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Historic,archiveddocument Donotassumecontentreflectscurrent scientificknowledge,policies,orpractices. ( IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIA sttfOSrnm Timber Volume United States Distribution MONTH Department of HIM# Agriculture Maps for the Eastern United States Forest Service Fifty-two Maps Showing Cubic-foot Volumes and Board-foot Volumes for Major Timber Species l^rovideifiHimfOSoutb GeneralTechnical ReportWG-60 United States Timber Volume Distribution Department of Agriculture Maps for the Eastern United States Forest Service January 1992 Roy C. Beltz Project Leader Southern Forest Experiment Station MS Starkville, Noel D. Cost Project Leader Southeastern Forest Experiment Station NC Asheville, Neal P. Kingsley Project Leader North Central Forest Experiment Station MN St.Paul, John R. Peters Project Leader Northeastern Forest Experiment Station Radnor, PA Acknowledgments TheauthorsthankJoanneFaulkner, SouthernForestExperimentStation;ThomasFrieswyk,NortheasternForestExperimentStation;andWilliamB.Smith,NorthCentralForest ExperimentStation,whopreparedthedatabases, andLarryRoyer, SoutheasternForestExperimentStation,whopreparedtheSEdatabaseandallthemapsforthisproject. Contents Abstract 4 Figures Introduction 4 1— DelineationoftheEasternUnitedStates 27— Basswoodgrowing-stockvolume 30 — The Data 4 — byregionsofinventoryresponsibility 4 28— Yellow-poplargrowing-stockvolume 31 2 Netvolumeofsoftwoodgrowingstockon 29 Blackwalnutgrowing-stockvolume 32 Definitions 4 — timberlandintheEasternUnitedStates 5 30—— Othereasternhardwoodgrowing-stockvolume...33 Map Interpretation 5 3 Netvolumeofhardwoodgrowingstock 31— Longleafandslashpineboard-footvolume 34 — ontimberland intheEasternUnitedStates 6 32 Loblollyandshortleafpineboard-foot 4 TimberlandacreagebycountyintheEastern volume 35 — — UnitedStates 7 33— Otheryellowpineboard-footvolume 36 5 Longleafandslashpinegrowing-stock 34 Easternwhitepineandredpineboard-foot volume 8 volume 37 6— Loblollyandshortleafpinegrowing-stock 35— Jackpineboard-footvolume 38 — — volume 9 36— Spruceandbalsamfirboard-footvolume 39 7 Otheryellowpinegrowing-stockvolume 10 37 Easternhemlockboard-footvolume 40 — — 8 Easternwhitepineandredpinegrowing- 38 Cypressboard-footvolume 41 — stockvolume 11 39 Othereasternsoftwoodboard-footvolume 42 9—— Jackpinegrowing-stockvolume 12 40—— Selectwhiteoakboard-footvolume 43 10— Spruceandbalsamfirgrowing-stock volume 13 41— Selectredoakboard-footvolume 44 11 Easternhemlockgrowing-stockvolume 14 42 Otherwhiteoakboard-footvolume 45 — — 12 Cypressgrowing-stockvolume 15 43 Otherredoakboard-footvolume 46 — — 13 Othereasternsoftwoodgrowing-stock 44 Hickoryboard-footvolume 47 — volume 16 45 Yellowbirchboard-footvolume 48 — — 14 Selectwhiteoakgrowing-stockvolume 17 46 Hardmapleboard-footvolume 49 — — 15 Selectredoakgrowing-stockvolume 18 47 Softmapleboard-footvolume 50 — — 16 Otherwhiteoakgrowing-stockvolume 19 48 Beechboard-footvolume 51 — — 17 Otherredoakgrowing-stockvolume 20 49 Sweetgumboard-footvolume 52 — — 18 Hickorygrowing-stockvolume 21 50 Tupeloandblackgumboard-footvolume 53 — — 