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The National Forests of California Miscellaneous Circular No. 94 |
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APPENDIX
LIST OF NATIONAL FORESTS WITH HEADQUARTERS AND NET AREA, CALIFORNIA DISTRICT
(District headquarters, Ferry Building, San Francisco, Calif.)
| National forest | Headquarters | Area Government land (acres) |
| Angeles | Federal Building, Los Angeles, Calif | 646,192 |
| California | Federal Building, Willows, Calif | 822,735 |
| Cleveland | Federal Building, San Diego, Calif | 350,109 |
| Eldorado | Placerville, Calif | 551,478 |
| Inyo | Bishop, Calif | 1,638,248 |
| Klamath | Yreka, Calif | 1,525,257 |
| Lassen | Susanville, Calif | 944,292 |
| Modoc | Alturas, Calif | 1,470,005 |
| Mono | Minden, Nev | 1,260,536 |
| Plumas | Quincy, Calif | 1,107,947 |
| San Bernardino | San Bernardino, Calif | 197,301 |
| Santa Barbara | Federal Building, Santa Barbara, Calif | 1,772,555 |
| Sequoia | Porterville, Calif | 1,410,133 |
| Shasta | Mount Shasta, Calif | 868,373 |
| Sierra | Northfork, Calif | 1,492,617 |
| Stanislaus | Sonora, Calif | 810,632 |
| Tahoe | Nevada City, Calif | 516,714 |
| Trinity | Weaverville, Calif | 1,410,202 |
| Total | 19,265,326 | |
NATIONAL FORESTS, PARKS, AND MONUMENTS
In order that the public may understand the essential differences between national forests, national parks, and national monuments, it is necessary to point out the basic standards underlying the establishment and administration of these Federal areas.
The principle of use of resources is the vital distinction between national forests on the one hand and national monuments and national parks on the other. National forests are created to protect and maintain in a permanently productive and useful condition lands unsuited to agriculture but capable of yielding timber or other general benefits, such as forage for livestock and water for irrigation, domestic use, and power. All of the resources of the national forests are developed and used to the greatest possible extent consistent with permanent productivity under the principle of coordinated use. Camping and hunting and fishing in season are permitted in the national forests of California, but a camp-fire permit must first be obtained before any form of outdoor fire, including fire in stoves burning wood, kerosene, or gasoline, is built on Government land. National forests are administered by the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.
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MOUNT WHITNEY (14,501 FEET), INYO NATIONAL FOREST Telephoto view of the beacon of the Sierras and the highest peak in continental United States (PHOTO BY RAMSEY) |
National parks are natural preserves for the recreation and education of the people. They are created to preserve objects of outstanding scenic, geologic, or historic interest, and the plant and wild life under nature's chosen conditions. All national parks are game sanctuaries, and are protected completely from all utilitarian and commercial enterprises save those necessary for and subservient to legitimate park uses. There are four national parks in California—Yosemite, Sequoia, Lassen Volcanic, and General Grant—which cover an area of approximately 1,200,000 acres. National parks are under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior.
