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Updated
California Forest |
The following tables provide a quick review on some updated California's forest statistics. To obtain more information, please check out FRAP's Forest Resource Assessment.
Table contents:
Status of Sustained Yield Plan (SYP) Submitted as of 5/13/1998
SYP Number |
Common Name | Landowner | Submit Date | Status | Land Area Covered by SYP (acre) | Number of Planning Watershed | Area of Planning Watershed (acre) | Counties Covered |
| 95-001 | Latour SYP | CDF, Latour Demonstration State Forest | 8/31/95 | Sufficiency Review (Indefinite) | 9,003 | 5 | 51,295 | Shasta |
| 95-002 | GP SYP | Georgia-Pacific West, Inc | 9/1/95 | Determination (3/11/98) | 192,504 | 78 | 504,998 | Mendocino, Humboldt |
| 95-003 | LP SYP- Coast | Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Western Division | 9/1/95 | Public Review (6/30/98) | 363,681 | 184 | 1,392,281 | Mendocino, Sonoma |
| 95-004 | LP SYP- Interior | Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Western Division | 9/1/95 | Determination (Deferred) | 482,053 | 253 | 1,996,511 | Mendocino, Lake, Trinity, Glenn |
| 96-001 | Surdna SYP | Surdna Foundation | 2/14/96 | Approved (3/17/97) | 72,770 | 32 | 510,594 | Siskiyou, Modoc, Lassen |
| 96-002 | PALCO SYP | Pacific Lumber Company, Scotia Pacific Holding Company, and Salmon Creek Corporation | 12/17/96 | Sufficiency Review (6/15/98) | 202,091 | 61 | 854,852 | Humboldt |
| 98-001 | CAF SYP | Collins Pine Company | 1/13/98 | Sufficiency Review (6/16/98) | 94,000 | 41 | 454,000 | Tehama, Plumas |
Data Source: CDF/Forest Practice Program
Area of Timberland Production Zone (TPZ) by County as of 1996 (in acres)
County |
County |
TPZ |
County |
TPZ |
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Alameda |
0 |
Marin |
0 |
San Luis Obispo |
0 |
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Alpine |
1,476 |
Mariposa |
11,733 |
San Mateo |
31,850 |
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Amador |
28,235 |
Mendocino |
860,000 |
Santa Barbara |
0 |
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Butte |
290,774 |
Merced |
0 |
Santa Clara |
2,450 |
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Calaveras |
75,930 |
Modoc |
197,012 |
Santa Cruz |
62,726 |
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Colusa |
0 |
Mono |
0 |
Shasta |
604,394 |
||
Contra Costa |
0 |
Monterey |
0 |
Sierra |
84,584 |
||
Del Norte |
146,771 |
Napa |
18 |
Siskiyou |
570,442 |
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El Dorado |
150,720 |
Nevada |
92,642 |
Solano |
0 |
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Fresno |
1,506 |
Orange |
0 |
Sonoma |
77,880 |
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Glenn |
22,076 |
Placer |
120,073 |
Stanislaus |
0 |
||
Humboldt |
990,896 |
Plumas |
222,910 |
Sutter |
0 |
||
Imperial |
0 |
Riverside |
0 |
Tehama |
245,146 |
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Inyo |
0 |
Sacramento |
0 |
Trinity |
253,648 |
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Kern |
0 |
San Benito |
0 |
Tulare |
10,775 |
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Kings |
0 |
San Bernardino |
0 |
Tuolumne |
84,124 |
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Lake |
21,944 |
San Diego |
0 |
Ventura |
31 |
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Lassen |
307,350 |
San Diego |
0 |
Yolo |
0 |
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Los Angeles |
0 |
San Francisco |
0 |
Yuba |
30,636 |
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Madera |
220 |
San Joaquin |
