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Title
Land
classification
sheet
,
Washington
,
Tacoma
quadrangle
(1897)
.
Washington
1:125,000
topographic
quadrangles
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http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=topo064
Creator
U.S
.
Geological
Survey
.
Gannett
,
Henry
;
Goode
,
R.U.
;
Griswold
,
W.T.
;
U.S
.
Coast
and
Geodetic
Survey
.
Hyde
,
G.E.
;
McKee
,
R.H
.
Date.Original
1900
Date.Digital
2000 - 2002
Publisher
Washington
,
D.C
. : The
Survey
Description
1
map
:
col
. ;
45
x
31
cm
. or
smaller
.
Relief
shown
by
contours
and
spot
heights
.
Set
includes
various
editions
. "
Surveyed
in
1894-95
". "
Engraved
April
1897
by
U.S.G.S.
" "
Edition
of
Feb
.
1900
".
Diagram
depicts
which
topographers
were
responsible
for
which
areas
of the
map
.
Land
classification
surveyed
in
1897
. "
Contour
interval
50
feet
.
Datum
is
mean
sea
level.
"
Text
on
verso
:
FOREST
CONDITIONS
OF THE
TACOMA
QUADRANGLE
. This
land
classification
sheet
,
representing
the
Tacoma
quadrangle
,
shows
the
area
which
at the
time
of
survey
, in
1894-95
, was
covered
with
woods
, and the
areas
containing
timber
of
merchantable
size
and
quality
,
which
, as
defined
by the
practice
in
Washington
,
includes
trees
having
a
butt
diameter
of
20
inches
or
more
, with a
length
below
branches
of at
least
32
feet
.
It
shows
,
furthermore
, the
portions
of the
quadrangle
which
have been
cut
over
or
culled
for
lumber
or
clearing
, and those
which
have been
burned
. As
is
seen
,
most
of these
areas
have,
since
the
cutting
and
burning
,
commenced
to
become
reforested
. The
areas
naturally
devoid
of
forests
are also
indicated
,
including
a
few
square
miles
at the
head
of
Commencement
Bay
, a
small
area
in the
valley
of
White
River
, and a
large
area
south
of
Tacoma
. The
last
is
an
area
of
approximately
level
land
,
covered
by
coarse
glacial
deposits
, in
which
the
copious
rainfall
rapidly
sinks
,
making
it
, to
all
intents
and
purposes
, an
arid
soil
.
It
is
because
of this
feature
of the
soil
that the
region
is
largely
open
and
park-like
.
It
contains
scattered
groves
of
trees
,
largely
composed
of
lodgepole
pine
, a
species
here of
no
merchantable
value
. The
trees
are of
small
size
, and
branch
nearly
to the
ground
. The
total
area
of this
quadrangle
is
812
square
miles
. Of this the
land
area
is
approximately
737
square
miles
, the
remainder
being
included
in
Puget
Sound
and a
few
small
lakes
. With the
exception
of the
areas
above
mentioned
which
are
naturally
timberless
or are
covered
with
lodgepole
pine
, and
which
include
about
105
square
miles
, the
land
area
was
formerly
covered
with
forest
of
merchantable
timber
. Of this
timbered
area
of
632
square
miles
, there have been
cut
or
culled
for
lumber
, or
cleared
for
settlement
,
about
200
square
miles
, and there have been
burned
143
square
miles
,
leaving
in
standing
merchantable
timber
only
289
square
miles
.
Thus
,
since
settlement
began
in this
region
,
timber
has been
destroyed
over
an
area
of
343
square
miles
, or
54
per
cent
of the
area
formerly
forested
. On
all
the
areas
thus
denuded
timber
is
growing
again
,
except
where
the
land
has been
cultivated
:
so
that the
wooded
area
,
including
all
lands
on
which
wood
is
growing
,
comprises
not
less
than
560
square
miles
, or
76
per
cent
of the
land
area
of the
quadrangle
. The
areas
not
now
wooded
consist
not
only
of those
naturally
without
forests
, as
above
specified
, but the
sites
and
suburbs
of the
towns
and
cities
and the
numerous
farms
scattered
over
the
quadrangle
. The
area
covered
with
merchantable
timber
is
estimated
to
contain
the
following
amount
, in
feet
B.M.
:
Red
fir
(Pseudotsuga
taxifolia)
,
1,686,900,000
feet
;
spruce
(Picea
sitchensis)
,
5,447,000
feet
;
cedar
(Thuja
plicata)
,
374,397,000
feet
;
hemlock
(Tsuga
mertensiana)
,
22,429,000
feet
;
total
,
2,089,173,000
feet
.
Four-fifths
of the
above
amount
of
timber
consists
of
red
fir
, and
nearly
all
the
remainder
of
cedar
, the
amount
of
spruce
and
hemlock
being
insignificant
. The
average
stand
of
timber
upon
the
timbered
area
of this
quadrangle
is
but
little
over
11,000
feet
B.M
.
per
acre
, a
stand
only
about
half
as
great
as that of the
Seattle
quadrangle
,
immediately
north
of
it
. This
region
,
lying
in the
Sound
valley
, at the
head
of that
sheet
of
water
,
is
blessed
with an
ample
rainfall
and a
humid
atmosphere
,
which
are
especially
favorable
to
tree
growth
;
so
that
wherever
forests
have been
destroyed
their
reproduction
is
rapid
, and the
species
which
succeed
are
usually
identical
with those
destroyed
.
HENRY
GANNETT
,
March
,
1899
.
Scale
1:125,000
(W
122°30--W
122°00/N
47°30--N
47°00)
Subject
Washington (State) -- Maps, Topographic
Land use -- Washington (State) -- King County -- Maps
Land use -- Washington (State) -- Pierce County -- Maps
Forests and forestry -- Washington (State) -- King County -- Maps
Forests and forestry -- Washington (State) -- Pierce County -- Maps
King County (Wash.) -- Maps
Pierce County (Wash.) -- Maps
Type
Maps
Topographic Maps
Location Depicted
United States -- Washington (State) -- King County
United States -- Washington (State) -- Pierce County
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of
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;
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:
Tacoma
1897
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of
Washington
Libraries
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