth Hall Rockdalc
Cherokee Fulton Jackson Stephens
Dawson Gilmer Lumpkin Towns
DoKalb Gwinnett Pickens Union
White
The total area of the District including water areas is QtfcfPQ
acres Seventytwo nercsnt of this total area or 29450 acres is in forest
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land This varies from 90 percent in Rabun County to 50 percent in Barrow
County and on an acreage basis from U4564 acres in Rockdale County to
217158 acres in Fulton County
The erincipal cities in the District are Atlanta Docatur and
Gainesville Other tovms are Blue idge Canton Blairsvillc Clarkesvillc
Clayton Cleveland Conyers Gumming Dahlonega Dawsonville Ellijay Hiawassee
Homer Jasper Jefferson Lawrcnceville moccoa and Winder
Several railroads most of which connect at Atlanta serve tho District
Among these are the Central of Georgia the Louisville and Nashville the
Seaboard Air Line the Southern and the Tallulah Falls railroad Federal and
state and county graded roads are fairly numerous in the District but a large
1 Definitions and explanations of forestry terms as used by the Georgia Forest
Resource Appraisal are given on pages 31 and 32
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hpart of the District is inaccessible to motor vehicles because of tho rugged
topography Much of the Chattahoochee National Forest however is accessible
to motor traffic by means of well constructed Forest Service roads
The District is drained by the Chattahoochee Oconec Savannah and
Tennessee river systems
Practically all of the forest area of the District is covered by one
of three forest types Of most importance from the standpoint of coverage is
the pinehardwoods type which is dominated by shortleaf andor loblolly pine
usually shortleaf mixed with hardwoods A considerable portion of the District
is covered by the hardwoods type in which hardwoods principally oaks hickories
and yellow poplar predominate A third type oure pine exists in scattered
stands
Secondgrowth stands of timber cover mort of the forest area of the
District Stands of oldgrowth timber are found throughout the District in all
typos but in the aggregate they comprise a small proportion of the total timber
volume and an even smaller proportion of the forest area
The dominant interest in forest use in District 9 has been lumber with
crossties poles piling fuelwood and Pulpwood secondary in importance The
American Chestnut at one time a valuable tree in the District but now virtually
exterminated by disease is still in demand for acid wood
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The net volume of pine and hardwood sawtimber in the District totals
5329046000 board feet Approximately 67 percent or 36J3313000 board
feet of this total volume is pine sawtimber The remaining 175390000 board
feet or 33 percent are hardwood sawtimber On the basis of total forest land
acreage this represents an average of 1234 board feet of Pino and 595 board
feet of hardwood per acre or a total of 1829 board feet per forest land acre
of all species
d Volume and other pertinent data are given by counties in the latter portion
of this bulletin
6 Net cordwood volume in the District not including sawtimber sized
trees and culls totals 10785700 cords Of this total 5124000 cords or
4g percent are Dine 1726200 cords or 16 percent are pulping hardwoods
ad 3935500 cords or 36 percent are nenpulping hardwoods This is an
average volume por acre for forest land of 17 cords of pine 6 cords of
pulping hardwoods and 13 cords of nonpulping hardwoods or a total of 36
cords per forest land acre of all snocies
Of the 2o45450 acres of forest land in the District 94 percent is
raW as having good stocking 1 percent is rated as having medium stocking
and 5 percent as having poor stocking Most of the area classified as poorly
stocked has boon in such a condition for years and will not revert to merchantable
timber unless it is planted More than 6 million pine seedlings have been
planted in the District within the past 15 years
About 5 ncrcent of the forest area of the District or more than
147000 acres burned over in 1944 This acreage was burned by wild fires which
are a major threat to the forest as well as a deterrent to the application of
sound forest practices in the District Only two counties Cherokee and
Pickens have established countywide fire protection in cooperation with the
Georgia Department of Forestry Gilmer County has a TP0 with 42000 acres
under protection
In the 21 counties in the District approximately 8 percent or 339300
acrns of all land listed on the 1944 tax digest was owned in units of 1000
acres or more by 150 owners For individual counties there is considerable
variation in the proportion held in the 1000 acre and larger ownership group
No such owners were listed in Barrow County while in Gilmer County 15 owners hold
66300 acres or nearly 24 percent of the total area These do not necessarily
indicate ownership of a contiguous tract of land but possibly a number of
separate tracts located in the county
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Federally owned lands in the District include 559000 acres of
the Chattahoochoe National Forest in Banks Dawson Fannin Cilmer Habersham
Hall Lumpkin Habun Stephens Towns Union and White Counties which is
administered by the United States Forest Service The War Department owns
Camp Toccoa of more than 17000 acres in Stephens and Habersham Counties
State owned lands include 31ack Hock Mountain Park of 638 acres
in Rahun Amicalola Falls Park of 239 acres in Dawson Brasstown Bald State
Park of 1 acres in Towns Vogel State Park of 367 acres in Union and Lumpkin
and Fort Yargo of 1Ul2 acres in Barrow County These parks are administered
by the Georgia Department of Parks The School of Forestry University of
Georgia owns the Hardman Memorial Forest of 500 acros in Jackson County and
the State Department of Wildlife owns the State Came Farm in DcKalb County
consisting of 36 acres Rabun County owns a 1000 tract of forest land near
Clayton
BAMS COUNTY
warn
Total area 17810 acres
Forest area 93583 acres 63 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 200325000 board feet
Pine lUl200000 board feet
Hardwood 59125000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 29570 cords
Pine 10U300 cords
Pulping hardwoods 9100 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 100000 cords
Stocking
Good SOHSl acres
Medium 2808 acres
Poor 102gU acres
Area burned 19UU 1872 acres
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Total area 109440 acres
Forest area 55158 acres 50 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 139QU9000 board feet
Pine 10177O0O board feet
Hardwood 38222000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 97500 cords
Pine 68800 cords
Pulping hardwoods 1000 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 27700 cords
Stocking
Good U96U2 acres
Medium 1655 acres
Poor 3861 acres
Area burner I9UU 1103 acres

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Total area 273920 acres
Forest area 20Uf6l8 acres 75 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 252613000 board feet
Pine 204973000 board feet
Hardwood 53635000 board feet
Total not cordwood volume 551000 cords
Fine 322500 cords
Pulping hardwoods 23300 cords
Fonpulping hardwoods 204700 cords
Stocking
Good 182110 acres
Medium 20U6 acres
Poor 20U62 acres
Area burned 19U 12278 acres
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DATSCIT COUNTY
Total area 136320 acres
Forest area 113827 acres Bk percent
Total net sawtimber volume 176255000 board feet
Pine 117665000 board feet