19 Yellowbirchgrowing-stockvolume 22 51 Ashboard-footvolume 54 — — 20 Hardmaplegrowing-stockvolume 23 52 Cottonwoodandaspenboard-footvolume 55 — — 21 Softmaplegrowing-stockvolume 24 53 Basswoodboard-footvolume 56 — — 22 Beechgrowing-stockvolume 25 54 Yellow-poplarboard-footvolume 57 — — 23 Sweetgumgrowing-stockvolume 26 55 Blackwalnutboard-footvolume 58 — — 24 Tupeloandblackgumgrowing-stockvolume 27 56 Othereasternhardwoodboard-foot — 25 Ashgrowing-stockvolume 28 volume 59 — 26 Cottonwoodandaspengrowing-stock volume 29 USDApolicyprohibitsdiscriminationbasedonrace,color, nationalorigin,sex,age,religion,orhandicappingcondition. Anypersonwhobelievesheorshehasbeendiscriminated againstinanyUSDA-relatedactivityshouldimmediatelycontact theSecretaryofAgriculture,Washington,DC20250 4 Timber Volume Maps Distribution for the Eastern United States Abstract Mapsshowthedistributionofgrowingstockandsawtim- bervolumeforthe26mostimportanttimberspeciesand speciesgroupsintheEasternUnitedStates.Volumesper acreoftimberlandaredepictedbycounty.Themaps shouldbeparticularlyhelpfultowooduserswhoare tryingtodeterminewherevolumesofimportantspecies areconcentrated. Introduction Thisreportpresentsmapsthatshowthedistributionof growingstockandsawtimbervolumesforthe26most importanttimberspeciesandspeciesgroupsintheEast- ernUnitedStates.Themapswerepreparedthroughthe jointeffortsoftheForestInventoryandAnalysis (FIA) UnitsatthefourUSDAForestServiceExperimentStations — intheEast theSouthern(SO), theSoutheastern(SE),the Northeastern(NE), andtheNorthCentral (NC)Forest ExperimentStations. Themapsrepresentanewandsomewhatexperimental methodforpresentingtheresultsofstatewideforest inventories.Thepurposeofanytimberinventoryisto describethetreesonsomeareaintermsthataremeaning- fultopotentialusers. Overthelast50years, FIAUnits havereleasedhundredsofreportsthatprovidedupdated timberinformationforStatesorportionsofStates.Asin thepresentreport,thekeyunitsofmeasurewerecubic feetforgrowingstockandboardfeetforsawtimber Figure 1-DelineationoftheEasternUnitedStatesbyregionsofinventoryresponsibility. becausetheseunitsaremeaningfultotimbergrowers, tissehenlanfltetorermsdm,aappatrnsiidomcnabarusniyylebsyretsie.mnmosTtrahtbeehlaeuistsn.ehffFoauorvlrmetastbhoieamoennen,tapmbhualoredpwsoee.svAeaesvnr,a,diwlwgaeaebsolbegeprltraioeep-vuhesic raaecmacosoonungnatbclofeou,rntbwiuietds.eweWdieifnfvbeiertleeineccveoesmtimhnaettnhtoeusarmadobeoucunitstistohnoesfuwtseiermfebuelrnlesasnd ifRonerfgeoi,rovmnaasrtydiiosfnfoemarebiownuhftaotrteisamtbmecoron.ngdSiaFtmIipAolnUisnniagtnstderciehnpnrdieeqsumeeanstn,idntsghefroer- mmaapkseaittpaosrseiabsloenatbolperceopsatr.etimbervolumedistribution ofufttuhriesepfufbolrtiscamtoironeausnedfualb.outrevisionsthatmightmake dffooirrfefsseetrlecenocttnrideniggtiitoornenses.soAflnolr1Fm-IeaAcarpseluosrtaesmmaperlenetdaeorseniagst,nheabdtuttaoctrhmeeeaamrseeutnrhoeotds Itinopnrsefpraorimnfgotuhrisserpeaproartte,FwIhAicUnhitrse,qumiarjeodrmadejcoirsicoonnstrhiabdu-to TThheedDaattaauponwhichmapsarebasedweregatheredin caornrsainsgteemnetntthsroofugfhixoeudt-tahnedEvaasrtiearbnleU-nriatdieudsSptlaottess.aVraeruisoeuds