The Jefferson National Forest: An Appalachian Environmental History

Appendix C: Miscellaneous Statistics and Recent Budget Data

Appendix C Miscellaneous Statistics and Recent Budget Data Table 1. Acreage Statistics for Entire JNF 1936 140,000 1940 480,000 1945 580,000 1950 610,000 1955 620,000 1960 540,000* 1964 546,636 1965 550,000 1970 610,000 1975 680,000 1980 690,000 1985 700,000 1992 705,192 * Boundary change—acreage transferred to George Washington National Forest. Note: Elevation ranges from 600 feet at the James River to 5,729 feet at Mount Rogers, the highest point in Virginia. 206 j Appendix C Table 2. County Acreage COUNTY 1957 1964 1980 1991 Craig 98,800 112,462 114,932 114,664 Bland 19,000 21,247 70,455 72,084 Giles 48,200 50,872 61,507 62,974 Smyth 59,100 61,611 71,631 72,745 Wythe 45,300 48,508 56,511 57,020 Botetourt 52,700 56, 272 64,582 65,421 Grayson 11,600 13,446 32,105 32,846 Wise 26,900 29,020 29,600 35,796 Scott 30,300 30,912 34,174 34,122 Pulaski 16,900 18,763 19,291 19,288 Montgomery 14,800 17,805 19,211 19,070 Monroe, WV — 0 18,241 — Washington 16,200 17,328 21,364 22,081 Rockbridge — 19,158 21,182 21,192 Lee 9,000 9,895 11,873 11,303 Dickenson 8,600 9,003 9,003 8,235 Bedford — 18,792 18,074 18,762 Tazewell 5,000 5,256 7,097 9,427 Carroll 4,300 4,325 5,564 5,722 Roanoke 1,600 1,845 2,900 3,079 Letcher, KY 0 0 845 — Pike, KY — 116 116 — Miscellaneous Statistics and Recent Budget Data J 207 Table 3. Timber Sale Statistics, 1946—1954 Year Extract Saw timber Other products Total (MMBF*) (MMBF) (MMBF) (MMBF) 1946 9.8 3.9 5.4 19.1 1947 5.4 8.1 2.8 16.3 1948 4.9 4.9 3.2 13.0 1949 5.1 5.5 2.0 12.6 1950 1.8 4.0 1.6 7.4 1951 3.3 4.6 1.7 9.6 1952 1.7 1.6 2.4 5.7 1953 0.6 4.3 3.0 7.9 1954 200 tons 5.7 3.2 8.9 (excluding extract) * MMBF = Millions of Board Feet Note: After 1954 JNF Timber Staff ceased to record “extract” as a category, which reflected the last of the salvaging operations in regard to the American Chestnut tree (killed by the Chestnut Blight from the 1910s to the 1930s), the primary species used in extract manufacture. 208 j Appendix C Table 4. Timber Sale Statistics, 1955—1992 Year Saw timber Other products Total (MMBF*) (MMBF) (MMBF) 1955 — — 8.4 1956 — — 11.0 1957 8.3 3.5 11.8 1958 7.9 3.8 11.7 1959 6.8 6.2 13.0 1960 4.3 9.5 13.8 1961 6.1 9.1 15.2 1962 6.2 8.3 14.5 1963 9.7 11.3 21.0 1964 8.9 17.6 26.5 1965 8.3 16.7 25.0 1966 9.7 17.2 26.9 1967 7.6 26.5 34.1 1968 6.9 23.5 30.4 1969 14.5 24.3 38.8 1970 6.0 16.3 22.3 1971 4.5 7.4 11.9 1972 6.8 8.8 15.6 1973 7.4 14.5 21.9 1974 5.5 13.3 18.8 1975 9.0 10.1 19.1 1976 0.9 4.3 5.2 1977 3.6 9.3 12.9 1978 5.3 10.7 16.0 1979 5.5 7.4 12.9 1980 4.0 13.4 17.4 1981 7.1 15.5 22.6 1982 7.2 15.9 23.1 1983 9.6 16.6 26.2 1984 8.5 17.4 25.9 1985 10.9 20.4 31.3 1986 7.6 14.6 22.2 1987 6.0 14.1 20.1 1988 8.5 17.7 26.2 1989 10.2 21.5 31.7 1990 8.2 15.5 23.7 1991 7.8 15.6 23.4 1992 — — 17.1 Miscellaneous Statistics and Recent Budget Data J 209 *MMFB = Millions of Board Feet...