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History of Nicolet National Forest, 1928-1976
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VII. STATISTICS
This section contains dates, names, facts and figures which are important and basic to any written history of the Nicolet National Forest. The subjects covered and their order is as follows:
Nicolet National Forest Supervisors
District Rangers — Three Lakes (Argonne)
Eagle River (Phelps)
Laona (Peshtigo)
Lakewood (Oconto)
FlorenceField Personnel Register — March 1937
Resource Statistics — Net Acreage
Fires
Recreational visits
Timber25% Fund Returns
NICOLET NATIONAL FOREST SUPERVISORS
| S. Duval Anderson | 1928 — 1932 |
| Raymond U. Harmon | 1932 — 1934 |
| Paul A. Wohlen | 1934 — 1936 |
| Axel G. Lindh | 1936 — 1938 |
| Warren T. Murphy | 1938 — 1940 |
| Galen W. Pike | 1940 — 1945 |
| Donald P. Ball | 1945 — 1951 |
| Dan E. Bulfer | 1951 — 1955 |
| Edward N. Lee | 1955 — 1957 |
| Kenneth P. Butterfield | 1957 — 1965 |
| Phillip L. Archibald | 1965 — 1968 |
| John W. Chaffin | 1968 — 1972 |
| Thomas A. Fulk | 1972 — |
THREE LAKES (ARGONNE) RANGER DISTRICT RANGERS
| Ray Iverson | 1929 — 1934 |
| Rene La Rocque | 1934 — 1939 |
| Louis Tausch, Jr. | 1939 — 1944 |
| Richard Smith | 1944 — 1954 |
| Robert Steideman | 1954 — 1955 |
| Ed Bober | 1955 — 1959 |
| Phil Daughtery | 1959 — 1962 |
| Jack Wolter | 1962 — 1965 |
| Larry Henson | 1965 — 1966 |
| Richard Brewster | 1966 — 1972 |
| Edward Johnson | 1972 — 1975 |
EAGLE RIVER (PHELPS) RANGER DISTRICT RANGERS
| Walter Nicewander | 1936 — 1945 |
| James Jay | 1945 — 1947 |
| George Frisbie | 1947 — 1949 |
| Donald Smith | 1949 — 1952 |
| Warren Livens | 1952 — 1955 |
| Anthony Quinkert | 1955 — 1962 |
| Leon Kridelbaugh | 1962 — 1964 |
| Gary Keppen | 1964 — 1976 |
| Carl Stein | 1976 — |
LAONA (PESHTIGO) RANGER DISTRICT RANGERS
| V. C. Sheffield | 1934 — 1935 |
| W. W. Intermill | 1935 — 1942 & 1947 |
| Horace O. Nixon | 1943 — 1944 |
| Louis Tausch, Jr. | 1945 — 1946 |
| Eliot W. Zimmerman | 1948 — 1954 |
| Ed Crook | 1955 — 1957 |
| David Seaberg | 1958 — 1967 |
| Lowell Patterson | 1967 — 1974 |
| Dale B. Staege | 1974 — |
LAKEWOOD (OCONTO) RANGER DISTRICT RANGERS
| Rene La Rocque | 1933 — 1934 |
| Kenneth Pomeroy | 1934 — 1937 |
| Paul Kohlmire | 1937 — 1944 |
| Ferris Green | 1944 — 1953 |
| Virgil Stephens | 1953 — 1956 |
| Rudy Hedland | 1956 — 1958 |
| Clifford Crosby | 1958 — 1965 |
| Harry Mahoney | 1965 — 1967 |
| Arden Mikich | 1967 — 1973 |
| Evans Lutz | 1973 — 1976 |
FLORENCE RANGER DISTRICT RANGERS
| Louis Tausch, Jr. | 1936 — 1939 |
| Austin Zapp (Acting) | 1939 |
| Rene La Rocque | 1939 — 1941 |
| James W. Jay | 1941 — 1943 |
| Ed Iverson | 1943 — 1944 |
| F. Fehlberg | 1944 — 1945 |
| J. Mason (Acting) | 1945 — 1946 |
| Horace O. Nixon | 1946 — 1951 |
| E. F. Biebesheimer | 1951 — 1956 |
| R. A. White | 1956 — 1957 |
| Albert J. Anderson | 1957 — 1967 |
| Donald P. Footer | 1967 — |
NICOLET NATIONAL FOREST
FIELD PERSONNEL REGISTER — MARCH 1937
Argonne District — Ranger Station
Rene La Rocque — RangerPaul N. Seastrom — ECW Assistant
Edward R. Stoltz — Junior Clerk
Ervin L. Sickler — Mechanic
Leroy G. Cunningham — Warehouseman
Double Bend Camp, F-41
Morris Hancock, Junior Forester — SuperintendentRagner Romnes, Junior Forester
Horace O. Nixon, Junior Forester
