US timber
forest data
& a price calculator
There is no single US private-market timber price, and the commercial series that track it (TimberMart-South, state and university reports) are licence-restricted, so we do not republish them. What we can show is federal, public-domain data: forest inventory from the USDA Forest Service (FIA) by state and species, a federal timber-sale price reference from national forests and BLM lands (with the Forest Service's own caveat), a glossary and a calculator you fill in with your own price.
Net growth vs removals
US forests grow more wood than is removed each year: net annual growth of growing stock (about 25 billion cu ft) runs well above removals (about 13 billion), a ratio near 1.9. Billion cubic feet per year. Source: Forest Resources of the United States, 2017 (USDA Forest Service).
Standing live volume by state
Standing live volume (billion cu ft) for the 19 states with recent FIA estimates on this site; other states are shown dimmed. Note: the map shows physical volume, not price. Volume = sound total-stem volume of live trees at least 5 in in diameter on forest land. Source: USDA Forest Service FIA. Boundaries: US Census Bureau (public domain).
Standing live volume by state
Standing live volume (billion cu ft) for the 19 states covered, largest first. Oregon leads with about 140.9 billion cu ft. Click a state for its FIA forest profile and pricing context. Source: USDA Forest Service FIA.
Tools & references
Public-domain prices the government got for timber sold from national forests and BLM lands — a broad indicator, with the Forest Service's caveat that these are not reliable unit values.
Enter your own stumpage or delivered price, a quantity and a log rule. We supply no price — the result is entirely your figures.
Stumpage vs delivered, MBF and board foot, Doyle / Scribner / International 1/4, cord, sawtimber, pulpwood, chip-n-saw and FIA terms.
The US South, Pacific Northwest, Appalachia & Central, Northeast and Lake States — the timber-growing regions and their leading species.
Why there's no single US timber price
Ask "what is timber worth?" in the United States and there is no one answer. A price depends on the species and product (pine sawtimber, hardwood veneer, pulpwood, chip-n-saw), on stumpage vs delivered, on the log rule used (Doyle, Scribner or International 1/4 give different board-foot yields for the same log), and on the region, stand quality and contract.
The commercial benchmarks that track this — TimberMart-South and various state and university stumpage reports — are subscription or licence-restricted, so we do not reproduce them. What we can share freely is the federal forest inventory: the USDA Forest Service's Forest Inventory & Analysis (FIA) measures how much forest exists, how much wood it holds, and how fast it grows and is removed.
Across the country there are about 766 million acres of forest land, of which roughly 514 million acres (67%) is timberland. Growth outpaces removals nationally by nearly 1.9 to one. Use the state pages for the inventory detail, and the calculator to turn your own price into an estimate.
There is one public price reference we can show: what the government received for timber sold from national forests and BLM lands. In FY2025 H1, national-forest sawtimber sold for about $37.42/CCF ($69.97/MBF), and all convertible products for about $49.88/MBF in FY2024. These are public-domain federal figures — but the Forest Service warns they are not reliable unit values, so treat them as broad indicators only. See the federal timber prices page.
About US timber data
What is the US timber price?
There is no single US private-market timber price, and we do not republish the licence-restricted commercial series (TimberMart-South, state and university reports). Prices vary by species, product, log rule, region and contract. We do show one public reference — the prices the government got for timber sold from national forests and BLM lands (public domain) — on the federal timber prices page, with the Forest Service's caveat that these are not reliable unit values. For the private market, use the calculator with a price you obtain yourself.
Why don't you show prices?
Current US timber price series are copyrighted or subscription-based and cannot be republished. Federal FIA inventory data is public domain, so that is what we share — area, volume, growth and removals — which is inventory, not price.
What is FIA?
Forest Inventory & Analysis, the USDA Forest Service's continuous national forest census. It measures forest land and timberland area, standing live volume, net growth, removals and mortality, and species — the data behind the map and state pages.
What does the calculator do?
It multiplies a price you enter by a quantity you enter. You choose the species/product, whether your price is in $/MBF or $/ton, the quantity and the log rule. The result depends entirely on your figures; we provide no price.
What is "volume" here?
Sound total-stem volume of live trees at least 5 inches in diameter on forest land (2024 FIA methodology). It is not the same as growing-stock volume on timberland; treat it as an inventory measure of the standing resource, not a merchantable or priced quantity.
Where do the numbers come from?
The USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory & Analysis program and Forest Resources of the United States, 2017. US federal data is in the public domain (17 USC 105). State boundaries are from the US Census Bureau (public domain).