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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 Nevada County, California

YEAR OWNERSHIP
  Private & Tribal State Forest Service BLM & Other Public TOTAL
2002 44,127 190 14,000 252 58,569
2003 30,968 0 8,317 262 39,547
2004 28,473 0 6,705 87 35,265
2005 35,779 0 3,861 455 40,095
2006 21,275 0 1,683 713 23,671
2007 27,425 0 5,105 268 32,798
2008 25,097 0 7,962 28 33,087
2009 22,834 0 2,986 16 25,836
2010 10,440 0 2,639 14 13,093
2011 15,658 0 2,301 18 17,977
2012 14,130 0 1,592 0 15,722
2013 25,176 0 2,266 75 27,517
2014 7,136 0 2,555 47 9,738
2015 9,949 0 1,830 0 11,779
2016 9,154 0 1,056 0 10,210
2017 14,075 0 908 0 14,984
2018 17,134 0 551 0 17,685
2019 11,379 0 2,117 0 13,496
2020 12,627 0 1,828 0 14,455
2021 6,716 0 4,263 136 11,116
2022 935 0 2,940 0 3,875
2023 6,180 0 518 0 6,698




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). Harvest data for Tribal forestlands are not available.



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.