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g^MOND I. SWEWSEN
FORESTER
SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
RESEARCH REPORTS
Prepared by
SOUTHERN FOREST EXPERIMENT STATION
FOREST SERVICE, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE
for the
MISSISSIPPI INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COMMISSION
under a grant from the
Small Business Administration
Washington 25, D. C.
This Small Business study, "Mississippi Forest Atlas," has been con-
ducted and prepared under the direction of Director Henry H. Leveck, Pro-
ject Supervisor for Mississippi State University, and Dr. A. D. Suttle, Jr.,
Project Director for Mississippi Industrial and Technological Research Com-
mission.
The research was financed by a grant made by the Small Business
Administration, United States Government, under the authority of Public
Law 699 (85th Congress).
Only a limited number of copies of this report have been printed. It
is available for reference in any of the Small Business Administration offices
throughout the United States or at many reference libraries. Copies of the
report also may be obtained without charge directly from Mississippi Agri-
cultural Experiment Station, State College, Mississippi.
Summaries of this study are being printed and will be available in
reasonable quantities. These summaries may be secured from SBA field
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accuracy of the data contained herein, nor does it necessarily endorse any
opinions, conclusions,or recommendations which may be a part of this report.
John E. Horne
Administrator
Small Business Administration
MISSISSIPPI
FOREST ATLAS
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Prepared by
SOUTHERN FOREST EXPERIMENT STATION
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MISSISSIPPI INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COMMISSION
Project Director
H. H. LEVECK
Director, Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station
1962
Contents
Page
Mississippi forests: an industrial resource _ 1
Timber resources 1
Opportunities for forest industry expansion _ _ . 2
Accuracy of the survey 4
Definitions of terms 4
Forest resource maps 7
1. Commercial forest land 8
2. Major forest-type groups 9
3. Change in commercial forest area, 1948-57 10
4. Forest-industry ownership 11
5. Change in number of growing stock trees, 1948-57 12
6. Pine sawtimber 13
7 Ash sawtimber 14
8. Cottonwood sawtimber 15
9. Willow sawtimber 16
10. White elm sawtimber 17
11. Tupelo and blackgum sawtimber 18
12. Sweetgum sawtimber - 19
13. Hickory sawtimber 20
14. Pecan sawtimber 21
15. Sweetbay and magnolia sawtimber 22
16. Yellow-poplar sawtimber 23
17. Red oak sawtimber 24
18. White oak sawtimber 25
19. Hackberry sawtimber 26
20. Sycamore sawtimber 27
21. Beech sawtimber — 28
22. Hardwood sawtimber in standard factory lumber logs 29
23. Average volume per acre of pine sawtimber in softwood types 30
24. Average volume per acre of hardwood sawtimber
in softwood types _■ 31
25. Average sawtimber volume per acre in hardwood types . 32
26. Relationship of growth and cut of softwood sawtimber ____ 33
27. Relationship of growth and cut of hardwood sawtimber ____ 34
28. Output of pine pulpwood, 1959 35
29. Output of industrial softwood (except pulpwood), 1959 — . 36
30. Output of hardwood pulpwood, 1959 37
31. Output of industrial hardwood (except pulpwood), 1959 38
Tables 39
1. Sawtimber volume by species 1
2. Growing stock volume by species group and county .... - 40
3. Growing stock volume by diameter group and county 42
4. Sawtimber volume by species group and county 44
5. Sawtimber volume by diameter group and county 46
6. Land area and commercial forest by county 48
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Forest Survey regions in Mississippi.
IV
Mississippi Forests: An Industrial Resource
In the search for resources to support indus-
trial expansion in Mississippi, it is logical to
turn to the forests. The area occupied by
forests in Mississippi exceeds the combined
acreage in all other land uses. Each year tre-
mendous quantities of pine and hardwood are
taken from these forests and made into a wide
variety of products.
This report provides information to assist
managers of wood-using industries and con-
sulting foresters in appraising locations and
categories of standing timber that may offer
possibilities for development. It is based main-
ly upon data gathered during the most recent
Forest Survey of Mississippi, which was com-
pleted in 1957 by the Southern Forest Experi-
ment Station. It also draws upon the previous
survey of 1948 in order to show the changes
that have been occurring. The information is
largely in the form of generalized maps that
describe various aspects of the forest situation,
such as the geographic distribution of timber
volume, woodland area, and output of timber
products.
TIMBER RESOURCES
Forests predominantly of longleaf and slash
pine characterize the lower Coastal Plain and
comprise 2 million of Mississippi’s 17.2 million
woodland acres. Extending north from the
coastal region, loblolly and shortleaf pine cover
4.6 million acres. Another 2.7 million acres of
uplands are occupied by oak, hickory, and other
hardwoods in mixture with various pines. In
the Delta and along rivers and streams through-
out the State are stands of bottom-land hard-
woods that aggregate 3.8 million acres. Upland
hardwood forests, largely concentrated in a
zone bordering the eastern edge of the Mis-
sissippi River alluvial plain, total 4.1 million
acres.
As is shown in table 1, pine makes up 51
percent of the sawtimber inventory in Mis-
sissippi forests. Other softwoods — cypress and
redcedar — total scarcely 2 percent. Of the
hardwood volume, oaks account for 36 percent,
gums 27 percent, hickories 9 percent; and the
remaining 28 percent consists of other hard-
woods, with yellow-poplar, elm, cottonwood,
magnolia, willow, ash, beech, sycamore, and
hackberry ranking in the order named.
Table 1. Sawtimber volume by species
Species
Volume
Million board feet
Pine
12,972.3
Other softwoods
565.1
Red oaks
2,544.6
White oaks
1,730.0
Pecan
354.7
Other hickories
781.0
Sweetgum
1,934.8
Tupelo and blackgum
1,318.2
Cottonwood
453.5
Willow
318.5
Soft maples
89.5
Yellow-poplar
498.9
Sweetbay and magnolia
327.6
White elm
258.9
Other elms
228.1
Ash
271.8
Hackberry
161.7
Beech
241.5
Sycamore
240.5
Other hardwoods
255.5
Total
25,546.7
In general, quality specifications are more
demanding for hardwood than for pine. Among
the several industrial uses of hardwoods, the
manufacture of standard factory lumber pre-
dominates. Suitability of logs for this purpose,
therefore, may be taken as one measure of the
variability as well as the utility of the current
hardwood inventory.
Nearly 9 billion board feet of Mississippi’s
standing hardwood is in logs of standard fac-
tory lumber grade. Of this, some 30 percent
is in grades 1 and 2 — the logs most generally
in demand by sawmills, veneer plants, and
other industries needing clear material. The
6 billion board feet of grade 3 volume simply
consist of the lowest grade of logs that are
suitable for conversion into standard lumber,
in the sense that they are capable of yielding
practical proportions of clear cuttings.
These grades, developed by the U. S. Forest
Products Laboratory, take into account the
diameter, length, and amount of defects in indi-
vidual logs. 1 Studies have shown that they
dependably predict the lumber grade outturn
of logs of specified grade. For nearly all species
tested, the yield of No. 1 Common and better
lumber in grade 1 logs varies from 65 to 80
percent; in grade 2 logs from 40 to 64 percent;
and in grade 3 logs from 13 to 36 percent.
The remaining 3 billion board feet of hard-
wood inventory is in tie and timber logs — logs
with so many sound defects that they will not
produce worthwhile amounts of clear material,
when sawn wholly into lumber. They are
presently suited, however, for such uses as
heavy structural material, crating, and cross-
ties.
Both the relative density and the dispersion
of the timber within the State vary widely by
species ( see figs. 6-22 ) . Broadly speaking, the
greatest concentration of pine sawtimber is
in the southeastern and southwestern sections.
Among hardwoods, oaks greatly exceed all
others not only in volume but in extent of
distribution. Hickory, sweetgum, and black-
gum also range widely, the latter two attaining
their best development in the bottom lands.
Yellow-poplar is thinly scattered east of the
Delta. Ash and white elm, though widely dis-
persed, are most common in the western part
of the State. Cottonwood, willow, pecan, syca-
more, and hackberry are most prominent in
the Mississippi River bottoms. Magnolia is
found mainly in the southeastern counties,
beech, in the southwest.
1 For detailed specifications of log grades, see Hardwood log
grades for standard lumber: proposals and results. U. S.