Hardwood 58590000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 577000 cords
Fine 271200 cords
Pulping hardwoods 87400 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 318400 cords
Stocking
Good 108136 acres
Medium
Poor 5691 acres
Area burned 1944 14797 acres
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Total area 172l6o acres
Porcsst area 111560 acres 65 percent
Total net saxvtimber volume 254461000 board feet
Pine l6l934000 board feet
HardwoodJ 92527000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 502900 cords
Pine 316600 cords
Pulping hardwoods 84100 cords
TTonpulplng hardwoods 102200 cords
Stocking
Good 109329 acres
Medium 2231 acres
Poor
Area burned 1944 2000 acres
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FAMIU COUNTY
Total area 25U10 acres
Forest area 210953 acres 83 percent
Total net sawtirriber volume 32669000 board feet
Pine 218066000 board feet
Hardwood 108583000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 1254800 cords
Fine 502700 cords
Pulping hardwoods 162000 cords
Nonpulping hardvraods 590100 cords
Stocking
Good 200U05 acres
Medium
Poor 1058 acres
Area burned I9UU 2742U acres

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Total area 155520 acres
Forest area 93 8 acres 60 nercent
Total net sawtimber volume 15075000 board feet
Pine 10033U000 board feet
Hardwood 53691000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 502900 cords
Pine 139700 cords
Pulping hardwoods 161300 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 201900 cords
Stocking
Good S7860 acres
Medium 935 acres
Poor U673 acres
Area burned I9UU 560S acres

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Total area 33980 acres
Forest area 217158 acres 64 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 4lO6o4000 board feet
Pine 258050000 board feet
Hardwood 152554000 board feet
Total net cordvrood volume 421800 cords
Pine 295100 cords
Pulping hardwoods 33100 cords
Fonpulping hardwoods 93600 cords
Stocking
Good 199785 acres
Medium 2172 acres
Poor 15201 acres
Area burned 1944 10858 acres

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Total area 280960 acres
Forest area 239173 acres 85 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 359770000 board feet
Finn 255829000 board feet
Hardwood 10391000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 389000 cords
Pine 481900 cords
Pulping hardwoods 71200 cords
hardwoods
pulp
335900
Stocking
Good 222U31 acres
Msdium
Poor
2392 acres
1350 acres
Area burned 1944 19134 acres

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GWIMFTT COUNTY
Total area 279680 acres
Forest area 1593 acres 55 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 35329000 board feet
Fine 273Ugg000 board feet
Hardwood 7181000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 491000 cords
Fine 226800 cords
Pulling hardwoods 93900 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 17000 cords
Stocking
Good lU099g acres
Medium 46Ug acres
Poor 9279 acres
Area burned I9UU 3093 acres

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HABERSHAM COUNTY
Total area 181120 acres
Forest area 136383 acres 75 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 244776000 board feet
Pine 168715000 board feet
Hardwood 7606lOOO board feet
Total net cordwood volume 438600 cords
Pine 207400 cords
Pulping hardwoods 55100 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 176100 cords
Stocking
Good 130928 acres
Medium 1364 acres
Poor 4091 acres
Area burned 1944 2728 acres
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Total area 27264o acres
Forest area 190848 acres 70 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 312902000 board feet
Pine 204844000 board feet
Hardwood 108064000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 928300 cords
Pine 2l2R00 cords
Pulping hardwoods 316300 cords
Fonpulping hardwoods 369500 cords
Stocking
Good 177Ugg acres
Medium 3817 acres
Poor 9542 acres
Area burned 1944 3817 acres
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Total area 215680 acres
Forest area 121212 acres 56 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 234806000 board feet
Pine 160299000 board feet
Hardwood 714 507000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 345200 cords
Pine
P18200 cords
Pulping hardwoods 60800 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 66200 cords
Stocking
Good 107879 acres
Medium 484g acres
Poor 8485 acres
Area burned 1944 13333 acres

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Total area 186880 acres
Forest area 165015 acres gg percent
Total net sawtimber volume 2g2512000 board feet
Fine 196g30000 board feet
Hardwood 85682000 board feet
Total net cordwood volumc 636800 cords
Fine 2g960O cords
Pulping hardwoods 64700 cords
Nonnulping hardwoods 2g2500 cords
Stocking
Good I5676U acres
Medium 1650 acres
Poor 6601 acres
Area burned I9UU 9901 acres

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Total area 144000 acres
Forest are 111156 acres 77 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 166539000 board feet
Pine 110561000 board feet
Hardwood 55978000 board foot
Total net cordood volume 429000 cords
Pine Uo700 cords
Pulping hardwoods 13500 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 174800 cords
Stocking
Good 105883 acres
Medium 2229 acres
Poor 3344 acres
Area burned 1944 5573 acres

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Total area 2U0000 acres
Porest area 215OUO acres 90 percent
Total net sawtimtier volume U3i35gOOO board feet
Fine 26S5Uonoo board feet
Hardwood 162318000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 533200 cords
Pine 312100 cords

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Pulping hardwoods
27200 cordf
Fontultine hardwoods
193900 cords
Stocking
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210739 acres
Medium
Poor
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Total area 81920 acres
Forest area 44564 acres jU percent
Total net sawtimber volume 96915000 board feet
Pine 64054000 board feet
Hardwoods 32861000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 106800 cords
Pino 17800 cords
Pulping hardwoods 29600 cords
lTonpulping hardwoods 29400 cords
Stocking
Oood 40999 acres
Medium 891 acres
Poor 2674 acres
Area burned ig44 892 acres
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Total area 115200 acres
Forest area 86170 acres 75 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 178183000 board feet
Pine 111035000 board feet
Hardwood 6718000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 518400 cords
Pine 6Ui4O0 cords
Pulping hardwoods 102500 cords
Tonrulping hardwoods 1R1500 cords
Stocking
Good 85308 acres
Medium 862 acres
Poor
Area burned I9UU 1200 acres

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Total area
110080 acres
Forest area
27509 acres 79 percent
Total net sawtimbcr volume
181206000 board feet
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Pine
112200000 board fet
Hardwood
69006000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume
223700 cords
Pine
131600 cord

Pulping hardwoods
12300 cords
onrulting hardwoods
79800 cords
Stocking
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Good
85759 acres
Medium
Poor
1750 acres
Area burned lUk
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UNION COUNTY
Total area 204160 acres
Forest area 164352 acres 81 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 348542000 board feet
Pine 21091000 board feet
Hardwood 129601000 board feet
Total net cordwood volume 420000 cords
Pine 247000 cords
Pulping hardwoods 23200 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 149800 cords
Stocking
Good l6l065 acres
Medium
Poor 3287 acres
Ara burned 194U 3288 acres

