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Updated California Forest
Statistic Abstract


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

TPZ

County

TPZ

County

TPZ

Alameda

0

Marin

0

San Luis Obispo

0

Alpine

1,476

Mariposa

11,733

San Mateo

31,850

Amador

28,235

Mendocino

860,000

Santa Barbara

0

Butte

290,774

Merced

0

Santa Clara

2,450

Calaveras

75,930

Modoc

197,012

Santa Cruz

62,726

Colusa

0

Mono

0

Shasta

604,394

Contra Costa

0

Monterey

0

Sierra

84,584

Del Norte

146,771

Napa

18

Siskiyou

570,442

El Dorado

150,720

Nevada

92,642

Solano

0

Fresno

1,506

Orange

0

Sonoma

77,880

Glenn

22,076

Placer

120,073

Stanislaus

0

Humboldt

990,896

Plumas

222,910

Sutter

0

Imperial

0

Riverside

0

Tehama

245,146

Inyo

0

Sacramento

0

Trinity

253,648

Kern

0

San Benito

0

Tulare

10,775

Kings

0

San Bernardino

0

Tuolumne

84,124

Lake

21,944

San Diego

0

Ventura

31

Lassen

307,350

San Diego

0

Yolo

0

Los Angeles

0

San Francisco

0

Yuba

30,636

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

National Forest

Other public

Forest industry

Private farmer

Other private

Total private

Total, all owners

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

National Forest

Other public

Forest industry

Other private

All owners

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

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

Redwood

24,801

Western hemlock

135

Lodgepole pine

3,605

Mountain hemlock

878

Coulter pine

165

Giant sequoia

256

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