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EHPERImENTSTATION1992 FOLWELLAVE.,ST.PAUL.mN 55108 FOREST SERVICE-U.S.D.A.

1985

PULPWOODPRODUCTIO1N_/IN THE LAKE STATES BY COUNTY, 1984

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.- James E. Blyth, PrincipalMarket . Ana_iYst,

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and W. Brad Smith, Mensurationist • .

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Abstract.--LakeStates pulpwoodproductionclimbed to a record 7.19 million

cords in 1984. Pulpwoodproduction is shown by county and species group inMichigan, Minnesota,and Wisconsin.

KEY WORDS" Residue,Michigan,Minnesota,Wisconsin.

. Pulpwood production in the Lake States--Michigan,Minnesota,and Wisconsin--

rose from 6.54 mi|lion cords in 1983 to a record 7.19 million cords in 1984.

Wisconsinproduced 2.64 million cords, Michigan 2.40 miI]ion cords, and Minnesota .

2.15 million cords.

Ninety-twopercent came from roundwood (includingchips from roundwood);the

remaindercame from mill residue such as slabs, edgings, veneer cores, and Chips

from these materials. Productionfrom softwood and hardwoodresidue by State wasState Softwood . Hardwood

(Hundredstandard cords, unpeeled)

Michigan 229 1,672

Minnesota 469 455

Wisconsin 473 2,485

Principalspecies harvestedwere aspen (3,557,400cords), pine (964,900

" cords), maple (543,500cords), birch (330,600cords), and balsam fir (304,600

, Cords)..

Wisconsinimported 23 percent of its pulpwood requirements,including442,000

cordsfrom Michigan,183,000 cords from Minnesota,134,000 cords from other

(pr.imarilywestern) States, and 7,000 coras from Canada.

Counties cutting more than 100,000 cords were Delta, Menominee, Iron, and

Marquette in Michigan;Koochiching,Lake, St. Louis, Beltrami,Cass, Hubbard,

and Itasca in Minnesota; and Forest, Langlade,Marinette,Oneida, Vilas,

Bayfield, Douglas,Price, and Sawyer in Wisconsin. These 20 counties

..contributed 51 percent of the pulpwoodproduced from roundwoodin the Lake

States in 1984.

1-/includeslogs, bolts, and wood residue used in manufacturingparticleboard,

waferboard, and oriented strand board.
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Table. 1.--Lake states pulpt_dproductton from roundwood by county and species. 1984

' (In hundred standard cords, unpeeled)

• MICHIGAN

Unit _/ _ All Balsam Hem-- Tam- Other

and county species Ptne Spruce ftr lock arack Cedar Aspen Birch Oak Maple hardwoods

E. UPPER PENINSULA

Alger 527 91 , 40 28 25 4 13 61 54 1 109 101

Chippewa 443 163 60 19 1t 3 5 115 13 5 31 18

Delta 1.322 293 109 147 38 13 23 270 120 x 2/ 154 155

Luce 259 68 40 19 27 2 1 58 12 X 16 16

Mackinac 558 46 46 33 24 3 7 2tl 40 9 87 52

Menomtnee 1.082 97 75 154 72 13 25 365 88 4 93 96

_Schoolcraft 908 376 55 47 49 11 17 89 71 X 107 86

Total • 5m099 tw134 425 447 246 49 91 !,169 398 19 597 524

W. UPPER PENINSULA

Baraga 845 82 12 _3 86 3 8 326 53 1 112 149

Otcktnson 824 49 65 65 28 6 6 423 78 2 49 53

Gogeblc 722 67 24 13 12 - - 137 58 2 248 161

Houghton • 298 41 5 7 11 2 - - 106 17 5 72 32

%rbn 1.423 79 104 89 17 9 8 570 117 1 246 183

Keweenaw t - X - 1 ...... x

Marquette 1.618 375 119 116 _7 26 27 318 169 6 210 185

Ontonagon 612 40 3 5 3 X - 241 43 4 196 77

Total 61343 733 332 308 225 46 49 2,121 535 21 11133 840 <

N. LONER PENINSULA ....

AIcona 638 22 X I - - - 462 20 74 33 26

Alpena 319 12 1 1 - - - 225 20 23 22 15

Ant_tm 87 1 - - - - - 63 X 6 13 4

Arenac" 7 X ..... 7 - - X X

• Bay 1 ...... 1 ....