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Total area 155520 acres
Forest area 122 U6o acres S3 percent
Total net sawtimber volume 285271000 board feet
Pine 133973000 board feet
Hardwood 1012q 000 board feet
Total net corwood voliane 52100 cords
pine 193100 cords
Pulping hardwoods 211200 cords
Fonpulping hardwoods 117100 cords
Stocking
Good 125391 acres
Medium
Poor 2569 acres
Area biirned 19 2570 acres

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Total area ib jiil acres
Forest area 29550 acres 72 percent
Total net sawtirnber volume 5329046000 board feet
Fine 3633313000 board feet
Hardwood 1755733000 board feet
Total net cordood volume 10785700 cords
Pine 51U000 cords
Pulling hardwoods 1726200 cords
Nonpulping hardwoods 3935500 cords
Stocking
Oood 2769881 acres
Medium 35 acres
Poor lUl003 acres
Area burned I9UU 1U752U acres

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General
Total area Entire acreage within the boundaries of the unit considered
including water areas Total areas used were obtained from the publication
Areas of the United States I9U0 U S Bureau of the Census 192
Forest area Acreage obtained from aerial photographs having a forest
cover agricultural urban water roads rightofways and other nonforest
areas omitted
Forest land Land supporting a forest cover or which if cleared does
not show evidence of being used for improved pasture agricultural urban or
other nonforest use
Not volume Volume from which cull sweep and mortality volumes have
been deducted
Board feet Board foot measure log scale by International Jinch rule
Cord Standard cord U x k x g feet in dimensions
Top diameter Minimum top diameters for pine and cypress 5f inches
for hardwoods k inches all trees having large branches forked top excessive
crook or other defect to an acceptable utilization top diameter
dbh Diameter breast high h feet above the average ground level
Naval stores crops en thousand cups or faces
Forest Types
Loblollyshortleaf nineForest stands in which over 75 percent of the
dominant and codominant stems are loblolly andor shortleaf pine
PinehardwoodsEorest stands in which RO to 75 percent inclusive
of the dominant and codominant stems are nine and the remainder are hardwoods
Hardwoods Forest stands in which more than 50 percent of the dominant
and codominant stems are hardwoods
Species Groups
Pines All pines regardless of species principally longleaf slash
and loblolly
Cypress Pondcypress and baldcypress
Hardwoods All hardwood species
Pulping hardwoodsBay magnolia yellow poplar red maple all species
of gums and other softtextured species
Nonpulping hardwoods Firm textured species such as ash hickory elm
persimmon birch beech holly and all oaks except blackjack and bluejack which
were considered as cull and are not included in the cordwood volume data
Eorest Condition Classes
Oldgrowth Forest stands having the characteristics of mature original
forests
Secondgrowth Forest stands which have replaced the original forests
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Sawtimber a Pine trees nine inches dbh and larger which are
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50 percent sound and will produce one 12 foot log
b Cypress same qualifications as pine
c Hardwood trees 13 inches dbh and larger which
are 50 nercent sound and will nroduce one 12 foot log
CordwoodAn tree beten U9 inches and the minimum sarlog dbh
at least 75 nercent sound and having a reasonably straight stem with the
exception of scrub oaks such as blackjack and bluejack oaks and all other
species which because of fork crook extreme limbiness or other sound defects
will never become suitable for sawtimber
ReproductionAll trees smaller than 5 inches dbh
Density
Number Trees Soouired
Sawt imb er
Good
Medium
Poor
Plot Size
10 12 trees
lU 16 trees
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15
6
5
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35
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2 or less
1 or less
acre
x acre
Cordwcod
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1 or less
1Uo acre

Reproduction
10
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k or less
lUo
acre
Scrub oaks and associated minor suecies excluded
All stands coming under the good or medium classification of the
above table were classified as having good stocking The remaining sawtimber
and cordwood stands ie those coming under the poor classification of the
above table but having 59 trees of reproduction size on lUo acre were classified
as having medium stocking Those sawtimber cordwood and reproduction stands
coming under the noor classification of the abowe table but having k or less
trees of reproduction size on lUo acre wrre classified as having poor stocking

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FORESTRY BULLETIN NO 10
SEPTEMBER 1946
FOREST FACTS FOR GEORGIA

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THE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD OP GEORGIA
IN COOPERATION WITH
THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OP FORESTRY
THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION
vForestry Bulletin No 10
September 1946
7
FOREST FACTS FOR GEORGIA

by
B F Grant
and
A E Patterson
The Agricultural and Industrial Development Board of Georgia
in cooperation with
The Georgia Department of Forestry
The American Forestry Association
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Ellis Arnall Governor of Georgia
AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT BOARD
OF
GEORGIA
Blanton Fortson Chairman
L Vaughan Howard Executive Director
Name of Member
Address
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Ivan Allen Atlanta
T F Abercrombie Atlanta
Charles L Bowden Macon
Cason J Callaway Hamilton
M D Collins Atlanta
Ryburn G Clay Atlanta
Mrs Frank C David Columbus
Blanton Fortson Athens
Charles B Gramling Atlanta
Robert W Groves Savannah
Alfred W Jones Sea Island
TomLinder Atlanta
Albert Love Atlanta
Wiley L Moore Atlanta
Walter R McDonald Atlanta
Henry Mclntosh Albany
W H McNaughton Cartersville
J L Richer Mei88
Ed Stevens Dawson
M King Tucker Waynesboro
Wilson Williams Atlantap
CONTENTS
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I INTRODUCTION 1
II AUTHORS FOREWORD 2
III CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 3
IV SUMMARY OF GEORGIA FOREST FACTS 6
V TABLES 7

