Problem 11-6

Whispering Logging and Lumber Company owns 2,710 acres of timberland on the north side of Mount Leno, which was purchased in 2005 at a cost of $570 per acre. In 2017, Whispering began selectively logging this timber tract. In May 2017, Mount Leno erupted, burying the timberland of Whispering under a foot of ash. All of the timber on the Whispering tract was downed. In addition, the logging roads, built at a cost of $145,700, were destroyed, as well as the logging equipment, with a net book value of $312,200.

At the time of the eruption, Whispering had logged 20% of the estimated 496,600 board feet of timber. Prior to the eruption, Whispering estimated the land to have a value of $190 per acre after the timber was harvested. Whispering includes the logging roads in the depletion base.

Whispering estimates it will take 3 years to salvage the downed timber at a cost of $733,000. The timber can be sold for pulp wood at an estimated price of $3 per board foot. The value of the land is unknown, but must be considered nominal due to future uncertainties.

Determine the depletion cost per board foot for the timber harvested prior to the eruption of Mount Leno. (Round per unit answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 0.45.)

Depletion cost per board foot $

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Prepare the journal entry to record the depletion prior to the eruption. (If no entry is required, select "No entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. Round per unit answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 0.45 for computational purpose and final answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 45,892. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)

Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit

If this tract represents approximately half of the timber holdings of Whispering, determine the amount of the unusual loss due to the eruption of Mount Leno for the year ended December 31, 2017.

Unusual loss due to the eruption of Mount Leno $