Forest Serv. Forest Prod. Lab. Rpt. D1737. 1949.
That Mississippi timber is suitable for many
useful and marketable products is partly dem-
onstrated by the number and variety of timber-
connected industries operating in the State —
about 1,000 sawmills, 7 woodpulp mills, and
some 100 other plants manufacturing such
items as veneer, cooperage, poles, handle stock,
shuttle blocks, furniture dimension, and char-
coal.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOREST INDUSTRY
EXPANSION
What about opportunities for new industrial
development based upon utilization of current
timber resources?
Pulp and paper is presently the fastest grow-
ing segment of Mississippi’s forest industry. In
response to plant expansion within the State
and in peripheral areas, pulpwood production
( mainly pine ) has risen to 2 million cords
annually; 25 years ago the State’s output was
less than 300,000 cords. Opportunities for
further increasing the pulpwood cut are prom-
ising. Not only is pine in measurably greater
supply today than it was a decade ago, but cur-
rent growth is well in excess of the annual
harvest. Moreover, a 75-percent increase since
1948 in numbers of pines 2 to 4 inches in
diameter points to further improvement in
pulpwood supplies, if fire protection and other
essential forestry programs are continued and
strengthened.
Mississippi is also a top-ranking producer
of southern pine poles. Most of the annual pole
harvest is shipped to the 16 pressure treating
plants in the State. One recent study indicated
that more than two-thirds of the poles received
at treating plants in the South are 16 to 35
feet in length. These lengths can be readily
cut from pines 8 to 20 inches in diameter —
size classes that are now increasing in number
in Mississippi. Nationwide, the number of
utility poles in service has been rising and is
expected to increase further. Too, in recent
years a growing market has developed for poles
used in barns, storage sheds, and other types
of structures. Though demand for poles is
expected to heighten, it will probably be met
by greater output from existing firms rather
than by new installations.
For the immediate future, possibilities for
development of new industry based upon pri-
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mary conversion of sawtimber are obviously
more limited for hardwood than for pine, in
view of the heavy use already being made of
such material. Nevertheless there are still
localities where some slack can be found.
In the north Mississippi area embracing Cal-
houn, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall,
Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, and Union Counties,
hardwood sawtimber volume has increased
some 36 percent since 1948. More than half
of the 2.9 million acres in these nine counties
is forested. The area, which displays con-
siderable physiographic variation, encompasses
some excellent hardwood sites such as the
brown loam soils in Lafayette, Tate, and Mar-
shall Counties, as well as the alluvial soils
along the Cold water, Tallahatchie, Yacona,
Yalabusha, and other waterways.
The 752 thousand acres of hardwood forests
in the 9 counties average 1,300 board feet per
acre. But in the bottom lands, which support
two-fifths of the hardwood sawtimber, the
average is over 2,200 board feet. By way of
contrast, the statewide average of bottom-land
sawtimber volume is only 1,700 board feet per
acre. Of the 1.2 billion board feet of hardwood
sawtimber in the 9 counties, 44 percent is oak,
27 percent is gum, and the rest is mainly in
a variety of firm-textured species like hickory
and ash.
Hardwood sawtimber volume has also risen
during the past decade in Forrest, George,
Greene, Hancock, Jackson, Pearl River, Perry,
and Stone Counties. Forests occupy 78 percent
of the 3 million acres of land area in these 8
southeast counties. Hardwood sawtimber vol-
ume— up 46 percent since 1948 — now totals one
billion board feet; two-thirds is on the 325
thousand acres of bottom-land forests, which
average 2,400 board feet per acre. The bot-
toms are chiefly along the Pearl and Pasca-
goula Rivers and their tributaries.
The hardwood volume in the southeast is
predominantly in soft-textured species that are
suitable for conversion into veneer as well as
lumber. Some 45 percent of the volume is gum,
26 percent other soft-textured species, and 29
percent firm-textured species, largely red oak.
The ownership pattern of the 8-county hard-
wood resource affords an indication of its
relative availability. Some 9 percent of the
volume is on public lands (chiefly national
forest), while 13 percent is on forest industry
holdings, and 78 percent on other types of
private ownerships. Except for a somewhat
lower proportion of public stumpage, this own-
ership pattern is much like that of the 9-county
area cited earlier.
In sections where hardwoods are already
being heavily used, near-term expanion of
wood-using industry can come in part through
more intensive utilization of the available raw
material. Where it can be done economically,
one means is by increasing secondary manu-
facture, so as to produce more finished prod-
ucts. Another is by making use of lower
quality timber and perhaps of the leavings of
sawmills, planing mills, and other plants.
Long-range possibilities for growth in secon-
dary industry appear favorable. The move-
ment, in fact, is already under way. Primary
manufacturers have advanced it in the process
of diversification and in undertaking further
manufacture of their products. Independent
secondary manufacture, too, has expanded, as
witness the growth of the furniture industry
at New Albany, Tupelo, Okolona, Eupora, Le-
land, Meridian, and elsewhere.
In conjunction with the expansion of the
State’s furniture industry, the particle-board
market gives promise of continuing to grow.
Manufacture of particle board involves mixing
small fractions of wood with resins and com-
pressing the mixture into boards of various
thicknesses. These boards, which can be made
from available low-grade hardwood, are used
for a number of purposes, including wall panel-
ling and core stock for furniture.
Basic to the security and expansion of both
primary and secondary manufacture is good
management of the timber resource. In antici-
pation of greater long-term demand for timber,
pine management programs have already been
expanded and intensified in many parts of the
State, especially on forest-industry lands and
public holdings. An additional motivation for
the programs on industrial ownerships is the
need for assured supplies of raw material to
protect capital investments. Both public agen-
cies and forest industries are also sponsoring
programs of technical assistance to stimulate
forestry on small ownerships. Although man-
agement is progressing more rapidly in pine
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than in hardwoods, educational efforts are
developing a wider appreciation of the out-
standing opportunities for managing industrial
hardwoods on suitable sites. The recent in-
crease in demand for pulping hardwoods may
stimulate management too.
Mississippi’s forest soils have the capacity
to produce a much greater volume of wood
than they are currently growing. It can be
reasonably assumed that, with application of
minimum forestry practices on all commercial
timberlands, net annual growth might be raised
eventually from 0.5 cord per acre to nearly
1 cord. This would permit the State to enjoy
an even greater forest industry than it now
does. A still higher average growth can prob-
ably be attained under intensive management.
The prescription for continued forward move-
ment includes minimizing wildfire, restocking
idle land, and removing trees that have little
or no utility. Given good timber resources,
wood-using industry will thrive, and the two
will perpetuate each other.
ACCURACY OF THE SURVEY
The data on forest acreage and timber volume
in this report were secured in 1956-57 with a
systematic sampling method involving a forest-
nonforest classification on aerial photographs
and on-the-ground measurements of trees at
sample points. The sample points were taken
in pairs at and near the intersections of a grid
of lines spaced 3 miles apart. Tally trees were
selected with a 3.03 diopter prism.
Accuracy of the estimates may be affected
by two types of errors. The first stems from
the use of a sample to estimate the whole and
from variability of the items being sampled.
This type is termed sampling error; it is sus-
ceptible to a mathematical evaluation of the
probability of error. The second type — often
referred to as reporting or estimating error —
derives from mistakes in measurement, judg-
ment, arithmetic, or recording, and limitations
of method or equipment. Effects cannot be
appraised mathematically, but the Forest Sur-
vey constantly attempts to hold such error
to a minimum by proper training and good
supervision, and by emphasis on careful work.
Statistical analysis of the data indicates a
sampling error of plus or minus 0.3 percent for
the estimate of total forest area, 1.4 percent
for total cubic volume, and 1.9 percent for
total board-foot volume. When acreage and
volume totals for the State are broken down
by county and other subdivisions of the data,
the possibility of error increases and is greatest
for the smallest items. The order of this in-
crease is suggested in the following tabulation,
which shows the sampling error to which the
estimates are liable two chances out of three.
Forest area
Cubic volume
Board-foot volume
Size of area
sampled
Sampling
error 1
Volume
sampled
Sampling
error -
Volume
sampled
Sampling
error -
Thousand.
Percent Million
Percent
Million Percent
acres
CU. ft.
b d. ft.