CiI INTRODUCTION
Georgias forests constitute her greatest
natural resourcea resource potentially greater
than that of any other state Of the states total
land area of over 37 million acres 66 per cent or
25 million acres is in forests These forests pro
duce annually more than 50 per cent of the worlds
supply of naval stores approximately 5 per cent
of the national lumber cut tremendous quantities
of cross ties poles fuelwood pulpwood and other
products which furnish the landowners more
than 100 million dollars incomean amount
approximately equal to the value of the cotton or
livestock industry in the state
During the past ten years the practice of
forestry has made much progress so that timber
is now looked upon as a crop rather than a mine
The naval stores industry in particular has made
notable progress in forestry management Many
commercial and private owners are practicing
sound forestry on their holdings There are still
however too many acres of forest land without
fire protection and management practices
In order to obtain data on the timber re
sources of the state at the county level the Agri
cultural and Industrial Development Board of
Georgia started a survey in August 1944 Co
operating with the Board were the American
Forestry Association the Georgia Forestry Asso
ciation the Georgia Department of Forestry the
Agricultural Adjustment Administration and the
School of Forestry
The results of the survey have been publish
ed in nine bulletins with the counties grouped into
districts corresponding to those of the Georgia
Department of Forestry The present report is
a summary of the nine district bulletins to
gether with recommendations based on the study
which if put into effect will go far toward bring
ing the forest lands of the state into full product
ivity
During the past five years Georgia has con
tributed in a large way to the volume of forest
products needed for the war effort During this
period a much greater volume has been removed
than during any other similar period in the states
history In spite of this heavy drain the total
supply has decreased less than 3 per cent For
est acreage has increased to the point that two
out of every three acres are in forests
Further studies should be made of the states
forestry situation Of paramount interest to
the citizens of Georgia are studies of commercial
and public ownership of forest land taxation
price differentials existing between products in
Georgia and other states and cutting practices
Ivan Allen Sr
Chairman Forestry Committee
II AUTHORS FOREWORD

The need for accurate and uptodate data
on forest acreage and volume of forest products in
Georgia has been known to the authors for several
years The only area figures available previous
to the work of the Georgia Forest Resource
Appraisal were guesses or estimates having little
foundation for proof No figures were available
which gave total volume by counties or even
volume for all counties
Between August 1945 and February 1946
the authors wrote a series of bulletins published
by the Agricultural and Industrial Development
Board of Georgia which contained the above
information This was the first time this speci
fic information in the form described was ever
published for Georgia
The present bulletin which is a summary of
the nine bulletins mentioned in the preceding
paragraph brings together the area and volume
data in one table The figures on the total
areas of counties were taken from the 1940 United
States Census reports which are considered by
authorities to be the most accurate Forest
areas which were obtained by examination of
aerial potographs for each county arc believed
to be more accurate than similar figures hereto
fore published Volume was obtained by samp
ling the forest land in each county using a method
developed by the authors and proven to be accu
rate Fieldworkwas begun in September 1944
and completed in December 1945 Growth and
drain have been projected so that the figures on
volume are those obtaining as of July 1946 The
volumes herein given are therefore considered to
be the most accurate available
Grateful acknowledgement is made to Dis
trict Foresters R L Moseley C M Everett
Guyton DeLoach E J Smith W H McCoinb
W V Waters Frank Pullen O F Martin and
W R Johnson of the State Department of For
estry and to the members of their staffs fcr
assistance in obtaining the field data

