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Smith County Forestry Profile

Acreage

Total Acres in the County: 413,000
Acres of Forest: 324,500
Percent of Forest: 78.6

Forest Type	Acres (Thousands)	Percent
Pine	194.3	59.9
Hardwood	87.9	27.1
Pine/Hardwood	36.2	11.2

Forest Ownership Profile

Owner	Acres (Thousands)	Percent
Government	72	22.2
Private	253	77.8

Value of Harvested Timber in County by Year(in Millions)

Year	Standing*	Delivered**	Rank***
2008	14.87	24.51

*Standing is the value of harvested timber as it stands uncut in the forest. Also, the value the landowner would get for his timber.
**Delivered is the value of logs delivered to the first point of processing, such as a pulpwood yard or sawmill gate.
***Rank among other agricultural crops produced in the county that year.

Harvested Timber Volumes

	Sawlogs, MBF, Doyle		Pulpwood, Cords
Year	Pine	Hardwood	Pine	Hardwood
2008	30,135	11,001	74,371	18,121