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Florida Farm Commodities
Forestry |
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Standing Timber Volume --- 1994 (Cubic Feet)
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Softwood Species
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Volume
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Slash Pine
Longleaf Pine
Loblolly Pine
Sand Pine
Pond Pine
Shortleaf Pine
Spruce Pine
(Pine subtotal)
Cypress
Cedar
(Cypress/Cedar subtotal)
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3,998,887,000
1,179,882,000
674,808,000
425,595,000
170,091,000
59,797,000
37,398,000
6,546,458,000
2,660,279,000
98,118,000
2,758,397,000
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All Softwood (subtotal)
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9,304,855,000
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Hardwood Species
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Volume
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Oaks
Tupelo/Black Gum
Magnolia/Bays
Sweetgum
Maple
Ash
Other Hardwood
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1,678,351,000
1,519,532,000
765,094,000
527,787,000
412,419,000
378,629,000
382,629,000
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All Softwood (subtotal)
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5,664,561,000
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Total Volume
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14,969,561,000
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Trees Planted
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Year
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Number Planted
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Cumulative Total
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1997-98
1996-97
1995-96
1994-95
1993-94
1992-93
1991-92
1990-91
1989-90
1988-89
1987-88
1986-87
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129,332,000
130,571,700
138,085,670
115,623,000
137,782,620
145,663,370
132,660,500
106,471,463
164,903,241
158,506,993
194,420,662
184,377,552
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5,848,408,407
5,778,802,426
5,648,230,726
5,510,145,056
5,394,522,056
5,256,739,436
5,111,076,066
4,978,179,483
4,871,708,026
4,706,804,785
4,517,208,427
4,322,787,765
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1928-86
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3,638,531,588 |
4,138,410,213 |
Source: Florida Division of Forestry
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Five-Year Average Annual Forest Harvest*
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Pulpwood
Softwood
Hardwood
Total
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3,976,163 cords
378,414 cords
4,354,577 cords
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Sawlogs
Softwood
Hardwood
Total
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777,165,000 board feet
13,624,000 board feet
790,789,000 board feet
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Veneer Logs
Softwood
Hardwood
Total
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100,576,000 board feet
8,922,000 board feet
109,498,000 board feet
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Poles and Pilings
Posts
Total
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320,300 pieces
1,620,000 pieces
1,940,300 pieces
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Industrial Wood (Residue, Fuelwood)
Softwood
Hardwood
Total
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16,528,000 cubic feet
395,000 cubic feet
16,923,000 cubic feet
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Board Feet: equivalent to piece of lumber 1" x 12" x 12"
Cubic Feet: equivalent to piece of wood 12" x 12" x 12"
Cord: equivalent to stack of wood 4' x 4' x 8'
* Source: U.S. Forest Service 1987 Forest Inventory-Florida
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1997 Value of Forest Industry
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Value of Timber Harvested
Forest Value Added (transporting, labor, and infrastructure)
Value of Forest Products Manufactured
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$429,991,489
$3,364,612,174
$8,569,033,982
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Forest Industries Payroll
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$1,252,200,000 |
Source: 1997 Florida Forest Grown
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Forest Protection: Wildfire on Protected Forest and Wildlands
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Year
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Number of Fires
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Acres Burned
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Average Acres Per Fire
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1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
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4,027
4,180
3,343
3,600
4,680
4,324
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146,122
93,849
48,491
180,048
80,485
82,948
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36.28
22.45
14.53
50.01
17.20
19.02
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1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
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3,985
6,665
7,291
5,915
5,171
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85,948
249,912
645,331
193,878
75,167
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21.82
37.50
88.51
32.78
14.54
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10-year Average
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4,915
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173,606
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31.84
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Forest Protection: Causes of Wildfires --- 1997
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Cause
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Number Fires
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Percent of Fires
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1996 Acres Burned
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Percent Burned
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Incendiary
Debris Burning
Lightning
Unknown
Miscellaneous**
Children
Equipment
Campfires
Smoking
Railroad
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1,065
873
525
512
342
290
216
89
59
56
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26.0
22.0
13.0
13.0
8.0
7.0
5.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
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69,135
9,597
32,306
10,097
8,101
923
13,068
1,161
224
1,510
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47.0
7.0
22.0
7.0
5.0
0.0
9.0
1.0
2.0
0.0
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Total
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4,027 |
100.0
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146,122 |
100.0
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* Debris Burning includes escaped trash fires
** Miscellaneous includes some 20 different causes, such as downed power lines, faulty electric fences, motor vehicles, etc.
Source: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Forestry
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Forestry Facts 
There are 16,549,012 forest acres in Florida, covering 47.8 percent of the states 34,558,261 acres.
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