Forest Inventory and Analysis - Southern Research Station

State Inventory Data Status

South Carolina

Tables and inventory summaries for current and previous FIA surveys and analytical reports are listed below. Tables are provided for each report year and can be downloaded as a pdf file (requires Adobe reader) or as Excel spreadsheets. The tables differ among report years. Beginning with the 2006 report year, a standard set (1-35) of tables was provided to assist in change analysis. Definitions for terms used in the reports and tables are provided in the SRS-FIA Standard Glossary. Electronic copies of the reports are available at www.srs.fs.fed.us/pubs/ or hardcopies can be obtained by phoning SRS Science Delivery Group (828-257-4830) or sending an email to pubrequest@fs.fed.us.

Report year

Annual Inventory- Moving Average Tables

Under FIA’s annual inventory system, 20 percent (one panel) of the sample plots, spatially distributed across the state, are remeasured each year. Thus, a complete remeasurement of all of South Carolina’s sample plots is accomplished every 5 years. Data from the most recent panel of plots (2010), combined with plot data from the previous four panels (2006-2009), provides an update of forest resource estimates averaged over the past five years. This “moving average” approach allows for identification and tracking of changes to the resource occurring annually.

Data Requests: All data requests are to be made through Spatial Data Services

SRS FIA Analyst: Roger C. Conner
phone:(865)862-2031
E-mail:rconner01@fs.fed.us

Most current complete survey data.

FIA Data and Tools

Publications for South Carolina:

Conner, Roger C.; Adams, Tim O.; Johnson, Tony G.; Oswalt, Sonja N. 2009. South Carolina’s forests, 2006. Resour. Bull. SRS-158. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 57 p.

Conner, Roger C.; Adams, Tim O.; Johnson, Tony G. 2009. Assessing the potential for biomass energy development in South Carolina. Res. Pap. SRS-46. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 19 p.

Conner, R.C. 2003. South Carolina's forests. South Carolina Forestry. November 2003(21–23).

Conner, Roger C. 1998. South Carolina's forests, 1993. Resour. Bull. SRS–25. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 78 p.

Conner, Roger C.; Adams, T.; Butler, B. [and others]. 2004. The State of South Carolina’s forests, 2001. Resour. Bull. SRS–96. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 67 p.

Conner, Roger C.; Sheffield, Raymond M. 2001. South Carolina's forest resources—2000 update. Resour. Bull. SRS–65. Asheville, NC: U.S, Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 31 p.

Johnson, T.G.; Harper, R.A.; Bozzo, M.J. 2004. South Carolina's timber industry—an assessment of timber product output and use, 2001. Resour. Bull. SRS–89. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 33 p.

Johnson, Tony G.; Bischoff, Peter S. 1999. South Carolina's timber industry–an assessment of timber product output and use, 1997. Resour. Bull. SRS–46. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 32 p.

Johnson, Tony G.; Harper, Richard A.; Bozzo, Michael J. 2002. South Carolina's timber industry—an assessment of timber product output and use, 1999. Resour. Bull. SRS–70. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 34 p.

Oswalt, Sonja N. 2005. Forest resources of South Carolina’s national forests, 2001. Resour. Bull. SRS–98. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 35 p.