17,000
0.3
7,600
1.4
26,000
1.9
10,000
4
6,000
1.6
20,000
2.1
5,000
.6
3,000
2.2
10,000
3.0
2,000
.9
1,000
3.8
5,000
4.3
500
1.8
500
5.5
2,000
6.8
100
3.9
100
12.2
300
17.5
1 By random-sampling formula.
- Estimated by use of a procedure described by D. B. DeLury
in Values and Integrals of the Orthogonal Polynomials up
to n = 26. Univ. Toronto Press, 33 pp. Toronto, Ont. 1950.
County data on timber volumes have been
included in the report in order to permit adding
counties totalling enough volume to meet a
desired degree of reliability. To obtain an esti-
mate of growing stock with a sampling error
of plus or minus 10 percent, data for enough
counties must be added together to total about
150 million cubic feet. A comparable sampling
error for sawtimber volume requires about
1,000 million board feet.
DEFSN9TIONS OF TERMS
Forest Land Class
Forest land. — Includes: (a) land which is
at least 10 percent stocked by trees of any size
and capable of producing timber or other wood
products, or of exerting an influence on the
climate or on the water regime; (b) land from
which the trees have been removed to less
than 10 percent stocking and which has not
been developed for other use; (c) afforested
areas.
Commercial forest land. — Forest land which
is (a) producing, or is physically capable of
producing, usable crops of wood ( usually saw-
timber ) , ( b ) economically available now or
prospectively, and (c) not withdrawn from
timber utilization.
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Noncommercial forest land. — Forest land ( a )
withdrawn from timber utilization through
statute, ordinance, or administrative order but
which otherwise qualifies as commercial forest
land, and (b) incapable of yielding usable wood
products (usually sawtimber) because of ad-
verse site conditions, or so physically inacces-
sible as to be unavailable economically in the
foreseeable future.
Tree Species
Commercial species. — Includes species that
normally have value for commercial timber
products; excludes so-called weed or noncom-
mercial species such as blackjack oak, scrub
post oak, blue beech, and sourwood.
Softwoods. — Coniferous species, of which
the most numerous are loblolly pine (Pinus
taeda), shortleaf pine (P. echinata), and long-
leaf pine (P. palustris).
Hardwoods. — Broadleaved species, of which
the most numerous are the oaks ( Quercus spp. )
and sweetgum ( Liquidambar styraciflua).
Softwood Forest Types
Longleaf-slash pine. — Forests in which 50
percent or more of the stand is longleaf or
slash pine, singly or in combination. Common
associates include other southern pines, oak,
and gum.
Loblolly-shortleaf pine. — Forests in which
50 percent or more of the stand is loblolly pine,
shortleaf pine, or other southern yellow pines
excepting longleaf or slash pine, singly or in
combination. Common associates include oak,
hickory, and gum.
Oak-pine. — Forests in which 50 percent or
more of the stand is hardwoods, usually up-
land oaks, but in which southern pines make
up 25-49 percent of the stand. Common asso-
ciates include gum, hickory, and yellow-poplar.
Hardwood Forest Types
Oak-hickory. — Forests in which 50 percent
or more of the stand is upland oaks or hickory,
singly or in combination, except where pines
comprise 25-49 percent in which case the stand
would be classified oak-pine. Common asso-
ciates include yellow-poplar, elm, maple, and
black walnut.
Oak-gum-cypress. — Bottom-land forests in
which 50 percent or more of the stand is tu-
pelo, blackgum, sweetgum, oaks, or southern
cypress, singly or in combination, except where
pines comprise 25-49 percent, in which case
the stand would be classified oak-pine. Com-
mon associates include cottonwood, willow,
ash, elm, hackberry, and maple.
Elm-ash-cottonwood. — Forests in which 50
percent or more of the stand is elm, ash, or
cottonwood, singly or in combination. Common
associates include willow, sycamore, beech, and
maple.
Diameter
D.b.h. (Diameter breast high). — Tree dia-
meter in inches, outside bark, measured at
4-M> feet above ground.
Diameter class. — The 2-inch diameter classes
extend from 1.0 inch below to 0.9 inch above
the stated midpoint. Thus, the 12-inch class
takes in trees 11.0 inches to and including 12.9
inches d.b.h.
Class of Timber
Sawtimber trees. — Live trees of commercial
species, at least 9.0 inches d.b.h. in softwoods
and 11.0 inches d.b.h. in hardwoods, and con-
taining at least a 12-foot merchantable butt
log — or, if the butt log is a cull, at least 50
percent of the gross sawlog volume is fn
merchantable logs. To be merchantable, a log
must meet the following requirements:
(a) In softwoods, logs that have a minimum
6-inch small-end diameter inside bark
and that are at least one-third sound,
with sweep or crook not exceeding two-
thirds the small-end diameter.
(b) In hardwoods, logs that have a mini-
mum 8-inch small-end diameter inside
bark and that meet the specifications of
a standard lumber log or a tie and tim-
ber log.
Poletimber trees. — Trees of commercial spe-
cies which meet regional specifications of
soundness and form, and which are of the
following diameters at breast height: soft-
woods 5.0 to 9.0 inches, hardwoods 5.0 to 11.0
inches. Such trees will usually become saw-
timber trees if left to grow.
Seedling and sapling trees. — Live trees of
commercial species less than 5.0 inches in
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diameter at breast height and of good form
and vigor.
Cull trees. — Live trees of sawtimber or pole-
timber size that are unmerchantable for saw-
logs now or prospectively because of defect,
rot, or species.
Volume
Sawtimber volume. — Net volume in board
feet, International 14-inch rule, of live saw-
timber trees to a specified merchantable top.
Growing stock. — Net volume in cubic feet
of live sawtimber and live poletimber trees
from stump to a minimum 4.0-inch top diameter
(of central stem) inside bark.
Miscellaneous Definitions
Net annual growth of sawtimber. — The
change, resulting from natural causes, in net
board-foot volume of live sawtimber on com-
mercial forest land during a specified year.
Net annual growth of growing stock. — The
change, resulting from natural causes, in net
cubic-foot volume of growing stock on com-
mercial forest land during a specified year.
Annual cut of sawtimber. — The net board-
foot volume of live sawtimber trees cut or
killed by logging, and by cultural operations,
on commercial forest land during a specified
year.
Annual cut of growing stock. — The net cubic-
foot volume of live sawtimber and poletimber
trees cut or killed by logging, or by cultural
operations, on commercial forest land during
a specified year.
Timber products output. — The volume of
timber products cut from both growing stock
and other sources.
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Forest Resource Maps
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Figure 3. Change in commercial forest area between surveys (1948-57 ).
Figure 4. Proportion of commercial forest land in forest industry ownership.
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Figure 5. Change in number of growing stock trees between surveys (1948-57), by survey region,
species group, and tree diameter class.
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Figure 6. Pine sawtimber volume.
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Figure 8. Cottonwood sawtimber volume.
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Figure 10. White elm sawtimber volume.
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500,000 board feet. Counties in
which the volume sampled in 1957
exceeded the 1948 sample are
shown in green.
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Figure 11. Tupelo and blackgum sawtimber volume.
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Figure 12. Sweetgum sawtimber volume.
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500,000 board feet. Counties in
which the volume sampled in 1957
exceeded the 1948 sample are
shown in green.
Figure 13. Hickory sawtimber volume.
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Figure 15. Sweetbay and magnolia sawtimber volume.
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Figure 16. Yellow-poplar sawtimber volume.
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Figure 18. White oak sawtimber volume.
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Figure 19. Hackberry sawtimber volume.
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Figure 20. Sycamore sawtimber volume.
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Figure 21. Beech sawtimber volume.
28
Figure 22. Hardwood, sawtimber volume in standard factory lumber logs
29
30
Figure 23. Average volume per acre of softwood sawtimber in softwood types.
Figure 24. Average volume per acre of hardwood sawtimber in softwood types.
31
More than 2,000 board feet
1,000-2,000 board feet
Less than 1,000 board feet
32
Figure 25. Average sawtimber volume per acre in hardwood types.
Figure 26. Relationship of growth and cut of softwood sawtimber volume, 1956.
33
34
Figure 27. Relationship of growth and cut of hardwood sawtimber volume, 1956.
Figure 28. Output of pine pulpwood, 1959. Source
State Tax Commission.
35
Figure 29. Output of industrial softwood products (except pulpwood), 1959. Source: State Tax
Commission.
36
Figure 30. Output of hardwood pulpwood, 1959. Source: State Tax Commission.
