HARVEST AND INDUSTRY

Montana 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 Madison County, Montana

YEAR OWNERSHIP
  Private & Tribal State Forest Service BLM & Other Public TOTAL
2002 5,225 150 407 0 5,782
2003 1,524 170 396 0 2,090
2004 4,801 131 429 0 5,361
2005 3,235 213 2,342 15 5,805
2006 5,466 59 320 13 5,857
2007 3,788 197 1,130 1,415 6,531
2008 2,795 202 1,097 0 4,093
2009 2,781 0 1,329 0 4,110
2010 1,224 0 2,005 0 3,229
2011 1,841 13 1,132 0 2,986
2012 4,504 0 1,025 0 5,529
2013 2,648 596 838 415 4,497
2014 6,893 39 1,582 2,563 11,077
2015 2,519 99 1,676 0 4,294
2016 1,496 0 1,094 0 2,590
2017 990 0 3,304 0 4,294
2018 1,688 169 3,251 0 5,108
2019 674 241 854 0 1,769
2020 47 0 9 0 56
2021 921 224 1,690 1,237 4,072
2022 0 376 141 80 597




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 Montana Department of Natural Resource and Conservation (State), United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service (Forest Service), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and county and municipal (Other Public).



For timber harvest occurring on industrial and nonindustrial private lands, as well as Montana DNRC (State) trust lands, timber harvest data is collected from the Montana Department of Natural Resource and Conservation (DNRC). Data represent MBF volumes reported through hazard (slash) reduction agreements with the State of Montana. Volumes are separated between industrial and non-industrial private ownership. Harvest volumes derived from Montana DNRC do not include ton wood, post and pole, and pulpwood volumes.



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.