William E. Dent — Assistant to Technician
Edmund E. Kluck — Jr. Foreman C&M
Phillip H. Spies — Jr. Foreman C&M
Albert E. Saltzberry — Mechanic
Scott Lake Camp, F-9
Lincoln A. Mueller, Junior Forester — SuperintendentHarry J. Blitstein, Junior Forester
Frank N. Fixmer, Junior Forester
Oscar G. Peterson — Foreman C&M
Carl Boettger — Jr. Foreman C&M
Lewis R. Calhoun — Jr. Foreman C&M
Ernest J. Allen — Squad Foreman
George F. Colburn — Squad Foreman
William H. Moyer — Carpenter
William E. Neu — Mechanic
Maskiel B. Swett — Mechanic
Florence District — Ranger Station
Louis Tausch, Jr. — RangerWalter E. Poole, Junior Forester — ECW Assistant
Raymond A. Tetzlaff — Junior Clerk
John Mason — Warehouseman
Long Lake Camp, F-29
Lloyd A. Rickel, Jr., Junior Forester — SuperintendentClarence J. Lovin, Junior Forester
Warren H. Livens, Junior Forester Tom Kleve — Junior Foreman Ronald M. Elvidge — Squad Foreman
Newald Camp, F-102
Sumner W. Farnham — Chief Foreman, SuperintendentRalph L. Neafus, Junior Forester
Everett A. Shipek, Junior Forester
Benjamin P. Moss, Junior Forester
Martin Hawrylow — Assistant to Technician
Joseph C. Steinfest — Jr. Foreman
Rainbow Camp, F-40
Raymond E. Stevens — Principal Foreman, SuperintendentStewart Morey, Junior Forester
John J. Zaylskie, Junior Forester
Harry Bartz — Foreman
Adam Korbas — Foreman
Frederick V. Evert — Jr. Foreman
Edward Grissom — Squad Foreman
Frank Kelm — Assistant to Technician
John H. Denn — Machine Operator
Earl J. Hoar — Mechanic
Oconto District — Ranger Station
Kenneth Pomeroy — RangerAustin C. Zapp, Junior Forester
Claude D. Marks — Junior Stenographer
Charles J. Vogt, Warehouseman
Frank A. Kutil, Jr. — Supervising Mechanic
Boot Lake Camp, F-30
John C. Neumoier — Chief Foreman, SuperintendentWalter L. Saffran — Junior Foreman
James W. Stoddard — Junior Foreman
Jack S. Trust, Junior Forester
Carl J. Ahlgrim — Squad Foreman
Arthur E. Karnopp — Mechanic
Fred W. Vonau — Machine Operator
Karl Wild — Assistant to Technician
Mountain Camp, F-19
Calvin E. Rusch — Chief Foreman, SuperintendentWilliam H. Meyer, Junior Forester
Royal M. Nettleton, Junior Forester
Edward A. Anderson — Assistant to Technician
Fred C. Dunlap — Junior Foreman
Albert J. Pung — Skilled Worker, Model Construction
Benjamin Fortin — Blacksmith
Peshtigo District — Ranger Station
W. W. Intermill — RangerCarl Arbogast, Junior Forester — ECW Assistant
George A. Weidner — Junior Clerk
Henry J. Larguin — Warehouseman
Carl P. Olson — Mechanic
Robert L. White — Squad Foreman
Rachael Schmitt — ERA Sr. Clerk
Blackwell Camp, F-34
Edmund F. Rasmussen — Chief Foreman, SuperintendentTheo W Agnew, Junior Forester
Claude O. Morin, Junior Forester
Edwin R. Warner, Junior Forester
Norman A. Dittmar — Foreman
John F. Hammes — Junior Foreman
Wildred O. Bolongia — Squad Foreman
Virgil Licklitor — Mechanic
Emil G. Olson — Mechanic
Kenneth G. Sedgwick — Chief Foreman, Superintendent
Mauric W. Day, Junior Forester
Perry O. Donaldson, Jr., Junior Forester
Paul H. Lane, Junior Forester
Otto W. Koch — Junior Foreman
Edward A. Mueller — Junior Foreman
Clyde C. Emden — Mechanic
Himley Lake Camp, F-45
Elbridge E. Ball — Chief Foreman, SuperintendentHarold G. Powell, Junior Forester
James Jorgenson — Junior Foreman
John M. McCullough — Junior Foreman
Ray Schroder — Squad Foreman
George W. Zimmerman — Mechanic