37
Figure 31. Output of industrial hardwood products (except pulpwood), 1959. Source: State Tax
Commission.
38
Tables
Table 2. Growing stock volume by species group and county
County
All
species
Softwood
Soft
hardwood
Hard
hardwooc
i
Total
j Pine |
Other
Total
Gum
Other 1
Total
Oak
Other 2
Million cubic feet
Adams
116.6
29.4
29.4
34.6
13.7
20.9
52.6
26.6
26.0
Alcorn
42.1
9.6
9.0
.6
9.3
5.1
4.2
23.2
16.2
7.0
Amite
129.8
85.7
85.5
.2
11.3
9.5
1.8
32.8
27.6
5.2
Attala
68.8
22.1
21.0
1.1
22.6
19.0
3.6
24.1
15.2
8.9
Benton
60.4
21.7
21.6
.1
11.8
7.6
4.2
26.9
19.0
7.9
Bolivar
60.1
7.7
7.7
33.0
6.7
26.3
19.4
5.3
14.1
Calhoun
76.2
32.9
32.9
13.5
12.0
1.5
29.8
21.9
7.9
Carroll
67.0
4.0
4.0
23.4
19.3
4.1
39.6
27.2
12.4
Chickasaw
32.4
13.5
13.5
3.0
3.0
15.9
12.4
3.5
Choctaw
59.1
30.6
30.6
12.5
9.7
2.8
16.0
13.3
2.7
Claiborne
129.4
12.8
12.2
.6
49.8
29.8
20.0
66.8
28.7
38.1
Clarke
188.9
126.6
126.3
.3
25.7
20.9
4.8
36.6
27.3
9.3
Clay
73.5
4.4
4.1
3
9.2
7.1
2.1
59.9
44.8
15.1
Coahoma
50.8
1.3
1.3
14.1
2.3
11.8
35.4
5.5
29.9
Copiah
174.6
94.9
94.5
.4
33.5
27.9
5.6
46.2
29.0
17.2
Covington
61.2
15.5
15.5
29.0
21.6
7.4
16.7
10.4
6.3
De Soto
43.2
1.6
1.6
15.8
11.3
4.5
25.8
10.9
14.9
Forrest
82.2
58.1
58.1
16.2
10.4
5.8
7.9
6.0
1.9
Franklin
191.8
134.5
134.5
19.7
15.2
4.5
37.6
23.0
14.6
George
125.3
75.3
71.8
3.5
31.6
16.9
14.7
18.4
9.7
8.7
Greene
141.0
84.5
83.6
.9
27.7
19.6
8.1
28.8
24.0
4.8
Grenada
51.2
16.2
15.8
.4
14.9
14.5
.4
20.1
10.5
9.6
Hancock
74.4
43.6
43.3
.3
27.8
20.3
7.5
3.0
3.0
Harrison
123.4
96.4
96.4
23.0
10.1
12.9
4.0
1.2
2.8
Hinds
82.6
15.2
14.5
.7
25.2
18.9
6.3
42.2
25.0
17.2
Holmes
82.1
21.6
20.8
.8
26.0
18.0
8.0
34.5
24.1
10.4
Humphreys
35.8
6.1
6.1
29.7
24.7
5.0
Issaquena
84.0
3.1
3.1
15.1
5.1
10.0
65.8
24.1
41.7
Itawamba r
76.8
22.0
21.9
.1
22.8
15.5
7.3
32.0
16.8
15.2
Jackson
159.9
90.3
86.3
4.0
55.5
44.9
10.6
14.1
9.8
4.3
Jasper
191.2
113.7
111.9
1.8
41.0
29.7
11.3
36.5
19.8
16.7
Jefferson
165.9
101.3
63.4
37.9
28.7
17.9
10.8
35.9
16.8
19.1
Jefferson Davis
62.4
23.6
23.6
21.5
16.1
5.4
17.3
10.8
6.5
Jones
115.4
64.2
64.2
22.0
11.3
10.7
29.2
22.9
6.3
Kemper
143.9
69.3
68.2
1.1
42.7
39.9
2.8
31.9
20.7
11.2
Lafayette
117.5
38.9
38.8
.1
21.2
17.8
3.4
57.4
45.1
12.3
Lamar
109.9
76.5
76.5
21.5
9.3
12.2
11.9
9.5
2.4
Lauderdale
163.5
91.7
91.7
26.3
21.1
5.2
45.5
30.1
15.4
Lawrence
96.7
43.6
43.6
14.1
12.0
2.1
39.0
26.2
12.8
Leake
95.5
52.4
52.3
.1
15.6
13.5
2.1
27.5
24.8
2.7
Lee
14.4
5.2
5.2
1.5
.7
.8
7.7
4.9
2.8
Leflore
31.0
9.3
9.3
21.7
10.6
11.1
40
Table 2. Growing stock volume by species group and county (Continued)