National monuments, although of small size and lesser importance than the national parks, are created for the same basic purposes. There are five national monuments in California, as follows:
| Name | Location | Administered by— |
| Cabrillo | San Diego County | War Department. |
| Devil Postpile | Sierra National Forest | United States Forest Service. |
| Lava Beds | Modoc National Forest | Do. |
| Muir Woods | Marin county | National Park Service. |
| Pinnacles | San Benito County | Do. |
STATE PARKS
In addition to Federal forest and park areas, California also possesses five State parks with a total area of 13,000 acres, nearly 12,000 acres of which is located in the redwood regions of Santa Cruz, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties. Following is a list of State parks:
| Name | Location | Administered by— |
| California State Redwood Park | Santa Cruz County | California State Redwood Park Commission. |
| Humboldt State Redwood Park | Humboldt and Del Norte Counties | State board of forestry |
| Burney Falls State Park | Shasta County | Do. |
| General Bidwell Slate Park | Butte County | Do. |
| Mount Diablo State Park | Contra Costa County | Special commission appointed by governor. |
FOREST STATISTICS, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
[compiled for the Senate select Committee on Reforestation, 1923]
| Ownership | Total forest land area1 |
Present virgin timber area |
Present virgin timber stand |
Deforested area cut and burned |
| Acres | Acres | M feet b. m. | Acres | |
| Private | 6,782,000 | 4,406,000 | 187,775,000 | 2,376,000 |
| State | 95,000 | 95,000 | 230,000 | 0 |
| Federal | 12,319,000 | 10,531,000 | 96,500,000 | 1,788,000 |
| Total | 219,196,000 | 315,032,000 | 4284,505,000 | 54,164,000 |
1Land that is in forest or that is potential forest land. 219.3 per cent of entire State land area. 3Pine region, 13,963,000 acres; redwood region, 1,069,000 acres. 4Pine region, 208,330,000 M feet b. m.; redwood region, 76,175,000 M feet b. m. 5Pine region: Cut-over but restocking, 1,949,000 acres; requires replanting, 589,000 acres. Burned-over land and brush fields restocking, 1,200,000 acres; not restocking, 600,000 acres. Redwood region: Cut-over lands, restocking, 436,000 acres; not restocking, 125,000 acres. Brush fields, restocking, 125,000 acres; not restocking, 40,000 acres. | ||||
ESTIMATED STAND OF GOVERNMENT TIMBER IN NATIONAL FORESTS OF CALIFORNIA
| Species | Total stand M feet b. m. |
| Yellow pine | 31,192,012 |
| Douglas fir | 16,476,048 |
| White fir | 14,461,403 |
| Red fir | 12,934,782 |
| Sugar pine | 11,655,089 |
| Incense cedar | 4,404,971 |
| Lodgepole pine | 634,906 |
| Jeffrey pine | 1,928,605 |
| Redwood | 258,147 |
| Bigcone spruce | 165,375 |
| White pine | 151,681 |
| Hemlock | 75,211 |
| Coulter pine | 30,000 |
| Miscellaneous species | 150,583 |
| Total | 96,515,813 |
Cordwood, 20,414,739 cords. | |
TIMBER CUT IN CALIFORNIA, 1924
[United States census]
| Region | Total cut | Value of lumber product |
| M feet b. m. | ||
| Pine | 11,305,823 | $42,338,452 |
| Redwood | 690,929 | 20,539,326 |
1304,427 M feet b. m., cut from national forests; value in the tree, $912,000; approximate value of lumber product, $9,700,000. | ||
PRODUCTION OF LUMBER IN CALIFORNIA,1 1923 AND 1924
[United States census]
| Number of mills reporting |
Lumber cut2 (M feet b. m.) |
Percentage of increase or decrease | ||
| 1923 | 1924 | 1923 | 1924 | |
| 214 | 181 | 2,118,094 | 1,996,496 | —5.7 |
1Includes a small amount of lumber cut in western Nevada. 2Not including production of mills cutting less than 50,000 feet. | ||||
CONSUMPTION OF LUMBER IN CALIFORNIA, 1920, 1922, 1923, AND 1924
| Year | Total consumption1 | Per capita consumption1 |
| M feet b. m. | Feet b. m. | |
| 1920 | 2,174,517 | 625 |
| 1922 | 3,248,572 | 865 |
| 1923 | 4,288,705 | 1,105 |
| 1924 | 3,579,755 | 860 |
1 Domestic lumber only. The inclusion of lumber imported from foreign countries would raise the stated per capita consumption by 25 feet in 1924 and an average of 10 feet in previous years. The total per capita consumption of the United States, including imports, was 285 feet in 1922, 330 feet in 1923, 310 feet in 1924, and 325 feet in 1925. | ||
GRAZING, NATIONAL FORESTS OF CALIFORNIA
| Area of grazing land, acres | 11,389,000 |
| Average number of stock grazed: | |
| Cattle and horses | 207,129 |
| Sheep and goats | 506,000 |
| Total | 713,129 |
HYDROELECTRIC POWER FROM STREAMS IN CALIFORNIA
[Federal Power Commission]
| Total horsepower developed to 1926 | 1,800,000 |
| Potential horsepower, estimated | 5,000,000 |
| Estimated power developed from streams in national forests | 1,028,000 |
IRRIGATED LANDS, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
| Acres | |
| Irrigated by gravity water, 1919 | 12,660,578 |
| Total area under irrigation, 1924 | 24,700,000 |
| Water supply available for | 36,200,000 |
| Total potential irrigable area | 418,000,000 |
1United States census. 2Irrigation report, Commonwealth Club of San Francisco. 3Division of engineering and irrigation, State department of public works. 4A deficiency in crop land in California occurred in 1924, due to prolonged drought. The normal area of improved lands in farms in the State, as given in the 1920 census, is 11,878,339 acres. | |
Over two-thirds of all the irrigated lands in the State are dependent on the national forests for their water supply.
