Delaware,	2019

Forests	of

27%	forested*

Delaware	has	an	estimated	354,924 acres	of forest land. * Percent forest is	forest area/total area. Percent forest with	water removed	from total area	is	29%.

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

metrics	that	describe	the	status	of	and	changes	to	forest

resources	in	Delaware.	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)

2014

Delaware	has	397.0	sample	plots	across	the	State,	of	which

139.0	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

09/17/2020.

Federal

3.08%

0.36 State	and

0.35 Local

18.12%

0.23

0.26

0.96

0.96

2019

Private

78.80%

Forest land	ownership

Annual Net Change 11

Annual Removals

9

Annual Mortality 11

Annual Gross	Growth 30

All live	(million	cubic	feet)

137	acres	of nonforest

revert back	to	forest annually*

1,997	acres	of forest land

convert annually*	to	nonforest

4,776	acres	of forest land

are	treated	by	cutting

(harvest, thinning, etc.)	annually*

0	acres	of forest land

are	disturbed	annually*	by	fire

1,537	acres	of forest land

are	disturbed	annually*	by	weather	events

USDA Forest Service - Forest Inventory & Analysis

The	estimates	presented	are	based	on	data	retrieved	from	the	FIA	database	(09/17/2020)	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.fed.us/.

*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. 2020. Forests of Delaware, 2019. Resource Update FS-244. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest

Service. 2p. https://doi.org/10.2737/FS-RU-244 .

Archived Versions

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

Inventory" and "Delaware" 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.fed.us/nwos/.

The most recent NWOS Factsheet for Delaware can be found here: https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/52424/.

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 Delaware, 2019 can be found here: https://doi.org/10.2737/FS-RU-244-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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