County
All
species
Softwood
Soft
hardwood
Hard
hardwood
Total
Pine
Other
Total
Gum
Other 1
Total
Oak |
Other 2
Million cubic feet
Lincoln
112.1
54.2
53.8
.4
22.0
12.7
9.3
35.9
23.0
12.9
Lowndes
52.3
11.1
6.2
4.9
15.1
12.3
2.8
26.1
14.7
11.4
Madison
75.5
23.9
22.5
1.4
16.4
13.5
2.9
35.2
20.9
14.3
Marion
128.2
59.6
59.6
25.2
20.1
5.1
43.4
29.6
13.8
Marshall
73.5
12.8
11.3
1.5
29.2
14.1
15.1
31.5
23.6
7.9
Monroe
79.7
20.8
20.8
21.3
18.1
3.2
37.6
26.9
10.7
Montgomery
36.9
14.5
14.5
6.0
5.8
.2
16.4
12.1
4.3
Neshoba
135.4
56.2
56.2
40.6
36.9
3.7
38.6
30.0
8.6
Newton
89.8
37.2
37.2
16.4
13.0
3.4
36.2
26.3
9.9
Noxubee
102.8
52.6
52.3
.3
9.3
9.3
40.9
29.1
11.8
Oktibbeha
58.0
25.7
24.1
1.6
3.1
2.4
.7
29.2
23.8
5.4
Panola
33.7
.7
.7
14.0
10.4
3.6
19.0
11.5
7.5
Pearl River
156.2
91.0
91.0
53.6
24.3
29.3
11.6
9.7
1.9
Perry
152.4
113.4
112.9
.5
22.5
17.0
5.5
16.5
14.5
2.0
Pike
77.7
25.0
25.0
20.5
18.7
1.8
32.2
23.9
8.3
Pontotoc
38.7
14.2
14.2
4.5
4.3
.2
20.0
10.0
10.0
Prentiss
31.8
8.0
7.9
.1
6.9
6.0
.9
16.9
13.4
3.5
Quitman
24.6
1.8
1.8
11.2
8.4
2.8
11.6
5.0
6.6
Rankin
188.0
81.7
78.9
2.8
27.0
25.7
1.3
79.3
57.3
22.0
Scott
140.3
100.7
100.7
14.7
13.5
1.2
24.9
17.6
7.3
Sharkey
49.0
2.5
2.5
9.9
9.6
.3
36.6
23.7
12.9
Simpson
94.7
41.3
41.3
19.3
17.4
1.9
34.1
23.3
10.8
Smith
132.0
81.8
81.8
24.4
20.7
3.7
25.8
20.7
5.1
Stone
100.7
61.6
60.3
1.3
28.7
13.0
15.7
10.4
9.9
.5
Sunflower
8.6
2.6
2.6
.6
.6
5.4
4.7
.7
Tallahatchie
46.6
8.5
4.7
3.8
11.5
11.5
26.6
18.0
8.6
Tate
33.4
.1
.1
14.7
11.9
2.8
18.6
4.7
13.9
Tippah
51.3
14.7
14.7
9.8
7.1
2.7
26.8
19.5
7.3
Tishomingo
79.9
39.2
39.2
17.0
12.1
4.9
23.7
17.4
6.3
Tunica
59.5
2.5
2.5
30.6
3.2
27.4
26.4
4.0
22.4
Union
55.7
19.3
19.3
18.4
12.8
5.6
18.0
11.9
6.1
Walthall
48.8
14.6
12.4
2.2
24.9
18.6
6.3
9.3
7.3
2.0
Warren
153.5
6.3
3.9
2.4
67.9
33.8
34.1
79.3
38.2
41.1
Washington
55.3
.5
.5
27.4
7.8
19.6
27.4
10.3
17.1
Wayne
199.6
134.5
134.5
24.3
17.6
6.7
40.8
31.4
9.4
Webster
42.4
18.8
18.8
5.7
4.6
1.1
17.9
13.1
4.8
Wilkinson
215.5
124.7
116.1
8.6
27.9
23.9
4.0
62.9
25.3
37.6
Winston
154.2
62.8
62.8
33.2
29.1
4.1
58.2
43.5
14.7
Yalobusha
49.0
12.2
11.7
.5
9.2
6.3
2.9
27.6
23.1
4.5
Yazoo
119.8
4.2
1.5
2.7
38.6
28.0
10.6
77.0
37.4
39.6
All counties
7,589.0
3,313.3
3,198.6
114.7
1,752.6
1,216.1
536.5
2,523.1
1,595.7
927.4
1 Includes cottonwood, willow, yellow-poplar, and the like.
2 Includes ash, hickory, sycamore, and the like.
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Table 3. Growing stock volume by diameter group and county
County
All
species
Softwood
Soft hardwood
Hard hardwood
Total
6-12
inches
14 inches
and up
Total
6-12
inches
14 inches
and up
Total
6-12
inches
14 inches
and up
Million cubic feet
Adams
116.6
29.4
6.6
22.8
34.6
10.6
24.0
52.6
17.9
34.7
Alcorn
42.1
9.6
7.7
1.9
9.3
5.2
4.1
23.2
16.7
6.5
Amite
129.8
85.7
43.0
42.7
11.3
8.2
3.1
32.8
19.7
13.1
Attala
68.8
22.1
18.4
3.7
22.6
14.4
8.2
24.1
13.2
10.9
Benton
60.4
21.7
19.0
2.7
11.8
8.1
3.7
26.9
21.4
5.5
Bolivar
60.1
7.7
2.3
5.4
33.0
8.1
24.9
19.4
8.7
10.7
Calhoun
76.2
32.9
29.5
3.4
13.5
6.1
7.4
29.8
14.9
14.9
Carroll
67.0
4.0
3.3
.7
23.4
16.3
7.1
39.6
19.1
20.5
Chickasaw
32.4
13.5
10.0
3.5
3.0
2.4
.6
15.9
11.4
4.5
Choctaw
59.1
30.6
24.4
6.2
12.5
9.3
3.2
16.0
13.9
2.1
Claiborne
129.4
12.8
7.1
5.7
49.8
11.6
38.2
66.8
28.2
38.6
Clarke
188.9
126.6
77.6
49.0
25.7
17.0
8.7
36.6
24.5
12.1
Clay
73.5
4.4
2.9
1.5
9.2
7.3
1.9
59.9
37.1
22.8
Coahoma
50.8
1.3
1.3
14.1
6.1
8.0
35.4
15.1
20.3
Copiah
174.6
94.9
34.2
60.7
33.5
19.5
14.0
46.2
22.8
23.4
Covington
61.2
15.5
7.5
8.0
29.0
14.3
14.7
16.7
7.7
9.0
De Soto
43.2
1.6
.6
1.0
15.8
9.3
6.5
25.8
12.2
13.6
Forrest
82.2
58.1
43.3
14.8
16.2
10.3
5.9
7.9
3.8
4.1
Franklin
191.8
134.5
63.0
71.5
19.7
13.3
6.4
37.6
18.6
19.0
George
125.3
75.3
43.9
31.4
31.6
20.6
11.0
18.4
10.7
7.7
Greene
141.0
84.5
47.6
36.9
27.7
15.1
12.6
28.8
18.4
10.4
Grenada
51.2
16.2
10.2
6.0
14.9
6.9
8.0
20.1
11.3
8.8
Hancock
74.4
43.6
32.9
10.7
27.8
21.4
6.4
3.0
2.1
.9
Harrison
123.4
96.4
74.4
22.0
23.0
13.5
9.5
4.0
3.2
.8
Hinds
82.6
15.2
9.8
5.4
25.2
12.7
12.5
42.2
22.9
19.3
Holmes
82.1
21.6
16.3
5.3
26.0
9.5
16.5
34.5
13.7
20.8
Humphreys
35.8
6.1
3.6
2.5
29.7
9.3
20.4
Issaquena
84.0
3.1
.3
2.8
15.1
1.6
13.5
65.8
21.0
44.8
Itawamba
76.8
22.0
20.2
1.8
22.8
12.5
10.3
32.0
18.8
13.2
Jackson
159.9
90.3
63.2
27.1
55.5
19.3
36.2
14.1
4.7
9.4
Jasper
191.2
113.7
55.0
58.7
41.0
19.4
21.6
36.5
19.3
17.2
Jefferson
165.9
101.3
32.0
69.3
28.7
11.2
17.5
35.9
17.4
18.5
Jefferson Davis
62.4
23.6
14.9
8.7
21.5
17.5
4.0
17.3
8.9
8.4
Jones
115.4
64.2
38.8
25.4
22.0
17.7
4.3
29.2
17.5
11.7
Kemper
143.9
69.3
44.0
25.3
42.7
37.4
5.3
31.9
21.4
10.5
Lafayette
117.5
38.9
26.0
12.9
21.2
11.5
9.7
57.4
20.3
37.1
Lamar
109.9
76.5
50.1
26.4
21.5
11.9
9.6
11.9
8.1
3.8
Lauderdale
163.5
91.7
69.9
21.8
26.3
20.2
6.1
45.5
33.1
