Softwood Sawlogs

 

 

 

 

Table: Volume of softwood sawtimber (million MBF) available at different haul times for all sawmills in the Lake States.

One way Haul time (minutes) Total available softwood sawtimber volume (million MBF)
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
10 12.46 12.36 12.43 12.64 13.05 13.18 13.34 13.74 14.12 14.90 15.44 15.60 15.78 16.02 16.42 16.29 16.04
20 27.85 27.44 27.37 27.80 28.52 29.00 29.60 30.25 31.11 31.91 32.42 33.13 33.62 33.82 34.16 35.03 35.61
30 34.92 35.28 35.99 36.64 36.75 37.12 37.64 38.63 39.74 40.85 42.23 42.80 43.83 44.14 44.58 45.53 46.20
40 33.49 33.68 34.30 35.08 35.26 35.91 36.69 37.33 38.70 40.30 40.94 41.76 42.39 43.18 43.54 44.06 44.37
50 23.13 23.33 23.32 23.83 23.95 24.73 24.90 25.43 26.08 25.71 26.05 26.82 26.97 27.75 28.11 28.50 28.72
60 13.51 14.23 14.63 14.50 14.91 15.12 15.09 15.30 15.31 15.82 16.36 16.61 16.74 17.03 17.04 17.48 17.77
70 7.68 8.02 8.27 8.18 8.37 8.29 8.63 8.89 9.01 9.42 9.80 9.98 9.88 9.90 9.94 9.98 9.80
80 4.56 5.05 4.81 4.86 5.30 4.94 4.92 4.64 4.91 5.25 5.50 5.46 5.51 5.71 5.77 5.72 5.94
90 3.86 4.25 4.19 4.06 4.06 4.30 4.37 4.59 4.30 4.32 4.37 4.41 4.48 4.46 4.59 4.56 4.60
100 2.37 2.78 2.66 2.68 2.69 2.70 2.69 2.69 2.85 2.98 3.11 3.25 3.27 3.42 3.20 3.34 3.37
110 2.06 2.36 2.50 2.51 2.52 2.37 2.41 2.44 2.45 2.67 2.80 2.82 2.88 2.85 2.89 2.98 3.02
120 1.76 1.72 1.89 1.88 1.74 1.91 1.97 1.93 1.97 2.03 1.97 2.03 1.98 1.86 1.88 1.69 1.61
130 1.19 1.80 1.51 1.68 1.96 2.06 1.82 1.85 1.92 2.02 2.01 2.13 2.16 2.13 2.08 2.07 1.84
140 0.78 1.22 1.21 1.35 1.64 1.67 1.56 1.50 1.53 1.52 1.60 1.56 1.54 1.59 1.60 1.78 1.75
150 0.72 1.73 1.53 1.60 1.61 1.66 1.53 1.62 1.69 1.37 1.44 1.28 1.33 1.25 1.20 1.29 1.32
160 0.90 2.10 1.93 1.69 1.67 1.70 1.81 1.84 1.81 1.93 1.75 1.84 1.82 1.81 1.82 1.92 1.83
170 1.05 2.32 2.37 2.24 2.25 2.23 2.17 2.30 2.34 2.33 2.41 2.39 2.46 2.53 2.55 2.55 2.51
180 0.71 1.44 1.57 1.81 1.69 1.75 1.90 1.93 2.00 2.07 2.11 2.15 1.99 2.11 2.11 2.04 2.02
190 0.72 1.56 1.95 2.08 1.93 1.94 2.02 2.05 1.92 1.93 2.04 2.09 2.19 2.30 2.38 2.36 2.17
200 0.32 1.77 2.53 2.28 2.68 2.63 2.57 2.58 2.62 2.55 2.59 2.58 2.67 2.53 2.49 2.41 2.60
210 0.66 2.23 2.36 2.53 2.57 2.50 2.65 2.66 2.58 2.60 2.49 2.43 2.36 2.26 2.32 2.41 2.52
220 0.52 2.44 2.18 2.41 2.83 2.52 2.48 2.47 2.41 2.38 2.29 2.43 2.47 2.57 2.83 2.91 2.80
230 0.49 3.06 3.01 3.20 3.44 3.75 3.62 3.64 3.67 3.82 3.87 3.75 3.74 3.69 3.89 4.06 4.16
240 1.37 3.76 3.80 3.94 4.14 4.06 3.94 3.82 3.96 3.95 4.00 3.96 4.00 4.15 4.07 4.28 4.27
250 1.80 4.62 4.67 4.80 5.04 5.10 4.92 4.93 5.02 4.88 4.81 5.09 5.18 5.23 5.34 4.96 5.09
260 2.55 5.88 5.85 5.35 5.52 5.37 5.46 5.45 5.68 5.81 6.12 6.16 6.33 6.53 6.63 6.76 6.79
270 3.19 6.93 6.70 7.21 7.23 7.52 7.72 7.89 7.62 7.78 7.96 8.00 7.97 8.08 8.42 8.47 8.71
280 3.45 7.48 7.52 7.84 8.12 8.08 7.80 7.99 7.86 8.06 8.17 8.41 8.65 8.75 8.60 8.72 8.65
290 1.97 4.66 5.01 4.97 5.76 5.75 6.07 6.30 6.38 6.18 6.14 6.20 5.97 5.55 5.61 5.59 5.51
300 3.21 6.77 6.60 6.63 6.97 7.30 6.80 6.82 6.62 6.63 6.68 6.76 6.97 7.14 7.41 7.46 6.86
310 2.63 5.41 5.57 5.65 5.77 5.74 5.67 5.83 5.95 6.05 6.22 6.39 6.48 6.48 6.59 6.96 6.94
320 2.34 4.76 5.00 5.19 5.27 5.17 5.23 5.41 5.65 5.86 5.77 5.78 5.77 5.70 5.76 5.55 5.50
330 2.14 5.17 4.70 5.02 5.01 4.71 4.56 4.75 4.87 4.84 4.98 4.81 4.95 4.90 4.92 5.11 5.12
340 2.61 4.90 4.86 4.99 4.90 4.81 4.91 4.62 4.73 4.75 4.87 4.94 5.10 5.20 5.04 5.02 5.21
350 2.50 3.30 3.36 3.59 3.75 3.50 3.50 3.76 3.81 3.64 3.73 3.86 3.78 3.82 3.78 3.61 3.66
360 2.84 3.14 3.39 3.49 3.38 3.51 3.63 3.54 3.59 3.83 3.86 3.88 3.88 3.88 3.88 3.98 3.77

 

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Figure: Volume of softwood sawtimber (million MBF) available at different haul times for all sawmills in the Lake States. (Note that most a larger proportion of sawtimber is readily available within 60 minutes of one way travel time.

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