Missouri, 2020

Forests of

35% forested*

Missouri has an estimated 15,394,132 acres of forest land. * Percent forest is forest area/total area. Percent forest with water removed from total area is 35%.

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

metrics that describe the status of and changes to forest

resources in Missouri. 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

Missouri has 7,443 sample plots across the State, of which

3,167 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

12.19%

15.41

15.39 State and

Local

8.06 6.05%

7.98

21.26

22.22

2020

Private

81.76%

Forest land ownership

All live (million cubic feet)

Annual Net Change 238

Annual Removals 162

Annual Mortality 325

Annual Gross Growth 725

62,111 acres of nonforest

revert back to forest annually*

70,086 acres of forest land

convert annually* to nonforest

170,276 acres of forest land

are treated by cutting

(harvest, thinning, etc.) annually*

86,278 acres of forest land

are disturbed annually* by fire

25,342 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 (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.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

Missouri, 2020

Forests of

How to cite this publication

USDA Forest Service. 2021. Forests of Missouri, 2020. Resource Update FS-323. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest

Service. 2p. https://doi.org/10.2737/FS-RU-323 .

Archived Versions

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

Inventory" and "Missouri" 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 Missouri can be found here: https://www.nrs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/52434/.

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 Missouri, 2020 can be found here: https://doi.org/10.2737/FS-RU-323-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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