12.4
Lawrence
96.7
43.6
31.2
12.4
14.1
7.7
6.4
39.0
21.3
17.7
Leake
95.5
52.4
40.9
11.5
15.6
12.1
3.5
27.5
19.0
8.5
Lee
14.4
5.2
1.7
3.5
1.5
.8
.7
7.7
3.8
3.9
Leflore
31.0
9.3
4.0
5.3
21.7
8.3
13.4
42
Table 3. Growing stock volume by diameter group and county (Continued)
County
All
species
Softwood
Soft hardwood
Hard hardwood
Total
6-12
inches
14 inches
and up
Total
6-12
inches
14 inches
and up
Total
6-12
inches
14 inches
and up
Million cubic jeet
Lincoln
112.1
54.2
24.5
29.7
22.0
11.3
10.7
35.9
17.2
18.7
Lowndes
52.3
11.1
5.0
6.1
15.1
10.7
4.4
26.1
18.8
7.3
Madison
75.5
23.9
10.7
13.2
16.4
7.9
8.5
35.2
19.0
16.2
Marion
128.2
59.6
31.3
28.3
25.2
13.6
11.6
43.4
24.8
18.6
Marshall
73.5
12.8
7.0
5.8
29.2
15.9
13.3
31.5
11.0
20.5
Monroe
79.7
20.8
9.0
11.8
21.3
16.3
5.0
37.6
26.5
11.1
Montgomery
36.9
14.5
9.8
4.7
6.0
5.6
.4
16.4
8.6
7.8
Neshoba
135.4
56.2
38.0
18.2
40.6
27.5
13.1
38.6
22.3
16.3
Newton
89.8
37.2
30.8
6.4
16.4
11.3
5.1
36.2
16.5
19.7
Noxubee
102.8
52.6
30.2
22.4
9.3
8.0
1.3
40.9
28.2
12.7
Oktibbeha
58.0
25.7
11.1
14.6
3.1
2.7
.4
29.2
21.6
7.6
Panola
33.7
.7
.7
14.0
7.4
6.6
19.0
8.1
10.9
Pearl River
156.2
91.0
57.1
33.9
53.6
30.5
23.1
11.6
6.4
5.2
Perry
152.4
113.4
70.6
42.8
22.5
16.3
6.2
16.5
9.9
6.6
Pike
77.7
25.0
18.4
6.6
20.5
9.7
10.8
32.2
12.9
19.3
Pontotoc
38.7
14.2
12.2
2.0
4.5
2.8
1.7
20.0
15.4
4.6
Prentiss
31.8
8.0
7.8
.2
6.9
5.1
1.8
16.9
12.2
4.7
Quitman
24.6
1.8
1.8
11.2
2.6
8.6
11.6
6.8
4.8
Rankin
188.0
81.7
49.8
31.9
27.0
18.3
8.7
79.3
40.8
38.5
Scott
140.3
100.7
61.4
39.3
14.7
8.5
6.2
24.9
17.5
7.4
Sharkey
49.0
2.5
2.5
9.9
1.9
8.0
36.6
9.3
27.3
Simpson
94.7
41.3
19.9
21.4
19.3
14.5
4.8
34.1
23.8
10.3
Smith
132.0
81.8
59.7
22.1
24.4
19.6
4.8
25.8
18.9
6.9
Stone
100.7
61.6
36.5
25.1
28.7
19.8
8.9
10.4
6.8
3.6
Sunflower
8.6
2.6
.7
1.9
.6
.6
5.4
4.2
1.2
Tallahatchie
46.6
8.5
6.9
1.6
11.5
4.1
7.4
26.6
9.0
17.6
Tate
33.4
.1
.1
14.7
6.4
8.3
18.6
13.1
5.5
Tippah
51,3
14.7
14.1
.6
9.8
6.3
3.5
26.8
16.2
10.6
Tishomingo
79.9
39.2
30.4
8.8
17.0
8.2
8.8
23.7
14.5
9.2
Tunica
59.5
2.5
.2
2.3
30.6
5.9
24.7
26.4
8.4
18.0
Union
55.7
19.3
16.2
3.1
18.4
12.3
6.1
18.0
9.2
8.8
Walthall
48.8
14.6
8.2
6.4
24.9
13.6
11.3
9.3
6.4
2.9
Warren
153.5
6.3
1.8
4.5
67.9
20.3
47.6
79.3
25.2
54.1
Washington
55.3
.5
.5
27.4
7.4
20.0
27.4
9.7
17.7
Wayne
199.6
134.5
85.7
48.8
24.3
18.1
6.2
40.8
29.8
11.0
Webster
42.4
18.8
16.6
2.2
5.7
4.4
1.3
17.9
14.0
3.9
Wilkinson
215.5
124.7
52.2
72.5
27.9
15.9
12.0
62.9
24.0
38.9
Winston
154.2
62.8
41.5
21.3
33.2
16.6
16.6
58.2
35.9
22.3
Yalobusha
49.0
12.2
7.7
4.5
9.2
7.0
2.2
27.6
17.0
10.6
Yazoo
119.8
4.2
1.6
2.6
38.6
14.3
24.3
77.0
25.4
51.6
Total
7,589.0
3,313.3
2,009.1
1,304.2
1,752.6
954.1
798.5
2,523.1
1,326.7
1,196.4
43
Table 4. Sawtimber volume by species group and county
County
All
species
Softwood
Soft
hardwood
Hard
hardwood
Total
Pine
Other
Total
Gum
Other 1
Total
Oak
Other :
Adams
493.2
155.2
155.2
141.7
47.4
94.3
196.3
106.6
89.7
Alcorn
102.5
21.1
17.2
3.9
31.0
15.0
16.0
50.4
36.1
14.3
Amite
501.8
394.6
394.6
23 0
19.0
4.0
84.2
70.9
13.3
Attala
160.3
50.9
45.2
5.7
43.7
34.8
8.9
65.7
44.5
21.2
Benton
147.3
78.0
78.0
24.6
13.8
10.8
44.7
38.9
5.8
Bolivar
240.7
39.7
39.7
143.3
28.3
115.0
57.7
17.4
40.3
Calhoun
234.6
92.1
92.1
48.7
39.6
9.1
93.8
71.7
22.1
Carroll
176.8
7.5
7.5
44.7
37.8
6.9
124.6
84.0
40.6
Chickasaw
72.1
44.3
44 3
2.9
2.9
24.9
19.8
5.1
Choctaw
140.7
91.7
91.7
28.1
16.7
11.4
20.9
18.0
2.9
Claiborne
501.8
56.6
53.8
2.8
220.3
121.8
98.5
224.9
111.6
113.3
Clarke
735.9
597.5
596.0
1.5
65.5
50.3
15.2
72.9
46.0
26.9
Clay
192.5
19.6
18.0
1.6
15.7
15.7
157.2
116.9
40.3
Coahoma
173.6
6.5
6.5
49.0
3.4
45.6
118.1
13.9
104.2
Copiah
701.7
480.2
479.4
.8
86.7
68.6
18.1
134.8
92.8
42.0
Covington
201.3
63.7
63.7
85.5
57.5
28.0
52.1
28.8
23.3
De Soto
130.3
5.6
5.6
41.8
32.8
9.0
82.9
36.1
46.8
Forrest
280.2
221.1
221.1
37.4
22.7
14.7
21.7
18.6
3.1
Franklin
768.7
606.4
606 4
45.9
25.6
20.3
116.4
67.4
49.0
George
430.2
299.2
281.4
17.8
87.9
37.0
50.9
43.1
18.4
24.7
Greene
545.7
377.1
372.5
4 6
89.3
73.1
16.2
79.3
65.6
13.7
Grenada
154.2
51.3
51.3
52.0
52.0
50.9
28.2
22.7
Hancock
220.8
166.4
166.4
49.6
33.3
16.3
4.8
4.8
Harrison
422.1
352.5
352.5
63.8
22.8
41.0
5.8
2.9
2.9
Hinds
258.3
63.4
61.4
2.0
78.0
56.4
21.6
116.9
78.3
38.6
Holmes
275.6
78.2
75.5
2.7
90.1
62.1
28.0
107.3
78.6
28.7
Humphreys
110.6
16.2
16.2
94.4
76.6
17.8
Issaquena
308.5
16.2
16.2
69.5
22.7
46.8
222.8
82.1
140.7
Itawamba
192.3
40.3
39.9
.4
77.6
53.7
23.9
74.4
31.3
43.1
Jackson
623.5
349.8
325.7
24.1
218.8
174.0
44.8
54.9
40.3
14.6
Jasper
755.5
512.2
501.9
10.3
147.0
93.0
54.0
96.3
48.3
48.0
Jefferson
717.7
521.2
310.6
210.6
102.0
54.6
47.4
94.5
41.3
53.2
Jefferson Davis
177.3
79.3
79.3
48.4
35.5
12.9
49.6
26.5
23.1
Jones
367.2
260.6
260.6
33.6
28.3
5.3
73.0
52.9
20.1
Kemper
380.2
255.6
255.6
