HARVEST AND INDUSTRY

California Harvest by County

Timber harvest data by ownership for 2002 to most recent available year. The data currently available has been gathered from multiple agencies which use different data collection methods. Reference sources and the methods are described below.



Timber Harvest for Fresno County, California

YEAR OWNERSHIP
  Private & Tribal State Forest Service BLM & Other Public TOTAL
2002 9,387 0 6,619 0 16,006
2003 7,788 0 6,419 0 14,207
2004 4,882 0 5,771 165 10,818
2005 9,027 0 7,066 0 16,093
2006 4,756 0 7,829 0 12,585
2007 7,828 0 7,705 0 15,533
2008 4,593 0 3,906 0 8,499
2009 2,937 0 3,824 0 6,761
2010 3,607 0 5,579 0 9,186
2011 3,935 0 13,746 0 17,681
2012 5,678 0 9,162 0 14,840
2013 3,507 0 11,158 0 14,665
2014 792 0 26,257 0 27,049
2015 6,530 0 7,112 0 13,642
2016 17,493 0 4,112 0 21,606
2017 28,043 0 7,550 0 35,593
2018 10,777 0 22,242 0 33,018
2019 7,701 0 20,385 0 28,086
2020 11,650 0 17,059 0 28,710
2021 29,491 0 12,378 0 41,869
2022 12,276 0 13,422 0 25,698




All volumes reported in thousand board feet (MBF) Scribner. Ownerships considered private include: Industrial private (Industrial), Nonindustrial private forests (N.I.P.F), and Native American tribes (Tribal). Ownerships considered public include CAL FIRE (State), United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service (Forest Service), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and County and Municipal (Other Public).



All timber harvests occurring on private lands were collected from the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. These data are based on state timber yield tax. It should be noted that for the State of California it was not possible to separate out harvests by private ownership category, so all private ownership timber harvests presented here have been summed together. The URL link to this site is: https://www.cdtfa.ca.gov/taxes-and-fees/timber-tax.htm



For timber harvests occurring on lands managed by CAL FIRE, data were obtained through special request directly from CAL FIRE.



For timber harvest on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) timberlands, data is collected from the BLM Timber Harvest Information System and include: commercial harvests, fuel wood, special forest products (timber harvests that are too small to be viewed as commercial), and stewardship contracting. BLM data can be found at: https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/forests-and-woodlands/timber-sales/bureau-wide-timber-data.



For timber harvest on USDA Forest Service lands, current data is obtained by special request from USDA FS, Nationa Forest System. Forest Service data include all convertible products including fuelwood and non-saw material.