bemadeaboutnumbersofmaps, species, andspecies forestinventoriesofindividualStates.Theinformation tomeetspecificobjectives. Figure 1 showstheStatesthat groupstofeature, andmethodsofpresentation.Wechose abouteachStaterepresentsfo—restconditionsatthetime einafcohromfattihoenfoounrsFaImApUlniintgssicshreemsepso,nsdiibslterifboru.tiDoentaoiflseadm- ctooupnrteisese.ntWveolcuomuelds,pienrstaecarde,ohfatviembmearplpaenddionnintdhievbiadsuiaslof Nofotahettmeomspttwreacsenmtaidnevetnotporroyjecbtedtawteaetno1a9c72omamndon19p8o9i.nt plingareas, andmethodsofcomputationcanbeobtained totalvolumes'incounties.Wechosetodotheformerto intime. bywritingtotheindividualFIAUnits — — Definitions SelectWhiteOaks includeswhiteoak, swamp white Basswood includesAmericanandwhitebasswood. Timberlandisdefinedaslandatleast 16.7percentstocked ocahki,nkDaupriannodako.ak,buroak, swampchestnutoak,and OtherEasternHardwoods—includesallotherhardwoods byforesttreesofanysize, orformerlyhavinghadsuch — notpreviouslylisted. treecover,notcurrentlydevelopedfornonforestuse, SelectRedOaks includescherrybarkoak,northernred capableofproducing20cubicfeetofindustrialwoodper oak, andShumardoak. MapInterpretation abcyrelepgeisrlyaetiavre,aacntdionn.otwithdrawnfromtimberutilization OtheprosWthoiatk.eDOealktas—poisntclouakd,esaonvdelricvuepoaoka.k, chestnutoak, iFomrposrotmaencpeuropfosspeesc,ieusseorrssmpaecyiewsigsrhotuopsraanckrotshsetrheelaEtaisvteern Growing-stockvolumeistheestimatedvolumeofsound OtherRedOaks—includesblackoak,willowoak,pinoak, UstnoictkedvoSltautmees.sFfiogrusreosft2waoondda3nsdhhoawrtdhweotoodtaslpgecrioewsinggr-oups. vwtrooeleosud.mIeitniistnhetexrpemreaesis5sn.e0dstiiennmchsceuosbfiiclnifvdeieintag.,meIsttoieunrncdal,tudbwereselaols-ntflhoyertimhgeehdt Hicknnouotrrttyah—lelrionnackpl,iundweaostaekwr,atoseacrkar,hliestchkioonargkyl,,eabonuadtkt,leasruonruuettlhoheairkcn.korreyd,oak, Ttcoihnmecbevenrotllrauanmtdeiaoicnnroeefaagmceahtwecirotiuhanilntoytnhisethhcieogsuhenlatycyrdeaess.pewIennldliennatstertuphpreeotnintghe m(du.bm.h.t)ooprdliaarmgeertefrrooumtasi1d-efoboatrkstoufmtphetoceant4r.a0l-isntcehmmoirnit-o phiicgknourty,hibclkaocrky,hipcekcoarny,,sahnedllmboarckkehircnkuotryh,icskhoargyb.ark wrehpiocrhtesdhvoowlsumtehse,tirmefbeerrelnacnedsahroeualbdybecomuantdye.tofigure4, wherethecentralstembreaksintolimbs. — HardMaple includesFloridamaple,blackmaple, Foreachcounty,volumesperacreweredeterminedby Sceanwttrialmbsetremvoolfutmreeesisotfhseanwettimbboaerrds-ifzoeo—tv9o.0luimncehienstdh.eb.h. SoftaMnadpslueg—arimnacplluede.sredandsilvermaple. tgarkoiunpgftohuenadveornagseurvvoelyupmleotpsearnadcrdeiovfidainsgpeictibesyotrhespteoctiaels fVt9o.oor0plsiudonimfcaethmeweisostoeefdrossrtoiahumnatasdrtided1wde1o.fbo0radorismkncooahrfe1ts7-o.fd0ow.ohbit.enhcrs.hetefusotmrhfpehoratcoresndoatwfrmotaoiwldonssoit.demsmuamnd TAusphe—alnoidnacslnwudademBsplwathcuipktegeluoa.msh—,ibnlcalcukdeasshw,agtreeretnupaeslho,,pbulmapckkigunm, ttsspehielemcebliceetersegldegantrndoodupoapfrcorebveayiacdgaheecmaioanfmpuptlhluwetreearcrnoegupdenretooytfg.errsTamyhmim.enbeoIidlnntstfeeorrfrvovaratllhesseawscsehhproeescwpienecsiieonsr breaksintolimbs. ash, andblueash. presented.ThedottedcountiesinwesternTexasand