58.7
56.4
2.3
65.9
38.7
27.2
Lafayette
430.5
162.8
162.8
61.7
55.1
6.6
206.0
160.1
45.9
Lamar
388.8
318.4
318.4
52.4
19.5
32.9
18.0
11.3
6.7
Lauderdale
454.2
323.7
323.7
49.0
40.2
8.8
81.5
49.1
32.4
Lawrence
295.9
144.4
144.4
34.8
30.0
4.8
116.7
61.4
55.3
Leake
234.8
155.3
155.3
33.6
29.7
3.9
45.9
40.3
5.6
Lee
51.5
24.3
24.3
3.0
1.7
1.3
24.2
16.9
7.3
Leflore
80.0
21.3
21.3
58.7
27.5
31.2
Lincoln
418.5
245.8
244.3
1.5
70.0
39.1
30.9
102.7
58.9
43.8
Lowndes
128.5
47.6
24.7
22.9
31.4
25.4
6.0
49.5
25.0
24.5
44
Table 4. Sawtimber volume by species group and county (Continued)
County
All
species
Softwood
Soft
hardwood
Hard
hardwood
Total
Pine [
Other
Total
Gum
Other 1
Total |
Oak
Other 2
Million board feet
Madison
268.5
112.9
107.1
5.8
51.7
45.4
6.3
103.9
69.8
34.1
Marion
474.7
271.2
271.2
86.7
67.4
19.3
116.8
78.9
37.9
Marshall
257.2
49.1
43.8
5.3
88.2
47.1
41.1
119.9
98.4
21.5
Monroe
185.8
85.3
85.3
29.1
27.1
2.0
71.4
48.5
22.9
Montgomery
96.4
48.5
48.5
4.1
4.1
43.8
29.1
14.7
Neshoba
471.2
220.2
220.2
120.5
113.5
7.0
130.5
103.3
27.2
Newton
245.7
100.2
100.2
44.4
33.2
11.2
101.1
69.7
31.4
Noxubee
342.7
233.0
231.5
1.5
9.3
9.3
100.4
69.2
31.2
Oktibbeha
162.0
117.0
111.8
5.2
2.5
2.5
42.5
34.1
8.4
Panola
89.5
1.0
1.0
31.9
24.7
7.2
56.6
36.4
20.2
Pearl River
556.2
412.6
412.6
117.9
43.0
74.9
25.7
20.6
5.1
Perry
565.6
482.7
479.9
2.8
43.3
38.5
4.8
39.6
32.6
7.0
Pike
242.6
86.4
86.4
56.2
50.3
5.9
100.0
69.4
30.6
Pontotoc
101.3
53.8
53.8
6.9
6.9
40.6
20.8
19.8
Prentiss
53.6
11.7
11.7
10.4
8.8
1.6
31.5
26.6
4.9
Quitman
77.4
11.5
11.5
36.2
25.6
10.6
29.7
10.4
19.3
Rankin
597.7
314.2
297.1
17.1
51.1
49.1
2.0
232.4
160.2
72.2
Scott
471.4
369.8
369.8
49.2
49.2
52.4
38.1
14.3
Sharkey
167.8
11.7
11.7
33.9
33.9
122.2
86.1
36.1
Simpson
312.1
182.5
182.5
51.0
48.9
2.1
78.6
59.7
18.9
Smith
347.7
270.4
270.4
33.9
29.9
4.0
43.4
34.1
9.3
Stone
360.6
265.9
261.3
4.6
71.7
30.3
41.4
23.0
22.1
.9
Sunflower
26.1
15.1
15.1
2.2
2.2
8.8
8.8
Tallahatchie
145.7
28.7
18.3
10.4
38.1
38.1
78.9
49.6
29.3
Tate
80.3
48.4
34.7
13.7
31.9
4.7
27.2
Tippah
105.9
27.4
27.4
23.6
19.0
4.6
54.9
42.1
12.8
Tishomingo
263.1
138.5
138.5 '
54.8
43.2
11.6
69.8
52.4
17.4
Tunica
252.5
14.3
14.3
145.4
10.0
135.4
92.8
7.2
85.6
Union
145.4
57.3
57.3
42.0
24.2
17.8
46.1
33.7
12.4
Walthall
156.3
72.1
58.2
13.9
68.7
56.5
12.2
15.5
11.4
4.1
Warren
597.3
30.7
24.4
6.3
286.6
125.9
160.7
280.0
136.3
143.7
Washington
206.8
2.5
2.5
109.5
30.1
79.4
94.8
38.4
56.4
Wayne
732.5
598.2
598.2
59.5
44.9
14.6
74.8
53.5
21.3
Webster
99.3
63.1
63.1
8.8
1.-8
7.0
27.4
25.2
2.2
Wilkinson
869.1
588.1
545.2
42.9
78.5
68.4
10.1
202.5
84.6
117.9
Winston
524.2
261.3
261.3
111.1
90.7
20.4
151.8
119.1
32.7
Yalobusha
107.1
32.9
31.9
1.0
10.0
8.2
1.8
64.2
54.4
9.8
Yazoo
409.0
17.7
6.7
11.0
116.3
84.3
32.0
275.0
129.8
145.2
All counties
25,546.7
13,537.4
12,972.3
565.1
5,052.8
3,253.0
1,799.8
6,956.5
4,274.6
2,681.9
1 Includes cottonwood, willow, yellow-poplar, and the like.
2 Includes ash, hickory, sycamore, and the like.
45
Table 5. Sawtimber volume by diameter group and county
County
All
species
Softwood
Soft hardwood
Hard hardwood
Total
10-14
inches
16 inches
and up
Total
12-14
inches
16 inches
and up
Total
12-14
inches
16 inches
and up
Million board feet
Adams
493.2
155.2
45.7
109.5
141.7
20.6
121.1
196.3
63.2
133.1
Alcorn
102.5
21.1
17.2
3.9
31.0
20.8
10.2
50.4
30.7
19.7
Amite
501.8
394.6
190.6
204.0
23.0
17.6
5.4
84.2
35.8
48.4
Attala
160.3
50.9
40.1
10.8
43.7
20.9
22.8
65.7
38.7
27.0
Benton
147.3
78.0
78.0
24.6
13.1
11.5
44.7
31.9
12.8
Bolivar
240.7
39.7
12.5
27.2
143.3
23.1
120.2
57.7
11.8
45.9
Calhoun
234.6
92.1
83.8
8.3
48.7
30.5
18.2
93.8
35.4
58.4
Carroll
176.8
7.5
5.2
2.3
44.7
31.6
13.1
124.6
51.9
72.7
Chickasaw
72.1
44.3
26.5
17.8
2.9
1.1
1.8
24.9
13.8
11.1
Choctaw
140.7
91.7
65.5
26.2
28.1
23.3
4.8
20.9
17.1
3.8
Claiborne
501.8
56.6
23.6
33.0
220.3
60.6
159.7
224.9
101.6
123.3
Clarke
735.9
597.5
382.2
215.3
65.5
42.2
23.3
72.9
36.1
36.8
Clay
192.5
19.6
16.3
3.3
15.7
8.0
7.7
157.2
93.4
63.8
Coahoma
173.6
6.5
2.2
4.3
49.0
22.3
26.7
118.1
36.8
81.3
Copiah
701.7
480.2
129.6
350.6
86.7
41.9
44.8
134.8
46.4
88.4
Covington
201.3
63.7
32.6
31.1
85.5
38.8
46.7
52.1
25.2
26.9
De Soto
130.3
5.6
2.5
3.1
41.8
17.3
24.5
82.9
35.2
47.7
Forrest
280.2
221.1
159.6
61.5
37.4
22.7
14.7
21.7
12.0
9.7
Franklin
768.7
606.4
307.8
298.6
45.9
15.6
30.3
116.4
54.6
61.8
George
430.2
299.2
202.3
96.9
87.9
42.8
45.1
43.1
18.4
24.7
Greene
545.7
377.1
252.9
124.2
89.3
50.3
39.0
79.3
38.4
40.9
Grenada
154.2
51.3
30.4
20.9
52.0
29.8
22.2
50.9
18.3
32.6
Hancock
220.8
166.4
125.6
40.8
49.6
36.6
13.0
4.8
4.8
Harrison
422.1
352.5
274.0
78.5
63.8
31.0
32.8
5.8
4.1
1.7
Hinds
258.3
63.4
39.3
24.1
78.0
48.7
29.3
116.9
48.6
68.3
Holmes
275.6
78.2
64.0
14.2
90.1
20.3
69.8
107.3
49.3
58.0
Humphreys
110.6
...
