CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS FACTS
Lest We Forget
The following was provided by the NACCCA. It is a list of numerous data on CCC makeup and accomplishments. Where appropriate I will augment with data learned from the work on my page. Feel free to add your comments as well.
Duration of Program: April 5, 1933 to June 30, 1942
Nicknames: "Roosevelt's Tree Army", "Tree Troopers", "Soil Soldiers", "CCC's", "Colossal College of Calluses"
Total Men Enrolled: 3,463,766
Juniors, Veterans and Native American Enrollees: 2,876,638
Territorial Enrollees: 50,000 (estimated)
Non-Enrolled Personnel: 263,755
Average Enrollee: 18 to 19 years old, 147 pounds, 5'8 1/4" tall
Average Weight Gain of Enrollee in First Three Months: 11.5 pounds
Well-known Actor Enrolled in CCC: Raymond Burr, Camp Whitmore, California
Other Notable Alumni: Congressman Edward R. Roybal
Number of Illiterate Enrollees Taught to Read: more than 40,000
Average Number of Camps Operating in U.S. Per Year: 1,643
Total Number of Different Camps: 4,500
Highest Elevation of CCC Camp: 9,200 feet above sea level, in Colorado
Lowest Elevation of CCC Camp: 270 feet below sea level, Death Valley, California
Camp Locations: Every state in Union, plus Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Total cost: 3 billion dollars
Approximate Cost Per Enrollee Per Year in 1940 for Food, Clothing, Overhead, Allotments to Dependents: $1,000
Allotments to Dependments: $662,895,000
Number of People Directly Benefited From Enrollees' Checks: 12 to 15 million
Value of Work in 1942 Dollars: 2 billion dollars
Miles of Roads Built: 125,000
Miles of Telephone Lines Strung: 89,000
Miles of Foot Trails Built: 13,100
Farmland Benefited From Erosion Control Projects: 40 million acres
Stream and Lake Bank Protection: 154 million square yards
Range Revegetation: 814,000 acres
Fire Fighting Day: more than 6 million
Number of Enrollees Who Died Fighting Fires: 29
Overall Death Rate: 2.25 per thousand
State Parks Developed: 800
Public Campground Developed: 52,000 acres
Mosquito Control: 248,000 acres
Number Fish Stocked: 972 million
Historic Restoration: 3,980 structures
Number of Trees Planted: between 2 and 3 billion
Number of Conservation-Related Work Days: 7,135,000
Federal Departments Administering the Program: Agriculture, Interior, Labor, War
Total Number of Federal Government Agencies Participating in Some Capacity: 25
Unofficial Motto of the CCC: "We Can Take It!"
Sources: Stan Cohen, 1960, The Tree Army: A Pictorial History of the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co., 713 S. Third W, Missoula, Montana 59801
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