Pacific Northwest · FIA 2022

Washington –
timber data

Forest inventory for Washington from the USDA Forest Service FIA: standing live volume, forest and timberland area, growth and removals, and leading species. Inventory, not price — Washington has no single published timber price.

118.5billion cu ftStanding live volume
2.of 19 statesBy live volume (this site)
22.0 M acres forest17.7 M acres timberlandPacific NorthwestFIA 2022

Washington forest profile

Washington has about 22,011,665 acres of forest land, of which roughly 17,659,091 acres is timberland (forest that can grow at least 20 cu ft/acre/yr of industrial wood and is not reserved). Standing live volume is about 118.5 billion cubic feet, which ranks Washington 2 of the 19 states covered on this site. It sits in the Pacific Northwest region.

Net annual growth is about 2,290 million cu ft/yr against removals of 988 million cu ft/yr and mortality of 1,019 million cu ft/yr — growth comfortably exceeds removals. Leading species: Douglas-fir, western hemlock, Pacific silver fir. Source: USDA Forest Service FIA – Washington.

Volume = sound total-stem bark and wood volume of live trees at least 5 inches in diameter on forest land (2024 FIA methodology). Growth, removals and mortality are in million cubic feet per year on forest land. Removals include harvest cutting plus land-use and protocol change. These are inventory measures, not prices.

How timber is priced in Washington
There is no official Washington timber price. In practice a sale is priced two ways: stumpage (standing timber "on the stump", before cutting) and delivered or roadside (stumpage plus harvesting and hauling). Prices are usually quoted in $/MBF (thousand board feet) for sawtimber or $/ton for pulpwood and chip-n-saw, and the board-foot figure depends on the log rule (Doyle, Scribner or International 1/4). Because these commercial (private-market) series are licence-restricted, we do not publish a number. Get a current price from your forester, consultant or mill, then use the calculator to estimate value. For federal national-forest timber-sale prices, see our federal timber prices page (public-domain USFS data, with the Forest Service's caveat). See the glossary for the terms.
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Standing live volume – all states

Washington highlighted. Billion cu ft, USDA Forest Service FIA.

No price here. This site does not publish a US timber price. Current price series (TimberMart-South and state or university stumpage reports) are copyrighted or licence-restricted, so we cannot republish them. The figures on this page are federal, public-domain forest inventory from the USDA Forest Service FIA — area, volume, growth and removals, not prices. To put a value on wood, take a price from your forester, mill or consulting service and use the calculator.