0 |
TOTAL |
5,672,843 |
Data Source: County Assessor's Offices; California Board of Equalization
Area of Timberland by Ownership and County as of 1996 (timberland in thousand acres)
County |
Total private |
Total, all owners |
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TOTAL |
8,784 |
429 |
4,198 |
951 |
2,288 |
7,437 |
16,649 |
Alameda |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Alpine |
65 |
3 |
- |
9 |
8 |
17 |
85 |
Amador |
43 |
- |
27 |
13 |
21 |
61 |
104 |
Butte |
117 |
8 |
153 |
28 |
48 |
229 |
354 |
Calaveras |
64 |
4 |
53 |
36 |
47 |
136 |
204 |
Colusa |
21 |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
2 |
23 |
Contra Costa |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Del Norte |
157 |
- |
135 |
5 |
23 |
163 |
320 |
El Dorado |
377 |
8 |
120 |
3 |
128 |
251 |
636 |
Fresno and Madera |
512 |
- |
- |
36 |
24 |
60 |
572 |
Glenn |
76 |
- |
18 |
5 |
2 |
25 |
101 |
Humboldt |
262 |
15 |
608 |
290 |
312 |
1,210 |
1,487 |
Imperial |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Inyo |
12 |
15 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
27 |
Kern |
131 |
- |
- |
9 |
9 |
18 |
148 |
Kings and Tulare |
348 |
21 |
- |
11 |
12 |
23 |
391 |
Lake |
101 |
14 |
6 |
3 |
56 |
65 |
180 |
Lassen |
445 |
7 |
281 |
28 |
35 |
344 |
796 |
Los Angeles |
79 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
79 |
Marin |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
13 |
19 |
19 |
Mariposa |
121 |
- |
- |
15 |
16 |
31 |
152 |
Mendocino |
116 |
111 |
591 |
99 |
386 |
1,076 |
1,303 |
Merced |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Modoc |
427 |
- |
195 |
35 |
11 |
241 |
668 |
Mono |
172 |
7 |
- |
1 |
3 |
4 |
183 |
Monterey |
22 |
- |
- |
2 |
2 |
4 |
26 |
Napa |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
16 |
22 |
22 |
Nevada |
134 |
21 |
36 |
3 |
160 |
199 |
354 |
Orange |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
Placer |
244 |
15 |
69 |
6 |
87 |
162 |
421 |
Plumas |
918 |
1 |
216 |
- |
100 |
316 |
1,235 |
Riverside |
28 |
- |
- |
1 |
6 |
7 |
35 |
Sacramento |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
San Benito |
- |
6 |
- |
4 |
1 |
5 |
11 |
San Bernardino |
161 |
- |
- |
3 |
15 |
18 |
179 |
San Diego |
24 |
- |
- |
3 |
20 |
23 |
47 |
San Francisco |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
San Joaquin |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
San Luis Obispo |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
San Mateo |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
47 |
55 |
55 |
Santa Barbara |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
Santa Clara |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
6 |
8 |
8 |
Santa Cruz |
- |
1 |
22 |
30 |
103 |
155 |
156 |
Shasta |
466 |
63 |
527 |
39 |
136 |
702 |
1,231 |
Sierra |
338 |
1 |
63 |
3 |
45 |
111 |
450 |
Siskiyou |
1,532 |
28 |
503 |
65 |
60 |
628 |
2,188 |
Solano |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Sonoma |
- |
14 |
68 |
57 |
164 |
289 |
303 |
Stanislaus |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Sutter |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Tehama |
194 |
11 |
196 |
6 |
3 |
205 |
410 |
Trinity |
649 |
52 |
211 |
53 |
97 |
361 |
1,062 |
Tuolumne |
359 |
3 |
66 |
16 |
35 |
117 |
479 |
Ventura |
31 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
31 |
Yolo |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Yuba |
36 |
- |
34 |
12 |
30 |
76 |
112 |
Data Source: USDA Forest Service/Pacific Northwest Research Station
Area of Timberland by Ownership and Forest Type as of 1996 (timberland in thousand acres)
Forest Type |