16.2
5.0
11.2
94.4
24.1
70.3
Issaquena
308.5
16.2
1.3
14.9
69.5
6.7
62.8
222.8
45.7
177.1
Itawamba
192.3
40.3
36.5
3.8
77.6
34.1
43.5
74.4
37.2
37.2
Jackson
623.5
349.8
274.6
75.2
218.8
67.4
151.4
54.9
18.4
36.5
Jasper
755.5
512.2
280.4
231.8
147.0
57.7
89.3
96.3
44.4
51.9
Jefferson
717.7
521.2
212.8
308.4
102.0
40.4
61.6
94.5
25.2
69.3
Jefferson Davis
177.3
79.3
48.4
30.9
48.4
35.9
12.5
49.6
24.6
25.0
Jones
367.2
260.6
156.1
104.5
33.6
29.6
4.0
73.0
47.7
25.3
Kemper
380.2
255.6
160.5
95.1
58.7
47.3
11.4
65.9
35.4
30.5
Lafayette
430.5
162.8
125.0
37.8
61.7
25.2
36.5
206.0
65.1
140.9
Lamar
388.8
318.4
235.4
83.0
52.4
30.2
22.2
18.0
7.2
10.8
Lauderdale
454.2
323.7
274.4
49.3
49.0
34.2
14.8
81.5
54.9
26.6
Lawrence
295.9
144.4
102.8
41.6
34.8
26.0
8.8
116.7
44.4
72.3
Leake
234.8
155.3
99.5
55.8
33.6
27.6
6.0
45.9
19.4
26.5
Lee
51.5
24.3
7.5
16.8
3.0
3.0
24.2
11.8
12.4
Leflore
80.0
21.3
3.3
18.0
58.7
15.3
43.4
46
Table 5. Sawtimber volume by diameter group and county (Continued)
County
All
species
Softwood
Soft hardwood
Hard hardwood
Total
10-14
inches
16 inches
and up
Total
12-14
inches
16 inches
and up
Total
12-14
inches
16 inches
and up
Million board jeet
Lincoln
418.5
245.8
115.8
130.0
70.0
45.0
25.0
102.7
42.2
60.5
Lowndes
128.5
47.6
21.8
25.8
31.4
19.4
12.0
49.5
29.4
20.1
Madison
268.5
112.9
69.0
43.9
51.7
11.0
40.7
103.9
52.1
51.8
Marion
474.7
271.2
170.6
100.6
86.7
50.4
36.3
116.8
48.1
68.7
Marshall
257.2
49.1
31.3
17.8
88.2
41.6
46.6
119.9
49.1
70.8
Monroe
185.8
85.3
36.2
49.1
29.1
21.9
7.2
71.4
48.2
23.2
Montgomery
96.4
48.5
27.7
20.8
4.1
4.1
43.8
25.4
18.4
Neshoba
471.2
220.2
184.4
35.8
120.5
83.9
36.6
130.5
66.6
63.9
Newton
245.7
100.2
81.0
19.2
44.4
29.5
14.9
101.1
36.2
64.9
Noxubee
342.7
233.0
155.3
77.7
9.3
9.3
100.4
60.6
39.8
Oktibbeha
162.0
117.0
64.4
52.6
2.5
2.5
42.5
15.2
27.3
Panola
89.5
1.0
1.0
31.9
10.8
21.1
56.6
21.5
35.1
Pearl River
556.2
412.6
341.0
71.6
117.9
60.2
57.7
25.7
6.0
19.7
Perry
565.6
482.7
286.9
195.8
43.3
30.4
12.9
39.6
24.3
15.3
Pike
242.6
86.4
56.8
29.6
56.2
14.8
41.4
100.0
37.4
62.6
Pontotoc
101.3
53.8
48.4
5.4
6.9
6.9
40.6
24.3
16.3
Prentiss
53.6
11.7
10.8
.9
10.4
10.4
31.5
17.6
13.9
Quitman
77.4
11.5
11.5
36.2
11.3
24.9
29.7
13.3
16.4
Rankin
597.7
314.2
191.7
122.5
51.1
17.0
34.1
232.4
103.1
129.3
Scott
471.4
369.8
217.6
152.2
49.2
39.7
9.5
52.4
34.2
18.2
Sharkey
167.8
11.7
11.7
33.9
11.3
22.6
122.2
24.2
98.0
Simpson
312.1
182.5
108.9
73.6
51.0
35.1
15.9
78.6
53.1
25.5
Smith
347.7
270.4
182.5
87.9
33.9
20.2
13.7
43.4
22.8
20.6
Stone
360.6
265.9
173.5
92.4
71.7
48.6
23.1
23.0
11.9
11.1
Sunflower
26.1
15.1
2.3
12.8
2.2
2.2
8.8
4.8
4.0
Tallahatchie
145.7
28.7
25.7
3.0
38.1
20.3
17.8
78.9
16.9
62.0
Tate
80.3
48.4
22.8
25.6
31.9
18.5
13.4
Tippah
105.9
27.4
27.4
23.6
5.1
18.5
54.9
28.3
26.6
Tishomingo
263.1
138.5
102.7
35.8
54.8
31.4
23.4
69.8
37.8
32.0
Tunica
252.5
14.3
3.7
10.6
145.4
39.7
105.7
92.8
18.7
74.1
Union
145.4
57.3
57.3
42.0
31.2
10.8
46.1
23.8
22.3
Walthall
156.3
72.1
38.5
33.6
68.7
47.4
21.3
15.5
5.4
10.1
Warren
597.3
30.7
4.3
26.4
286.6
76.6
210.0
280.0
79.2
200.8
Washington
206.8
2.5
.9
1.6
109.5
26.0
83.5
94.8
19.7
75.1
Wayne
732.5
598.2
420.0
178.2
59.5
40.6
18.9
74.8
42.7
32.1
Webster
99.3
63.1
52.0
11.1
8.8
4.1
4.7
27.4
15.2
12.2
Wilkinson
869.1
588.1
264.3
323.8
78.5
38.6
39.9
202.5
53.4
149.1
Winston
524.2
261.3
181.3
80.0
111.1
48.9
62.2
151.8
87.4
64.4
Yalobusha
107.1
32.9
14.9
18.0
10.0
6.5
3.5
64.2
36.3
27.9
Yazoo
409.0
17.7
5.3
12.4
116.3
31.4
84.9
275.0
66.6,
208,4.
Total 25,546.7
13,537.4
8,402.4
5,135.0
5,052.8
2,300.8
2,752.0
6,956.5
2,895.8
4,060.7
47
Table 6. Land area and commercial forest by county
County
All land
Adams
Thousand
acres
286.7
Alcorn
259.2
Amite
466.6
Attala
463.4
Benton
263.7
Bolivar
586.9
Calhoun
369.2
Carroll
408.3
Chickasaw
323.8
Choctaw
266.9
Claiborne
311.0
Clarke
446.1
Clay
265.0
Coahoma
364.8
Copiah
499.9
Covington
266.2
De Soto
283.5
Forrest
300.2
Franklin
363.5
George
307.8
Greene
465.9
Grenada
251.0
Hancock
310.4
Harrison
374.4
Hinds
561.3
Holmes
489.0
Humphreys
262.4
Issaquena
265.6
Itawamba
346.2
Jackson
476.2
Jasper
437.1
Jefferson
332.8
Jefferson Davis
265.0
Jones
451.8
Kemper
484.5
Lafayette
387.8
Lamar
320.0
Lauderdale
461.4
Lawrence
277.1
Leake
375.0
Lee
291.2
Leflore
376.3
Commercial forest
Thousand
acres
Percent
216.8
75.6
134.3
51.8
304.2
65.2
276.4
59.6
174.7
66.2
107.7
18.4
209.1
56.6
213.5
52.3
150.4
46.4
185.6
69.5
223.5
71.9
332.5
74.5
121.0
45.7
94.1
25.8
338.4
67.7
149.1
56.0
74.7
26.3
210.4
70.1
288.2
79.3
251.5
81.7
390.4
83.8
165.8
66.1
249.3
80.3
285.4
76.2
241.9
43.1
222.9
45.6
101.0
38.5
160.7
60.5
226.7
65.5
380.2
79.8
288.1
65.9
231.4
69.5
145.2
54.8
300.5
66.5
332.3
68.6
236.3
60.9
248.3
77.6
329.9
71.5
192.0
69.3
224.4
59.8
88.4
30.4
94.3
25.1
County
All land
Commercial forest
Thousand
Thousand
acres
acres
Percent
Lincoln
375.0
234.4
62.5
Lowndes
325.1
144.4
44.4
Madison
480.6
197.6
41.1
Marion
352.0
239.4
68.0
Marshall
443.6
184.7
41.6
Monroe
492.2
264.7
53.8
Montgomery
257.9
154.0
59.7
Neshoba
363.5
199.6
54.9
Newton
371.2
226.1
60.9
Noxubee
444.8
214.4
48.2
Oktibbeha
290.6
150.8
51.9
Panola
436.5
135.3
31.0
Pearl River
530.0
348.7
65.8
Perry
417.9
327.6
78.4
Pike
262.4
142.0
54.1
Pontotoc
320.6
143.1
44.6
Prentiss
267.5
137.0
51.2
Quitman
263.7
64.3
24.4
Rankin
512.0
359.9
70.3
Scott
393.6
253.8
64.5
Sharkey
279.0
132.1
47.3
Simpson
375.7
252.8
67.3
Smith
410.9
258.0
62.8
Stone
286.7
247.2
86.2
Sunflower
443.5
49.3
11.1
Tallahatchie
412.2
150.7
36.6
Tate
245.1
68.7
28.0
Tippah
297 0
162.4
54.7
Tishomingo
288.6
195.2
67.6
Tunica
293.1
91.4
31.2
Union
270.1
122.5
45.4
Walthall
257.9
133.6
51.8
Warren
362.2
233.2
64.4
Washington
465.9
108.3
23.2
Wayne
529.3
434.6
82.1
Webster
266.2
176.5
66.3
Wilkinson
432.0
328.3
76.0
Winston
387.8
244.2
63.0
Yalobusha
282.9
184.2
65.1
Yazoo
600.4
307.1
51.1
All counties
30,152.3
17,193.6
57.0
48
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