FARMING, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
[United States 1925 farm census]
| Acres | |
| Total farm acreage | 27,565,440 |
| Crop land, 19245 | 8,402,195 |
| Pasture, 1924 | 16,907,167 |
| Woodland, not pastured | 447,489 |
| All other land | 1,808,589 |
| Value of field and fruit crop, 1925 | 6 $458,469,000 |
5United States and State departments of agriculture. 6. | |
During the period 1920 to 1925 the number of farms in California increased from 117,670 to 136,409, or an increase of 18,739 farms. The average acreage of these farms is 202.1 acres.
FIRE RECORD, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
| Year | Total number of fires (timber, brush, and grass) |
Number of man-caused fires |
Area burned (acres) |
Damage |
Supression costs (Federal, State, and private) | ||||
| Timbered | Non-timbereda | Total | Timber | Other damageb | Total | ||||
| 1920 | 1,795 | 1,142 | 124,622 | 281,416 | 406,038 | $380,859 | $185,890 | $566,749 | $211,564 |
| 1921 | 2,245 | 2,028 | 30,146 | 620,576 | 650,724 | 67,651 | 562,794 | 630,645 | 203,915 |
| 1922 | 1,978 | 1,705 | 103,174 | 550,098 | 653,272 | 211,035 | 437,725 | 648,760 | 296,051 |
| 1923 | 2,240 | 1,548 | 103,636 | 838,929 | 942,565 | 197,922 | 1,644,302 | 1,842,224 | 245,724 |
| 1924 | 2,657 | 1,872 | 436,899 | 548,140 | 985,039 | 1,312,897 | 1,089,780 | 2,402,677 | 1,329,543 |
| 1925 | 2,614 | 1,114 | 20,618 | 163,093 | 183,712 | 109,886 | 151,017 | 260,904 | 250,435 |
| 6-year average | 2,255 | 1,569 | 136,516 | 500,375 | 636,892 | 380,075 | 678,585 | 1,058,660 | 423,205 |
aBrush, grass, and weed areas. bIncludes damage to reproduction, forage, improvements, etc. | |||||||||
FIRE RECORD, NATIONAL FORESTS OF CALIFORNIA
| Year | Total number of fires |
Number of man-caused fires |
Area burned (acres)1 |
Total damage3 |
Cost of fighting fires | ||
| Goverment | Private2 | Total | |||||
| 1920 | 1,338 | 697 | 129,798 | 34,659 | 164,457 | $177,967 | $159,535 |
| 1921 | 1,106 | 991 | 122,612 | 23,968 | 146,580 | 34,443 | 137,264 |
| 1922 | 1,028 | 772 | 190,001 | 26,054 | 216,055 | 188,646 | 189,008 |
| 1923 | 1,372 | 722 | 145,287 | 33,762 | 179,049 | 71,965 | 151,666 |
| 1924 | 1,032 | 1,164 | 401,221 | 360,931 | 762,152 | 1,251,911 | 1,191,271 |
| 1925 | 1,915 | 537 | 51,209 | 47,775 | 98,984 | 99,019 | 207,929 |
| 6-year average | 1,463 | 817 | 173,354 | 87,858 | 261,212 | 304,992 | 339,445 |
1Includes timbered and brush areas. 2Includes private lands burned over both inside and adjacent to national forests, 3Exclusive of damage to watersheds, wild life, and recreational resources. Does not include damage to private lands outside national forests. | |||||||
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MOUNT SHASTA (14,380 FEET) "THE QUEEN OF THE SISKIYOUS" This magnificent snow-capped peak in the Shasta National Forest is the most beautiful mountain in California and the lodestone of recreationists (PHOTO BY R. E. STINSON) |
TREES OF CALIFORNIA
Red (Alnus rubra).