All owners |
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Redwood |
13 |
85 |
436 |
206 |
740 |
Douglas-fir |
865 |
18 |
210 |
291 |
1,384 |
Mixed conifer |
4,430 |
150 |
1,849 |
731 |
7,160 |
Ponderosa pine |
1,164 |
19 |
256 |
198 |
1,637 |
Bishop pine |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
3 |
Knobcone pine |
14 |
- |
21 |
11 |
46 |
Jeffery pine |
341 |
15 |
71 |
99 |
526 |
Lodgepole pine |
119 |
4 |
30 |
23 |
176 |
Alpine types |
55 |
- |
- |
- |
55 |
Coulter pine |
21 |
- |
- |
3 |
24 |
Spruce |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
6 |
True firs |
807 |
11 |
248 |
31 |
1,097 |
Other pines |
- |
2 |
3 |
4 |
9 |
Mountain Hemlock |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Giant Sequoia |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Other softwoods |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Total softwoods |
7,829 |
304 |
3,124 |
1,606 |
12,863 |
Bigleaf maple |
- |
3 |
- |
32 |
35 |
Red alder |
- |
- |
55 |
21 |
76 |
Pacific madrone |
- |
11 |
61 |
108 |
180 |
Giant chikapin |
- |
- |
6 |
- |
6 |
Eucalyptus |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
4 |
Tanoak |
17 |
- |
564 |
454 |
1,035 |
Black cottonwood |
- |
2 |
5 |
- |
7 |
Coast live oak |
- |
23 |
- |
71 |
94 |
Canyon live oak |
- |
42 |
112 |
202 |
356 |
Oregon white oak |
- |
9 |
10 |
151 |
170 |
California black oak |
262 |
17 |
105 |
368 |
752 |
Valley white oak |
- |
- |
- |
13 |
13 |
Interior live oak |
- |
2 |
6 |
62 |
70 |
Willow |
- |
- |
- |
12 |
12 |
California-laurel |
- |
- |
35 |
77 |
112 |
Pacific dogwood |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
3 |
Blue oak |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
4 |
White alder |
- |
- |
3 |
4 |
7 |
Quaking aspen |
- |
13 |
- |
- |
13 |
Total hardwoods |
279 |
125 |
962 |
1,583 |
2,949 |
Non-Stocked |
670 |
6 |
110 |
59 |
846 |
TOTAL |
8,778 |
435 |
4,196 |
3,248 |
16,658 |
Data Source: USDA Forest Service/Pacific Northwest Research Station
Net Volume of
Sawtimber on Timberland by Species as of 1996
(net
volume of sawtimber
stand in million board feet, Scribner)
Species |
Volume |
Species |
Volume |
|
TOTAL - all species |
257,969 |
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Total Softwoods |
243,323 |
Total Hardwoods |
14,646 |
|
White fir |
45,016 |
Bigleaf maple |
238 |
|
Grand fir |
653 |
Red alder |
508 |
|
Red fir |
17,537 |
Pacific madrone |
2,659 |
|
Port-Orford-cedar |
251 |
Eucalyptus |
113 |
|
Incense-cedar |
11,233 |
Tanoak |
5,237 |
|
Sitka spruce |
190 |
Coast live oak |
283 |
|
Knobcone pine |
178 |
Canyon live oak |
1,237 |
|
Sugar pine |
16,393 |
Oregon white oak |
257 |
|
Bishop pine |
290 |
California black oak |
3,026 |
|
Jeffrey pine |
13,526 |
Interior live oak |
91 |
|
Ponderosa pine |
32,477 |
California-laurel |
558 |
|
Western white pine |
1,354 |
White alder |
135 |
|
Monterey pine |
291 |
Other hardwoods |
304 |
|
Douglas-fir |
73,765 |
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Redwood |
24,801 |
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Western hemlock |
135 |
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Lodgepole pine |
3,605 |
|||
Mountain hemlock |
878 |
|||
Coulter pine |
165 |
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Giant sequoia |
256 |
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Other softwoods |
328 |
Data Source: USDA Forest Service/Pacific Northwest Research Station
Volume and Value
of Timber Harvest by Ownership and County in 1996
(timber
in thousand board feet and in dollars)
Volume |
Value |
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