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5 AIII CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
1 STATEWIDE FOREST FIRE PROTEC
TION
Uncontrolled or wild forest fires are a major
problem in Georgia forestry The enormity of
this problem can be grasped by considering the
fact that 2821000 acres of forest land were
found to have been burned during the year im
mediately preceding the Appraisal Not all of
this area was burned willfully or negligently
Comparatively small portions were burned pur
posely in such a manner as to enhance reseeding
or other silvicultural measures Such burning is
called controlled or prescribed burning The re
mainder of the area was burned carelessly or
maliciously and is a black blot on the green forests
of Georgia
Advances toward a solution of the fire prob
lem have been made and improvement is notice
able At the present time 33 counties in Georgia
have entered into a cooperative agreement with
the state by which they enjoy countywide pro
tection This system although better than none
at all is not satisfactory The fact that its basis
rests on county government cooperation and the
whim of county commissioners leads to instabil
ity Its administration is subject to local politics
and although the minimum size of an efficient
firefighting organization may be larger than
necessary for a small county the scope of its
activities is limited by county boundaries result
ing in multiplicity of equipment and additional
expense in many areas
To solve the problem of fire in Georgias
forests nothing short of a statewide fire protec
tion and suppression system administered entire
ly by the State Department of Forestry will be
satisfactory There is no greater need in Georgia
forestry today than the need for this statewide
protection
2 A STATEWIDE PLANTING PROGRAM
The results of the Appraisal show 4766000
acres or onefifth of all the forest land in Georgia
to be poorly stocked Some of this area will re
seed and restock itself naturally if fire is exclud
ed from the stands Much of the area however
is in such a condition that to obtain another crop
of quality timber the landowner will have to
plant the area with seedlings This is no small
undertaking considering the state as a whole but
it is a problem which must be faced and solved
The states responsibility in this situation
lies in furnishing at cost or free of charge enough
seedlings to each landowner to satisfy all his re
quirements To accomplish this undertaking
greatly increased facilities for seedling produc
tion are necessary Two forest nurseries are now
maintained by the State Department of Forestry
These nurseries should be operated at peak pro
duction and either increased in size or new nur
series established
Coordinated with this increased seedling
production an educational campaign should be
begun and continuously stressed by state and ex
tension foresters This should emphasize the
need for planting proper methods and benefits
including payments under the present AAA
program Conducted on this basis such a pro
gram will put nearly 3000000 acres of forest
land back into maximum production
3 STATEWIDE MANAGEMENT AND
MARKETING SERVICES
It is a wellknown fact among those
interested in forestry that the large forest land
owners who frequently bear the brunt of adverse
forestry criticism are the individuals who are
practicing the best forestry in Georgia Most of
this better forestry practice can be attributed to
the fact that the large landowners have profes
sional foresters on their staffs or buy technical
forestry advice from consulting foresters
To the small landowner neither of the above
methods is financially possible With this in
mind the State Department of Forestry has in
augurated a management and marketing service
which furnishes the small forest owner with tech
nical advice on cutting and marketing his forest
crop This advice is furnished free of charge
From all indications this service has met with a
great deal of success and has been greatly appre
ciated by those served Where they have seen
fit to follow the advice given landowners have
sold their timber for the highest value product
and their stand has not been depleted by unwise
cutting practicesThis program which gives the small land
owner equal opportunity with the large land
owner to share the benefits of forestry knowl
edge and by so doing increases his present and
future financial opportunities and indirectly those
of the state should be enlarged to such an extent
that all who wish the service can obtain it
4 AN INTENSIVE EDUCATIONAL AND
RESEARCH PROGRAM
Among those who know the facts there is no
doubt of the importance of forests and forestry in
Georgia These persons are encouraging the de
velopment of this great natural resource to its
highest level of production commensurate with
good forestry practices Far too many thous
ands of people however have never had the op
portunity to become acquainted with even the
fundamentals of forestry To have so many un
acquainted with this natural resource
which is found on two out of every three acres in
Georgia which holds such a major place in the
economy of the state and which is unique in that
it is the only natural resource which can be re
newed perpetually is a detriment to the state
which cannot be overlooked
To expect the small group of professional
foresters employed by the state to enlighten the
entire population is unreasonable but it is a re
sponsibility which they are continually having to
shoulder The only means by which this job
can be properly handled is to place the study of
forestry in the curriculum of every school in the
educational system It should not be extra
curricular to be sandwiched into the days work
whenever time allows but should be a full
fledged required study Neither should adult
education be slighted The fine forestry educa
tion work now being accomplished by the Agri
cultural Extension Service should be increased
many times At the college level the School of
Forestry of the University of Georgia which has
graduated the Souths leaders in forestry for the
past forty years should be given every oppor
tunity to expand its services to the state by ex
panding its facilities for research This school at
the present time has the laboratories the forest
land and the talent available for such research
Only the necessary funds are lacking
Forests and the study of forestry are too
important to Georgia to be slighted The forests
to be found in the state today great as they are
should be and can be producing at least twice the
volume of wood products that are annually har
vested They are not producing this double
crop because forest landowners have not had the
opportunity to gain the necessary knowledge
A coordinated and intensive educational and re
search program by public and private agencies to
reach all the people is the democratic way to
solve many of our forestry problems
5 STATE OPERATION OF EXISTING
PUBLICLY OWNED LANDS
Several hundred thousand acres of Georgias
forest land are now owned and operated by the
Federal Government Much of this land was
acquired during times of economic stress at very
low prices or in times of national emergency
Only a small portion of the income from these
lands reverts to the state or local governments
There is a strong possibility that some of
these lands can be leased to the state on a 99year
basis for operation by the State Department of
Forestry This is not without precedent Thir
tyseven thousand acres in Ware County are now
under lease from the U S Soil Conservation
Service Florida holds 182000 acres and South
Carolina 120000 under a similar arrangement
Several other tracts in Georgia held by the Soil
Conservation Service the War Department and
other federal agencies could be brought into this
system by having the lands declared surplus and
leased to the state with the provision that the
state grow timber and sell stumpage on bid
Acquisition of these lands for the state would
allow establishment of demonstration forests in
widely separated sections forests for the conduct
of basis forest research and would yield a yearly
income to the state probably greater than the
entire appropriation for the state forestry pro
gram at the present time
6 A CONTINUED STUDY OP GEORGIAS
FORESTRY PROBLEMS
A continued study of Georgias forestry prob
lems is imperative Forestry is never static
The facts collected by the Appraisal are the most
exacting and most intensive ever collected for
Georgia and likely for any state Not to allow
this basic material to be a foundation for further
study would be a waste
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Much remains to be clone A study of for
est taxes and the forest taxation system is in
order The Appraisal itself should be kept up to
date by periodic reexamination at three to five
year intervals A study of legislation needed to
place Georgia first in the nation in forestry prac
tice is needed now
Georgia has stepped to the front in the know
ledge of her forest resources It should relin
quish this leadership to noneIV SUMMARY OF GEORGIA FOREST FACTS
1 The total area of Georgia is 37680640 acres
of which 24714613 acres or 66 are
in forests
2 The total net volume of sawtimber is 40 bil
lion board feet of which 30 billion board
feet are pine and 10 billion hardwood and
cypress
3 The total net volume of cordwood is 86 mil
lion cords 40 million of whcih are pine 28
million pulping hardwoods and 18 million
nonpulping hardwoods and cypress
4 The total net growing stock2 is 165 million
cords 100 million of which are pine and
65 million hardwood and cypress
5 On the average acre of forest land the total
net volume of sawtimber is 1606 board
feet of which 1224 are pine and 382
hardwood and cypress
6
9
10
11
On the average acre of forest land the total
net cordwood volume is 34 cords 16
cords of which are pine and 18 hardwood
and cypress
On the average acre of forest land the total
net growing stock2 is 67 cords 41 cords
of which are pine and 26 hardwood and
cypress
Only 26 per cent of the privately owned
forest land is protected from fire
Between 2 and 3 million acres are in need of
planting
The forest lands are producing less than
onehalf of their capacity
With proper protection planting and man
agement Georgias forest lands will pro
duce sufficient timber to supply all present
and future demands and increase the
growing stock
1 Does not include 464349 acres in the Okefenokee Swamp
2 Sawtimber converted to cords and added to cordwood volume

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EXPLANATION OF TABLES
Total areas include land and water areas
Forest areas exclude water areas Per cent areas
give the per cent the forest area is of the total land
and water area
All sawlog volumes are cullfree volumes
Volumes were obtained for all merchantable pines
90 inches in diameter breast high and larger
for all merchantable hardwoods 130 inches in
diameter breast high and larger and for all mer
chantable cypress 90 inches in diameter breast
high and larger All cypress volumes are in
cluded in the hardwood volumes
All cordwood volumes are cullfree volumes
Volumes were obtained for all merchantable
pines and cypress 50 inches in diameter breast
high to 89 inches in diameter breast high and
for hardwoods to 129 inches in diameter breast
high Pulping hardwoods include all softtex
tured species such as sweet tupelo and black
gum yellow poplar bay magnolia and maple
Nonpulping hardwoods include all others and
cypress Cordwood volumes include bark but
do not include the upper stems of sawlog size
trees or limbs
Growing stock volume includes all trees
both cordwood and sawtimber but not culls
tops or limbs
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Table
County
Appling
Atkinson
Bacon
Baker
Baldwin
Banks
Barrow
Bartow
Ben Hill
Berrien
Bibb
Bleckley
Brantley
Brooks
Bryan
Bulloch
Burke
Butts
Calhoun
Camden
Candler
Carroll
Catoosa
Charlton
Chatham
Chattahoochee
Chattooga
Cherokee
Clarke
Clay
Clayton
Clinch
Cobb
Dist
No
8
8
8
2
6
9
9
7
3
8
6
6
8
2
1
1
1
4
2
8
1
4
7
8
1
3
7
9
10
3
4
8
7
lAjeajawlog and Cordwood Volume by Counties Georgia 1946
Area
in acres
Total
329600
203520
187520
227840
169600
147840
109440
304640
163200
300800
162560
140160
286080
318080
291200
438400
532480
120320
184960
444800
160640
316800
106880
511360
321280
161920
202880
273920
80000
143360
95360
510080
222720
Forest
272250
174417
137265
135337
116346
93583
55158
205023
102000
206048
108265
75686
254039
162539
252305
284083
331203
73395
94330
391583
97830
172656
66052
243972
241874
137470
150334
204618
45120
84296
56453
459582
127173
Per
cent
83
86
73
59
69
63
50
67
62
68
67
54
89
51
87
65
62
61
51
88
61
55
62
48
75
85
74
75
56
59
59
90
57
Sawlog Net Volume
in thousand board feet
Intl i log rule
Cordwood Net Volume
in thousand standard cords