Benzte 132 4 ..... 60 4 16 41 7

Charlevotx 208 1 ..... 143 5 12 39 8

Cheboygan 704 19 2 5 - - - 510 39 27 79 23

Olare 288 4 ..... 247 3 28 5 1

Crawford 360 119 ..... 163 X 41 34 3

Emmet 130 13 X X - - - 89 1 7 16 4

Gladwin 196 15 ..... 164 1 4 8 4

Grand _raverse 141 7 - X .... 84 2 38 6 4

Zosco t50 53 ..... 60 8 9 14 6

Isabella 62 ...... 55 - 6 1 -

Kalkaska 212 58 ..... 118 2 16 15 3

• .Lake 619 53 ..... 281 8 239 35 3

Leelanau 13 ...... 7 - 5 1 -

-Manlstee 483 25 ..... 176 26 134 72 50

Mason 358 5 ..... 231 10 53 54 5

Mecosta 385 8 ..... 348 X 19 10 X

Mtdland 87 ...... 70 8 X 1 8

Mtssaukee 453 29 ..... 363 2 8 49 2

Montmorency 6t6 84 ..... 371 21 72 48 20

Newaygo 403 78 ..... 214 1 74 34 2

Oceana 198 2 ..... 119 6 46 24 1

Ogemaw , 4t9 t12 - X - - - 185 12 75 27 8

Osceola 349 2 ..... 259 8 40 39 1

- ' Oscoda 519 109 X X - - - 315 9 35 40 11

.1 Otsego 209 38 - - - - - 130 3 12 20 6

Presque. Isle 431 15 7 18 - - - 280 27 21 44 19

,Roscommon 428 101 1 2 - - - 243 7 45 27 2

' WexfoPd 439 56 - .... 155 6 59 153 10

Total )Q.a044 1,045 11 27 - - - 6_t98 259 1,244 t:004 256

S. LOWER PENINSULA ..........

A11egan 132 ...... 12 X 60 33 27

Barry 57 1 ..... 10 - 24 12 10

' Calhoun 5 1 ..... X - 4 - -

Cass, 6 .......... 6

Eaton X ...... X ....

Kalamazoo t7 X ..... 1 - 8 4 4

Kent 5 X ..... 4 X 1 X X

Mohtcalm 28 X ..... 22 x 5 1 x

Muskegon 164 3 ..... 32 1 107 20 1

Ottawa 84 14 ..... 40 X 21 6 3

St. Joseph 20 ...... 2 - t4 2 2

Van 8uren 66 ' X ..... 7 - 29 16 14

Total 584 19 ..... 130 1 273 94 67

State total 22m070 21.931 .768 782 471 95 !40 9,618 11193 lm557 2.828 1_687

(Table 1 continued on next page)
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MINNESOTA

(Table 1 contfnu, ed)

Unit All Balsam Hem- Tam- Other

and county species Pine Spruce fir lock arack Cedar Aspen Birch Oak Maple hardwoods

ASPEN-B]RCH

Cartton 315 13 . 16 25 - 1 - 239 - - - 21

Cook- 607 67 135 108 - - - 293 - - - 4

K0ochiching 2.894 167 335 290 - 49 - 1.940 5 - 2 IO6

Lake 1.O5t 109 164 108 - 7 - 649 3 - - 1t

St. LOuis 4.531 643 249 351 - 6 - 3;066 9 - - 207

° Tota] 9_398 999 899 882 - 63 - 6e187 17 - 2 349

NORTHERN PINE

Attktn 663 3 4 6 - 6 - 588 1 - - 55

Becker 184 14 - _ - - X - 159 - - - 11

Beltramt t.609 93 67 N6 - 19 - 1.275 5 - 1 33

Cass 1.527 149 7 34 - 5 - 1.296 10 - 1 25

Clearwater 751 19 15 t6 - 6 -- 679 t - 1 14

Crow Wing • 317 54 1 1 - - - 26t ....

Hubbard 1.124 60 21 4 - 1 - 1.008 - - - 30

"Itasca 3,740 157 77 389 - I0 - 3.045 X - - 62

Lake of the Woods 337 156 66 9 - 2 - 97 - - - 7

Mahnomen 87 4 - - - 1 - 8t - - - 1

Roseau 78 58 t9 1 - X ...... •

Wadena 124 78 ..... 45 - - - 1

Total .1Ot541 845 277 576 - 50 - 8f534 17 . - 3 239

CENTRAL HARDWOOD

KanabQc 32 ...... 32 ....

