Accessible Navigation. Go to: Navigation Main Content Footer

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 Butte County, California

YEAR OWNERSHIP
  Private & Tribal State Forest Service BLM & Other Public TOTAL
2002 63,429 0 1,925 60 65,414
2003 46,696 0 1,505 19 48,220
2004 52,044 0 886 0 52,930
2005 23,236 0 9,773 0 33,009
2006 55,120 0 4,811 2 59,933
2007 64,431 0 4,782 327 69,540
2008 91,825 0 1,634 954 94,413
2009 70,688 0 1,291 482 72,461
2010 32,102 0 784 2 32,888
2011 42,031 0 1,819 138 43,988
2012 43,489 0 2,212 0 45,701
2013 37,292 0 1,301 2,550 41,143
2014 34,175 0 10,740 0 44,915
2015 59,732 0 3,137 0 62,869
2016 41,906 0 2,090 0 43,996
2017 58,865 0 1,884 0 60,749
2018 54,651 0 1,625 0 56,276
2019 65,816 0 14,181 0 79,997
2020 60,148 0 9,288 1,367 70,803
2021 256,227 0 6,668 571 263,466
2022 73,092 0 9,124 0 82,216




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.