Phelps District — Ranger Station
Walter Nicewander — RangerRudolph Benson, Junior Forester
Fred A. Woleben — Jr. Landscape Architect
Harry E. Krueger — Jr. Stenographer
George H. Erwin — Supplyman
Neleta J. Pearson — ERA Sr. Clerk
Alvin Camp, F-27
Otto Hackbarth — Chief Foreman, SuperintendentKenneth H. Juringius, Junior Forester
Oscar P. Stabe, Junior Forester
Thomas W. Hanson — Junior Foreman
Clarence J. Priegel — Junior Foreman
Theodore J. Aarstad — Machine Operator
Phelps Camp, F-26
Harry J. Welch — Chief Foreman, SuperintendentEdward J. Smithburg, Junior Forester
Edward W. Smith, Junior Forester
Ralph Morris. — Assistant to Technician
Kennell M. Elliott — Junior Foreman
Herman C. Korth — Carpenter
Nine Mile Camp, F-2
Raymond L. Leigh — Chief Foreman, SuperintendentCharles H. Diebold, Junior Forester
Dmitri K. Maisserow, Junior Forester
Edmund H. Schroeder — Foreman
Kenneth L. Keach — Junior Foreman
Mark J. Synnott — Junior Foreman
Herman E. Erlitz — Mechanic
Arthur L. Ketz — Mechanic
Lloyd Punches — Machine Operator
Imogene Transient Camp
Donald Kelsey — Chief Foreman, SuperintendentAngus R. Mayo — Foreman C&M
John G. Jaaska — Junior Foreman
Julius Pfeiffer — Foreman
Basil W. Prather — Mechanic
Oliver Clarence Jensen — Carpenter
Custodians
Section Eleven Camp — Patrick J. SullivanTrump Lake Camp — Herbert J. Strong
Lily Pad Camp — Frederick Mackmiller
Thunder River Camp — Clifford Elkey
Wolf River Camp — Christ E. Meyer
Bear Paw Camp — Helmer Olson
RESOURCE STATISTICS
NET ACREAGE OF NICOLET
| 1930 — 0 |
| 1933 — 219,428 |
| 1935 — 348,905 |
| 1940 — 554,247 |
| 1945 — 601,903 |
| 1950 — 627,693 |
| 1955 — 638,218 |
| 1960 — 640,409 |
| 1965 — 641,906 |
| 1970 — 649,679 |
| 1974 — 651,721 |
| 1976 — 652,721 |
NICOLET FIRE STATISTICS
| Year | Number of Fires | Acres Burned | |
| 1934 | 25 | 504.3 (earliest year of record) | |
| 1935 | 53 | 107.9 | |
| 1940 | 32 | 229.0 | |
| 1945 | 38 | 622.6 | |
| 1950 | 23 | 43.9 | |
| 1955 | 21 | 14.4 | |
| 1960 | 15 | 30.5 | |
| 1965 | 11 | 42.0 | |
| 1970 | 33 | 228.0 | |
| 1975 | 29 | 72.0 | |
Large acreages were burned in 1933 and 1934 by such fires as Hiles and Nelma fires, plus others.
RECREATION VISITS ON NICOLET NATIONAL FOREST
| Year | Number of Visits | |
| 1961 | 300,000 | (earliest record) |
| 1964 | 409,200 | |
| 1966 | 868,000 | *VDU |
| 1970 | 1,270,400 | *VDU |
| 1975 | 1,275,200 | *VDU |
*One Visitor Day = 12 hours of use.
TIMBER SOLD
| Year | Volume | Value | |
| 1930 | N/A | N/A | |
| 1935 | 1,174 | MBF | $ 862.00 |
| 1940 | 10,353 | MBF | $ 39,729.21 |
| 1945 | 9,618 | MBF | $ 57,355.00 |
| 1950 | 28,481.72 | MBF | $188,276.40 |
| 1955 | 23,392.00 | MBF | $123,979.73 |
| 1960 | 38,187.33 | MBF | $327,145.00 |
| 1965 | 48,767.19 | MBF | $381,938.00 |
| 1970 | 52,490.52 | MBF | $540,718.69 |
| 1975 | 51,545.12 | MBF | $764,366.37 |
AMOUNT OF 25% FUND RETURNED TO COUNTIES
| Year | Amount Paid | |
| 1931 | $ 1.56 | (First year return) |
| 1962 | $ 58,511.31 | |
| 1965 | $ 78,493.55 | |
| 1970 | $ 91,866.62 | |
| 1975 | $111,880.02 |
Distribution to counties within Nicolet National Forest in FY 1975 was as follows:
| Florence | $ 14,168.66 |
| Forest | $ 58,356.85 |
| Langlade | $ 5,520.17 |
| Oconto | $ 23,797.39 |
| Oneida | $ 1,901.06 |
| Vilas | $ 8,135.09 |
| Total | $111,880.27 |
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