Damage Estimates of Southern Pine Beetle in the Southeastern United States – Kentucky
| State | Calendar
Year(2) |
Estimated | Estimated | Total Volume | Stumpage Values | Total Value(5) ($) |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume
Cords |
Salvaged(3)
MBF |
Volume
Cords |
Not Salvaged
MBF |
Cords | Killed
MBF |
Pulpwood
$/Cord |
Sawtimber(4)
$/MBF |
|||
| KY | 1976 | 206 | 1,734 | 0 | 1,000 | 206 | 2,734 | 3.00 | 15 | 41,628 |
| KY | 1977 | 1,112 | 1,523 | 741 | 1,015 | 1,853 | 2,538 | 3.00 | 53 | 139,800 |
(1)Information collected from each state and federal pest control specialist.
(2)Beginning year is based on available state records.
(3)Incudes estimates on federal, state, and private lands.
(4)Stumpage prices are estimates from each state pest specialist, and the same
values are assigned to timber salvaged and not salvaged.
(5)Total value may change when columns are multiplied by stumpage values due to
rounding off. Also, this value reflects stumpage values only and not delivered
prices or other aesthetic values.
(6)Actual volume of timber chemically treated plus estimated volume killed with
no treatment.
(7)A total of 31,230 cords and 142,205 MBF was reported killed from 1972-1976.
To provide uniformity within the table, these figures were divided by 5 years to
show an average by year.
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