Pine
238790
179769
136284
193835
119016
141200
101727
184113
190477
182176
93395
136013
337879
320872
760700
441894
361019
86468
63423
427217
125756
118195
55683
286179
309115
239952
131398
204978
14365
73231
50580
601773
106508
8
Hard
wood
36296
13567
13939
20991
87497
59125
38222
41790
10087
26165
34081
29012
29360
30824
63832
87226
198992
34361
49163
112188
20606
19259
21044
25616
65195
65166
23494
53635
21641
30238
19383
157901
49216
Total
275086
193336
150223
214826
206513
200325
139949
225903
200564
208341
127476
165225
367239
351696
824532
529120
560011
120829
112586
539405
146362
137454
76727
311795
374310
305118
154892
258613
36006
103469
69963
759674
155724
Pine
292
387
252
142
195
104
69
310
71
449
119
146
576
200
683
566
300
81
27
606
133
131
81
531
655
298
364
322
110
60
66
966
266
Pulp
Hdwd
Non
Pulp
Hdwd
19
110
23
56
319
91
1
20
91
152
138
101
176
163
852
835
935
20
113
195
148
65
11
209
817
289
13
23
48
70
15
824
5
30
46
33
153
216
100
Total
Hdwd
Total
139
18
21
51
86
90
133
331
87
453
19
40
85
22
182
77
136
318
151
71
204
8
31
24
225
92
49
156
56
209
535
191
29
159
109
173
189
187
266
296
1183
922
1388
39
153
280
170
247
345
1135
440
84
227
56
101
39
1049
97
341
643
308
361
730
295
98
469
180
622
308
333
842
496
1866
1488
1688
120
180
886
303
378
169
876
1790
738
448
549
166
161
95
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Area in acres i Sawlog Net Volume in thousand board feet Intl I log rule Cordwood Net Volume in thousand standard cords
County Dist No
Total Forest Percent Pine Hardwood 1 Total NonPine Pulp Pulp Total Total Hdwd Hdwd Hdwd
Coffee 8 392320 265993 68 332631 46010 378641 470 137 54 191 661
Colquitt 2 360320 156379 43 330797 27088 357885 191 48 3 51 242
Columbia 10 197120 147643 75 82619 96571 179190 207 288 70 358 566
Cook 8 4 6 149120 283520 201600 97823 187974 142531 66 66 71 204228 204036 134264 40838 30932 15151 245066 234968 149415 81 248 242 178 125 114 71 103 57 249 228 171 330 475 413
Coweta
Crawford
Crisp 3 7 9 190720 105600 136320 77432 90499 113827 41 86 84 137083 41918 117665 26037 16981 58590 163120 58899 176255 74 77 271 70 9 87 12 154 318 82 163 405 156 240 676
Dade
Dawson
Decatur 2 392320 266385 68 374195 42039 416234 344 135 67 202 546
DeKalb 9 172160 111560 65 161934 92527 254461 317 84 102 186 503
Dodge 3 3 2 320000 252800 210560 177280 96064 100016 55 38 48 419411 160723 107743 56725 44549 35032 476136 205272 142775 393 115 77 157 97 116 31 27 137 188 124 253 581 239 330
Dooly
Dougherty
Douglas 7 129280 87393 68 74629 15162 89791 153 9 46 65 208
Early 2 336640 175389 52 168767 57816 226583 121 158 91 249 370
Echols 8 272000 247520 91 379502 96542 476044 515 653 80 733 1248
Effingham 1 307200 258662 84 354494 110096 464590 433 857 310 1167 1600
Elbert 10 1 233600 439040 155578 280986 67 64 118800 258155 101777 32875 220577 291030 207 157 89 65 73 2 162 67 369 224
Emanuel
Evans 1 9 119040 256000 79757 210J53 67 83 108695 218066 14084 108583 122779 326649 122 503 104 162 16 590 120 752 242 1255
Fannin
Fayette 4 127360 72595 57 99031 16616 115647 72 44 35 79 151
Floyd 7 9 10 328960 155520 172160 235206 93468 85736 72 60 50 309321 100384 97706 52945 53691 50530 362266 154075 148236 819 140 77 23 161 34 227 202 10 250 363 44 1069 503 121
Forsyth
Franklin
Fulton 9 9 6 339840 280960 91520 217158 239173 51983 64 85 57 258050 255829 44980 152554 103941 37522 410604 359770 82502 295 482 83 33 71 114 94 336 71 127 407 185 422 889 268
Gilmer
Glascock
Glynn 8 7 297600 229120 250859 146179 84 64 167323 125438 90686 41420 258009 166858 137 239 113 22 21 60 134 82 271 321
Gordon
Grady 2 10 298880 258560 176040 206848 59 80 372516 222557 1 37516 32008 410031 254565 365 371 193 58 48 41 241 99 606 470
Greene
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Table 1 Area Sawlog and Cordwood Volume by Counties Georgia 1946 Continued
Area in acres Sawlog Net Volume in thousand board feet Intl log rule Cordwood Net Volume in thousand standard cords
County Dist No
Total Forest Percent Pine Hardwood Total Pine Pulp Hdwd NonPulp Hdwd Total Hdwd Total
Gwinnett 9 279680 154943 55 273488 71841 345329 227 94 170 264 491
Habersham 9 181120 136383 75 168715 76061 244776 207 55 176 231 438
Hall 9 272640 190848 70 204844 108064 312908 243 316 370 686 929
Hancock 6 310400 222867 72 169620 137462 307082 413 614 379 993 1406
Haralson 7 182400 130416 72 116577 57770 174347 136 51 101 152 288
Harris 3 10 302720 165120 202822 68360 67 41 280319 55137 100376 51600 380695 106737 553 74 115 38 56 27 171 65 724
Hart 139
Heard 4 4 193280 211840 134330 106344 70 50 101206 111275 64259 90630 165465 201905 228 90 85 14 76 37 161 51 389
Henry 141
Houston 3 8 9 243200 238080 215680 130112 135229 121212 54 57 56 160765 175934 160299 78825 17253 74507 239590 193187 234806 146 244 218 193 147 61 79 26 66 272 173 127 418
Irwin 417
Jackson 345
Jasper 6 240000 174720 73 172423 30755 203178 349 210 105 315 664
Jeff Davis 8 211840 174980 83 158125 33461 191586 273 74 53 127 400
Jefferson 6 340480 186583 55 224872 101843 326715 317 373 368 741 1058
Jenkins 1 224640 117487 52 113589 31707 145296 157 185 63 248 405
Johnson 6 200320 95152 48 142565 67335 209900 192 241 113 354 546
Jones 6 4 257280 115840 200164 67419 78 58 195961 67021 102210 46989 298171 114010 280 70 520 51 205 27 725 78 1005
Lamar 148
Lanier 8 117120 80579 69 135372 51029 186401 174 133 36 169 343
Laurens 6 519040 238239 46 498489 82253 580742 471 253 96 349 820
Lee 3 1 229120 343040 107228 247975 47 72 158497 443379 94969 40048 253466 483427 107 565 124 320 62 134 186 454 293
Liberty 1019
Lincoln 10 1 163200 257920 118973 239608 73 93 90398 265626 75414 46247 165812 311873 300 489 180 32 70 37 250 69 550
Long 558
Lowndes 8 327680 212664 65 377295 68061 446356 367 499 219 718 1085
Lumpkin 9 186880 165015 88 196830 85682 282512 290 65 283 348 638
Macon 3 10 3 257920 179840 233600 121738 92977 147402 47 52 63 142511 80745 75311 82188 49652 19201 224699 130397 94512 102 146 198 162 55 345 80 27 161 242 82 506 344
Madison 228
Marion 704
McDuffie 10 168320 110418 66 82891 65534 148425 273 174 68 242 515
Mclntosh 1 306560 257387 84 176825 40538 217363 232 23 10 33 265
Meriwether 4 319360 187145 59 197759 88008 285767 308 140 38 178 486

