Annual Net Change 89

Annual Removals 119

Annual Mortality 104

79% forested*

New Hampshire has an estimated 4,708,302 acres of forest land. * Percent forest is forest area/total area. Percent forest with water removed from total area is 82%.

This resource update is a brief look at some of the basic

metrics that describe the status of and changes to forest

resources in New Hampshire. This information is based on

field data collected using the USDA Forest Service Forest

Inventory and Analysis (FIA) annualized sample design, and

it is updated yearly.

Area of forest land

(million acres)

Number of live trees

on forest land

(billion trees)

Volume of live trees

on forest land

(billion cubic feet)

2015

4.76

4.71

4.28

4.18

11.04

11.34

2020

Private

72.59%

Forest land ownership

4,005 acres of nonforest

revert back to forest annually*

12,160 acres of forest land 0 acres of forest land

convert annually* to nonforest are disturbed annually* by fire

68,970 acres of forest land 5,740 acres of forest land

are treated by cutting are disturbed annually* by weather events

(harvest, thinning, etc.) annually*

New Hampshire has 1,138 sample plots across the State, of

which 1,025 are currently forested. Each year, about 10-20

percent of these plots are visited and measured by field

crews. Data used in this update were accessed from the FIA

database on 06/02/2022.

Federal

17.31%

State and

Local

10.11%

Annual Gross Growth 312

All live (million cubic feet)

USDA Forest Service - Forest Inventory & Analysis

The estimates presented are based on data retrieved from the FIA database (06/02/2022) and may not reflect the most recent data available from the FIA

program. Note – this publication does not include estimates of uncertainty. The most current data and sampling error for the estimates above can be

found by visiting https://www.fia.fs.usda.gov/.

*Average annual estimates are based on data collected across 5-10 years and may not be indicative of the nominal year presented in the title by itself.

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How to cite this publication

USDA Forest Service. 2021. Forests of New Hampshire, 2020. Resource Update FS-335. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest

Service. 2p. https://doi.org/10.2737/FS-RU-335 .

Archived Versions

This report and archived past versions can be found on the USDA Forest Service publication database, Treesearch using keywords "Forest

Inventory" and "New Hampshire" here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/.

National Woodland Owner Survey

The National Woodland Owner Survey (NWOS) collects and reports on multiple attributes of forest land ownership. Details of the NWOS program can be

found here: https://www.fia.fs.usda.gov/nwos/.

The most recent NWOS Factsheet for New Hampshire can be found here: https://www.nrs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/52407/.

Additional Resources

The application that produced this resource update was developed using data from the USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis database

(FIADB): https://apps.fs.usda.gov/fia/datamart/datamart_excel.html .

Tables for New Hampshire, 2020 can be found here: https://doi.org/10.2737/FS-RU-335-Tables

The FIA one-click application can be found here: https://doi.org/10.2737/FIA-One-Click-State-Report-v1.2

Bechtold, W.A.; Patterson, P.L., eds. 2005. The enhanced Forest Inventory and Analysis program—national sampling design and estimation procedures.

Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–80. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 85 p.

https://doi.org/10.2737/SRS-GTR-80 .

NOTE: Some of the above links will not be active until the resource update has been approved for official publication.

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