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HARVEST AND INDUSTRY

Timber Harvest data by ownership for 2002 to most recent available year. The data currently available has been gathered from multiple agencies which used different data collection methods and time periods. 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 11,115
2022 0 0 2,940 0 2,940




Note: We have yet to obtain correct harvest data for Forest Service lands for 2019; it will be made available as soon as possible. Data for 2021 is preliminary and still being collected from various agencies.



All volumes reported in thousand board feet (MBF) Scribner. Ownerships considered private include: Industrial private (Industry), 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), County and Municipal (Other Public).



All of the 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 collected from CAL FIRES annual reports.



For timber harvests on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) timberlands, data were collected from the BLM Timber Harvest Information System, located at the Denver, Colorado office. This system separates timber harvests into four categories: commercial harvests, fuel wood, special forest products (timber harvests that are too small to be viewed as commercial), and stewardship contracting. The BLM data presented here represent the sum of these four categories. BLM data can be found at: https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/forests-and-woodlands/timber-sales/bureau-wide-timber-data



For timber harvests occurring on U.S. Forest Service lands, data were compiled from annual U.S. Forest Service Automated Timber Sales Accounting System-Volume and Harvested Revenue-State and County Summaries from 2001-2012. Data were retrieved in fiscal year by quarter and converted to calendar year by subtracting the October-December quarter data from prior fiscal year and adding the October-December quarter data from the subsequent fiscal year. Forest Service data include all convertible products including fuelwood and non-saw material.