Mille Lacs 184 2 X - - X - 182 ....

Morrtson 104 2 ..... 102 ....

Otter Tall 1 .... 1 ......

Pine 283 I8 - - - x - 235 2 - - 28

Sherburne 19 19 ..........

Todd 9 2 ..... 7 ....

Total 632 43 X - - 1 - 558 2 - - 28

PRAIRIE

Polk 11 .... 1 • - IO ....

Stevens X X ..........

Total 11 X - - - 1 - 10 ....

,. State total 2Ot582 It887 Iw176 1,458 - 115 - 15v289 36 - 5 616

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ISCONSIN

(Table1 continued)

Untt AllBalsam Hem- Tam- Other

and county species Ptne Spruce fir lockarack Cedar AspenBtrch OakMaplehardwoods

NORTHEASTERN

Florence 742 59 48 67 3021 382 449 65 35

Forest1.4t971 98 t22 212- 502 14715 295 146

Langlade 1.183 49 11 4791- 479 1282 332 t25

Lincoln 983 67' 16 33 123"- 472 60X 201 119

Martnette. 1.536 1782912475- 994 62.1478 45

MenomJnee 495 t26-- 106--133 1210 56 52

Oconto 5101182 1221-312195 25" 14

Oneida1..481 24792t15 107- 526 2391 180 64

ShaWano 213' 49XX81- 83 129-34 17

Vtlas '1.066 147 35 7991- 471 1786 122 18

Total9m628lmlii 331 599214 2314,354 901 71 1.388 635

NORTHWESTERN

Ashland 989 80 35 6014- 479 928 158 72

Barton 73 t0 ..... 549XXX

Bayfteld. t.864 411X9-1- f. 108 274 14 32 15

Burnett 647 227X--X- 412'3113

Douglas t.131 4552 28_X -. 549 7319 14

Iron 601 185 t541- 319 943 91 51

Polk 30 13--X-- 161XXX

Price 1.t01 54 14 4994- 473 156 12 216 114

Rusk 639 15121X- 327 80 37 8987"

Sawyer t.283 45 15 1622-800 181 15 139 68

Taylor 633 314 1982- 254 61 10 195 49

Washburn 630 139X2--- 433 252 209

Total.9m621'.1m498 7620025 14- 5,224 1,049" 103 950 482 "CENTRAL

' Adams 355 300-X---31 4821

Chippewa 256 171X--- t39 32 10 33 24

Clark" 507 46XXX-- 259 45 51 73 33

Eau Claire 148 96-1--- 243 1662

Jackson 395 275--X-- 536 47 131

Juneau 261 191--4-- 212 3652

Marathon 580102355X- 304 158 7860

Marquette 123 92X--X-42 1933

Monrde t76 152 .....43 1052

Portage 245 1273113- 625 2995

Waupaca166 68X-XX- 6529 139

WaUshara 263 252 ..... 10-tX-

Wood 298 1031XX- 1188 42 224

Total .3m773.. _m821..8;103-lt066 124 326 262 146

SOUTHWESTERN

Buffalo 14 14 .....X ....

CrawfordX ......X ....

.Dunn t13 tll ......11--

GrantX ......X ....

Iowa"XX ..........

LaCrosse99 ..........

Pepln43X ......1--

PterceX ........XXX

Rtchland22 ..........

St. Crotx22 ..........

Sauk 75 73 ......X11X

Trempealeau56 52X ....XX4XX

' Total 275 266X ....X171X

SOUTHEASTERN Brown

3X .....3 ....

Columbia t09 91 ......2 t4t1

Ooor t7X ..... 17 ....

, FondduLacXX ..........

Green Lake 18 18 ..........

Manltowo_XX ..........

Outagamte74 .....3XXXX

OzaukeeXX ..........

Sheboygan88 ..........

Walworth"1t ..........

Waukesha13t3 ..........

Total State 176135_--- 232 1411 tota). '_3m4_3 4m83t' ' 41; _Q_ 249 40 . 1 !0,667 2,077 521 2,602 1,264

_/%ncludes only those counties that supplied pulpwood In 1984.

2/X=less than 50 cords.