White (Alnus rhombifolia).
Ash: Flowering (Fraxinus dipetalla).
Oregon (Fraxinus oregona).
Aspen (see Poplar).
Bigtree (Sequoia washingtoniana).
Birch: Red (Betula fontinalis).
Boxelder (see Maple).
Buckeye, California (Aesculus californica).
Cedar: Incense (Libocedrus decurrens).
Port Orford (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana).
Western red (Thuya plicata).
Cottonwood (see Poplar).
Cypress: Gowen (Cupressus goveniana).
Monterey (Cupressus macrocarpa).
McNab (Cupressus macnabiana).
Pigmy or Dwarf (Cupressus pygmaea),
Fir: Bristlecone (Abies venusta).
Douglas (Pseudotsuga taxifolia).
California Red (Abies magnifica).
Shasta Red (Abies magnifica shastensis).
White (Abies concolor).
Golden Chinquapin (Castanopsis chrysophylla).
Hemlock: Mountain (Tsuga mertensiana).
Western (Tsuga heterophaylla).
Juniper: California (Juniperus californica).
Madroño (Arbutus menziesii).
Maple: Bigleaf (Acer macrophyllum).
California Boxelder (Acer negundo californicum).
Dwarf (Acer glabrum).
Vine (Acer circinatum).
Nutmeg (Tumion californicum).
Oak: California shin (Quercus brewerii).
California black (Quercus Kelloggii).
California blue (Quercus douglasii).
Canyon live (Quercus chrysolepis).
Coast live (Quercus agrifolia).
Evergreen black (Quercus morehus).
Evergreen white (Quercus engelmannii).
Highland live (Quercus wislizenii).
Huckleberry (Quercus chrysolepis vaccinifolia).
Oregon white (Quercus garryana).
Sadler (Quercus sadleriana).
Scrub (Quercus dumosa).
Tan (Lithocarpus densiflora).
Valley white (Quercus lobata).
Oregon myrtle (Umbellutaria californica).
Palm: Cailfornia (Washingtonia filamentosa).
Pine: Bishop (Pinus muricata).
Bristlecone (Pinus aristata).
Coulter (Pinus coulteri).
Digger (Pinus sabiniana).
Foxtail (Pinus balfouriana).
Jeffrey (Pinus jeffreyi).
Knob-cone (Pinus attenuata).
Limber (Pinus flexilis).
Lodgepole (Pinus contorta).
Monterey (Pinus radiata).
Parry Piñon (Pinus parryana).
Singleleaf Piñon (Pinus monophylla).
Sugar (Pinus lambertiana).
Torrey (Pinus torreyana).
Western white (Pinus monticola).
Western yellow (Pinus ponderosa).
Whitebark (Pinus albicaulis).
Poplar: Aspen (Populus tremuloides).
Black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa).
Cottonwood (Populus fremontii).
Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens).
Sequoia (see Bigtree and Redwood).
Sycamore, California (Platanus racemosa).
Spruce: Bigcone (Pseudotsuga macrocarpa).
Engelmann (Picea engelmannii).
Sitka (Picea sitchensis).
Weeping (Picea breweriana).
Walnut: California (Juglans californica).
Willow: Black (Salix nigra).
Mountain or Nuttall's (Salix scouleriana).
White (Salix lasiolepis).
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