AspcercoisesstohfemEeaasts,urFeIAdftireeelsdwoofrkiemrpsorrteaconrtdstpehceieisn.diIvnidtuhiasl Cotctootntwoonowodoadn,dbiAgstpoeont—haisnpcelnu,desswbaamlspacmoptotpolnawr,ooeda,stern iOnksliganhiofimcaanwtefroereesxtcllaunddeadrefar.omtheinventories becauseof report,however, ithasbeennecessarytogroupspeciesto plainscottonwood, quakingaspen, andsilverpoplar. haveareasonablenumberofmapsforpresentation. Speciesgroupsdesignatedinthisreportare: Figure2-NetvolumeofsoftwoodgrowingstockontimberlandintheEasternUnitedStates. — LongleafandSlashPine includeslongleafandslash pine. Lobiolly/Shortleaf — LoblollyandShortleafPine includesloblollyand shortleafpine. Spruce/Balsam Fir — OtherYellowPines includessandpine, spruce pine, tablemountainpine,pitchpine, pondpine, scotch Longleaf/Slash pine, andVirginiapine. — White/Red Pines EasternWhitePineandRedPine includeseastern whitepineandredpine. — Other Yellow Pines SpruceandBalsamFir includesbalsamfir,white spruce,blackspruce, andredspruce. Eastern Hemlock — EasternHemlock includeseasternhemlockand Carolinahemlock. Cypress — Cypress includesbaldcypressandpondcypress. — Jack Pine OtherEasternSoftwoods includesAtlanticwhitecedar, Frazierfir. RockyMountainjuniper, southern Other Softwoods redcedar, easternredcedar,larch,tamarack,Norway spruce, Engelmann spruce,bluespruce, ponderosa pine,Austrianpine, Douglas-fir, andnorthernwhite cedar. 6 Figure3-NetvolumeofhardwoodgrowingstockontimberlandintheEasternUnitedStates. Other Red Oaks Soft Maple Select White Oaks Select Red Oaks Other White Oaks Hard Maple Hickory Sweetgum Yellow-Poplar Cottonwood/Aspen Tupelo/Blackgum Ash Beech Basswood Yellow Birch Black Walnut Other E. Hardwoods 0 10 20 30 40 Billion Cubic Feet Themapsareintendedtoshowspeciesoccurrenceand Theaddressesare: volumedistributionsinageneralway.Volumeperacre estimatesbycounty, however, maysuggestaprecision NealP. Kingsley thatdoesnotexist. Forexample, inKansas, ''otherred NorthCentralForestExp.Stn. oak"and"otherwhiteoak"mapsshowablockofcoun- 1992FolwellAvenue MN tiesintheeasternpartoftheStatewiththesamevolume SaintPaul, 55109 peracre.Sincetherearesofewforestinventoryplotsin thesecounties, duetothelowtimberlandacreage, a JohnR.Peters stratumweightingprocedurewasusedtodistributethe NortheasternForestExp.Stn. volumeacrossthesecounties.Asaresult,volumesas- 5RadnorCorporateCenter signedtothesecountiesarenotveryprecise. 100MatsonfordRoad Suite200 Themapsareintendedtoassessvolumedistributionfor Radnor, PA 19087 broad-scaledecisions, suchasidentifyinglikelyareasfor newwood-usingplants. Oncethegeneraldistributionofa NoelD. Cost particularspeciesorspeciesgroupislearnedfromthe SoutheasternForestExp.Stn. maps, amoredetailedinvestigationcanfocusonparticu- P.O. Box2680 larareasusingpublishedreportsofspecialdatarequests Asheville,NC28802 fromeachFIAUnit.Themapsestablishabasefromwhich tomeasurefuturegainsorlossesintimbervolumes RoyC. Beltz amongthe26speciesandspeciesgroups. SouthernForestExp.Stn. Box906 Ifyouhavecommentsabouttheusefulnessofthisreport Starkville, MS39759 orsuggestionsforimprovingit, pleasesendthemtothe FIAUnitinyourarea(fig. 1).