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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 Sierra County, California

YEAR OWNERSHIP
  Private & Tribal State Forest Service BLM & Other Public TOTAL
2002 24,298 15 15,405 0 39,718
2003 23,256 0 18,732 0 41,988
2004 18,484 0 22,439 0 40,923
2005 19,937 352 12,072 0 32,361
2006 15,633 177 3,095 0 18,905
2007 34,072 0 19,084 0 53,156
2008 8,255 0 1,140 0 9,395
2009 8,136 0 5,679 0 13,815
2010 11,620 0 10,654 0 22,274
2011 12,986 0 13,501 0 26,487
2012 20,417 0 12,989 0 33,406
2013 13,981 0 11,826 0 25,807
2014 20,055 0 6,474 0 26,529
2015 5,860 0 5,163 0 11,023
2016 10,908 0 6,986 0 17,893
2017 11,473 0 9,028 0 20,501
2018 23,153 0 9,603 0 32,756
2019 26,961 0 3,401 0 30,362
2020 20,262 0 9,079 0 29,341
2021 2,648 0 1,997 0 4,645
2022 11,366 0 3,603 0 14,970




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.