Forestry


Commercial Forestland
by Ownership Class   (Thousand Acres)

Counties

All Owners

Private

Forest Industry

Corporate

Public

Barbour

Coffee

Covington

Dale

Geneva

Henry

Houston

409.5

262.4

473.7

224.4

206.8

206.0

125.1

219.6

212.5

249.6

178.4

183.8

176.6

101.1

154.3

43.7

164.5

11.5

17.2

24.5

0.0

11.9

0.0

5.70

0.0

0.0

4.9

19.3

23.7

6.2

53.9

34.5

5.7

0.0

4.8

Total

1,907.9

1,321.6

415.7

41.8

128.8




Area of Timberland by
County and Forest Type Group (Thousand Acres)

 

Longleaf-Slash Pine - Planted Natural

Loblolly-Pine- Planted Natural


Oak-Pine


Oak-Hickory

Barbour

 17.8 5.9 29.7 100.9

89.0

124.6

Coffee

 6.2 0.0 25.0 31.2

68.7

112.5

Covington

 44.8 60.8 79.4 51.1

88.1

107.2

Dale

 17.3 0.0 0.0 40.3

46.0

92.1

Geneva

 11.5 5.7 34.5 0.0

34.5

63.2

Henry

 4.9 0.0 29.4 29.4

54.0

73.6

Houston

 9.6 4.8 19.3 9.6

19.3

33.7

Totals

 112.10-77.20 217.30-262.50

399.60

606.90




Area of Timberland by
County and Stand-Size Class (Thousand Acres)

County

Sawtimber

Poletimber

Sapling-Seedling

Nonstocked Areas

Barbour

189.9

94.9

124.6

0.0

Coffee

68.7

56.2

137.5

0.0

Covington

121.0

155.2

197.5

0.0

Dale

86.3

86.3

51.8

0.0

Geneva

74.7

17.2

109.2

5.7

Henry

44.1

73.6

88.3

0.0

Houston

43.3

38.5

43.3

0.0

Totals

628

521.9

752.2

5.7




Forestry Cash Receipts, 1996 (Thousand of Dollars)

 


Farm Forest Products

Non-Farm Commercial Timber


Total

Barbour

$1,266

$13,284

$14,550

Coffee

3,469

5,636

9,105

Covington

7,768

14,619

22,387

Dale

587

7,039

7,626

Geneva

1,326

2,082

3,408

Henry

1,694

5,423

7,117

Houston

472

893

1,365

Total

$16,582

$48,976

$65,558




Alabama Forestry Employment, 1992

Total forestry payroll



Supporting
jobs in
the area

 

Market value of timber harvested, 1992



Economic impact in 1992
 

 


Firms


Forestry
employment


Estimated
1991

As a percent

County

All Mfg.

Barbour

31

884

15,929,728

9.60%

19.80%

1,344

9,285,000

111,605,700

Coffee

11

893

16,143,830

8.20%

19.30%

1,357

5,038,000

60,556,760

Covington

40

387

7,233,626

3.50%

8.00%

588

7,169,000

86,171,380

Dale

18

208

3,801.368

1.40%

2.40%

316

3,734,000

44,882,680

Geneva

12

127

2,329,802

2.70%

4.20%

193

1,342,000

16,455,380

Henry

29

483

8,751,666

12.90%

23.50%

734

3,586,000

43,103,720

Houston

22

399

7,247,514

0.90%

3.70%

606

1,369,000

16,455,380


Source: Alabama Forestry Commission, 1993