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TablLArea Sawlog and Cordwood Volume by Counties Georgia 1946Continued
County
Miller
Mitchell
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan
Murray
Muscogee
Newton
Oconee
Oglethorpe
Paulding
Peach
Pickens
Pierce
Pike
Polk
Pulaski
Putnam
Quitman
Rabun
Randolph
Richmond
Rockdale
Schley
Screven
Seminole
Spalding
Stephens
Stewart
Sumter
Talbot
Dist
No
2
2
6
1
10
7
3
4
10
10
7
3
9
8
4
7
3
6
3
9
3
10
9
3
1
2
4
9
3
3
4
Area
in acres
Sawlog Net Volume
i in thousand board feet
Intl i log rule
Cordwood Net Volume
in thousand standard cords
Total
183680
327040
255360
151680
227840
218880
142080
174720
119040
278400
203520
96640
144000
218880
147200
199680
162560
224000
109440
240000
279040
208640
81920
103680
416640
177280
128640
115200
296320
314880
249600
Forest
102126
148476
203777
91008
149007
171821
103576
98892
65115
187085
144499
36627
111466
162847
71686
130790
83881
179424
76061
215040
146496
137494
44564
55572
272066
106191
72810
86170
195571
137288
208915
Per
cent
56
45
80
60
65
79
73
57
55
67
71
38
77
74
49
66
52
80
70
90
52
66
54
54
65
60
57
75
66
44
84
Pine
107448
302001
170058
239228
148291
145405
217510
144382
91937
156788
111214
33157
110561
153214
69151
97100
174163
202031
95835
268540
183589
74986
64054
46883
306989
80186
65144
111035
306472
200511
239296
Hard
wood
17983
21222
29976
89142
30039
43144
68604
45486
35735
63518
46897
4336
55978
18538
19873
38721
36513
106686
29791
162818
61613
73115
32861
38359
176940
14423
22811
67148
118797
125625
113266
Total
125431
323223
200034
328370
178330
188549
286114
189868
127672
220306
158111
37493
166539
171752
89024
135821
210676
308717
125626
431358
245202
148101
96915
85242
483929
94609
87955
178183
425269
326136
352562
Pine
85
167
346
160
249
284
239
113
98
502
209
112
241
267
59
173
232
377
121
312
228
202
48
67
315
61
66
264
475
127
450
Pulp
Hdwd
25
84
234
155
60
23
126
56
59
144
14
37
14
119
46
11
72
647
200
28
405
15
30
129
1142
3
51
103
489
167
433
Non
Pulp
Hdwd
Total
Hdwd
75
63
82
26
66
70
60
52
47
62
92
5
176
63
13
73
79
345
40
194
78
168
29
35
753
21
5
152
134
77
136
100
147
316
181
126
93
186
108
106
206
106
42
189
182
59
84
151
992
240
222
483
183
59
164
1895
24
56
255
623
244
568
Total
185
314
662
341
376
377
425
221
204
708
316
154
430
449
118
257
383
1369
361
534
711
385
107
231
2210
85
121
519
1098
371
1018
11Table 1 Area Sawlog and Cordwood Volume by Counties Georgia 1946Continued
1 Area in acres Sawlog Net Volume in thousand board feet Intl i log rule il ordwood Net Volume l thousand standard cords V
County Dist No Ai
Total Forest Percent Pine Hardwood Total Pine Pulp Hdwd NonPulp Hdwd Total Hdwd Total
Taliaferro 10 124800 94598 76 94323 44013 138336 226 221 156 377 603
Tattnall 1 315520 241057 76 276741 34294 311035 346 89 51 140 486 v Xj
Taylor 3 8 3 2 2 1 9 1 4 3 257920 281600 210560 347520 170240 236160 110080 124160 286080 187520 156815 197120 76854 197391 90568 146892 87509 65929 210565 93010 61 70 36 57 53 62 79 53 74 50 33672 365243 78132 409137 180799 263765 112200 152940 242507 174761 16291 77332 52051 32316 14945 47613 69006 27384 153469 15219 49963 442575 130183 441453 195744 311378 181206 180324 395976 189980 146 346 70 209 68 245 132 79 489 90 414 259 92 136 33 75 12 40 164 41 77 486 37 65 4 22 80 3 60 7 491 745 129 201 37 97 92 43 224 48 637 1091 199 410 105 342 224 122 713 138
Telfair Ao
TerrelL 221
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Troup
Turner
Twiggs 6 9 4 233600 204160 213760 174499 164352 163313 75 81 76 150767 218941 188024 143853 129601 33899 294620 348542 221923 262 247 158 583 23 120 250 150 19 833 173 139 1095 420 297
Union ty
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Walker 7 286720 202711 71 148614 49816 198430 223 28 281 309 532
Walton 10 211200 107078 51 182884 48516 231400 141 125 116 241 382 7
Ware 8 10 6 583680 181760 431360 313436 113418 259679 54 62 60 318093 104832 285228 15049 88094 174841 333142 192926 460069 624 319 371 70 332 727 90 235 318 160 567 1045 784 886 1416 i
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Wayne 8 413440 362173 88 291692 48189 339881 190 25 15 40 230 fri atoll
Webster 3 124800 71386 57 98401 45650 144051 109 195 57 252 361 Wl
Wheeler 1 195840 133759 68 234484 87199 321683 220 162 41 203 423 7
White 9 155520 128460 83 183973 101298 285271 193 211 117 328 521
Whitfield 7 179840 112220 62 86459 65160 151619 171 16 84 100 271 M
Wilcox 3 245760 134922 55 319102 54651 373753 187 109 21 130 317 n
Wilkes 10 302080 208737 69 196811 104249 301060 730 259 127 386 1116
Wilkinson 6 293120 225409 77 203770 162694 366464 361 902 293 1195 1556
Worth 2 371200 191539 52 397716 36299 434015 155 79 7 86 241

Total II 37680640 24714613 66 30243302 9439467 39682769 40137 28160 17615 45775 85912 A
Does not include 464349 acres in the Okefenokee Swamp
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LTable 2 Area Sawlog and Cordwood Volume by Districts Georgia 1946
District No1 Area in acres Sawlog Net Volume in thousand board feet Intl i log rule Cordwood Net Volume in thousand standard cords
Total Forest Percent Pine Hard Total wood Pine Pulp Hdwd NonPulp Hdwd Total Hdwd Total
1 5181440 3639868 70 5193394 1214018 6407412 5859 6842 2683 9525 15384
2 3906560 2102706 54 3409434 437657 3847091 2209 1341 905 2246 4455
3 5029760 2751903 52 4000468 1275861 5276329 4320 4188 1414 5602 9922
4 2983680 1884482 63 1984075 799241 2783316 2618 1427 824 2251 4869
6 4070400 2655324 65 2943452 1343371 4286823 4524 6089 3033 9122 13646
7 2901120 2000316 69 1734377 563560 2297937 3504 254 1565 1819 5323
8 6277120 46403792 74 5448719 1018020 6466739 7749 4116 1883 5999 13748
9 4058880 2945450 72 3633313 1755733 5389046 5124 1726 3936 5662 10786
10 3271680 2094185 64 1896070 1032006 2928076 4230 2177 1372 3549 7779
Total 37680640 24714613 66 30243302 9439467 39682769 40137 28160 17615 45775 85912
1 There is no district 5 All districts coincide with Congressional districts except district 9 which includes Congress
ional districts 9 and 5
2 Does not include 464349 acres in the Okefenokee Swamp

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Table 3 Total Growing Stock by Districts Georgia 1946
District2 Corclwood Net Volume Standard Cords
Pine Thousand cords Hardwood3 Thousand cords Total Thousand cords
r1 16246 11953 28199
2 9028 3121 12149
12321 8154 20475
4 6586 3849 10435
6 10411 11809 22220
7 6973 2946 9919
8 18646 8035 26681
9 12391 9173 21564
10 8022 5613 13635
State Total 100624 64653 165277
1 Includes bark but not cull tops or limbs Includes all trees of cordwood and sawtimber size
2 There is no district 5 All districts coincide with Congressional districts except district 9 which includes
Congressional dictricts 9 and 5
3 Includes cypress
15Table 4 Average Volume per Acre by Districts Georgia 1946
Forest Land Average Volume per Acre
Dist1 Sawlog Net Volume2 Intl log rule Cord wood Net Volume3 Standard cords Total Growing Stock4 Standard cords
Pine Hdwd6 Total Pine Hdwd5 Total Pine Hdwd6 Total
Acres b f b f b f cds cds cds cds cds cds
1 3639868 1427 334 1761 16 26 42 44 33 77
2 2102706 1621 208 1829 10 11 21 43 15 58
3 2751903 1454 464 1918 16 20 36 45 30 75
4 1884482 1053 424 1477 14 12 26 35 20 55
6 2655324 1109 506 1615 17 34 51 39 44 83
7 2000316 867 282 1149 18 09 27 35 15 50
8 4640379 1174 219 1393 17 13 30 40 17 57
9 2945450 1234 596 1830 17 19 36 42 31 73
10 2094185 905 493 1398 20 17 37 38 27 65
State Avg 1224 382 1606 16 18 34 41 26 67
1 There is no district 5 All districts coincide with Congressional districts except district 9 which includes
Congressional districts 9 and 5
2 Sawtimber only
3 Includes bark but not cull tops limbs or sawtimber
4 All trees including sawtimber Includes bark but not cull tops or limbs
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Table 5 Ownership by Districts January 1 1945
District No2 Total Area Publicly Owned Privately Owned acres

acres acres Over 5000 Acres 10005000 Acres Under 1000 Acres
1 5181440 193580 682382 1021997 3283481
2 3906560 5528 433752 832857 2634423
3 5029760 184921 189170 1089709 3565960
4 2983680 6748 43800 354300 2578832
G 4070400 128716 146385 818400 2976999
7 2901120 116568 107500 213900 2463052
8 6277120 340851 1738293 1078253 3119723
9 4058880 580192 84100 255200 3139388
10 3271680 92677 87100 459800 2632103
Totals 37680640 1649781 3512482 6124416 26393961
1 Includes forest and nonforest land
2 There is no district 5 All districts coincide with Congressional districts except district 9 which includes
Congressional districts 9 and 5
17Table 6 Comparison of State Forestry Programs Alabama Florida Georgia South Carolina
and Louisiana 1946
Funds Available for Forestry Forest Acreage
State State Funds Federal Funds County Funds Other Funds Total Funds StateOwned Forest Land
Alabama Florida Georgia South Carolina Louisiana 80000 250000 168207 682722 299495 230599 384937 210000 352593 202717 55626 286791 225000 0 0 404837 796372 9702 0 0 812500 1001365 612909 1015315 585212 18877700 22000000 25000000 11570000 16000000 172946 2060353 380003 1486183 10000
1 Severance tax receipts
2 Receipts from state forests
3 Mostly leased from the federal government
4 Receipts from private funds
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