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MILLION CUBIC FEET PER YEAR
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Hurricane Rita 2005
Hurricane Ike 2008
Texas Drought of 2011
120
100
Insect
80
Disease
60
Fire
Weather
40
Vegetation
20
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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
FIA average annual mortality of all live hardwoods on timberland, East Texas 2006-2014
Forestland land map based on data and analysis provided
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Deliverables
•Austin Urban FIA Report
• Number, health, composition, and benefits of Austin trees
• Scheduled for release by the end of the year
• Urban FIA Database
• Urban DataMart
• Scheduled for release in late September
• My City's Trees
• Web application that will present key Austin findings
• Scheduled for release in January
• All:lk!:oed '60s- 70s
My City's Trees
• A web application presenting Urban FIA data
• Hosted atTexasForestlnfo.com
• For Austin initially and option to add cities if desired
• Selected output from iTree-Eco
•Tailor information around themes that identify smaller areas in the
city
• Serve up maps and data together interactively
• Note: The following slides are preliminary data usedfor illustration and are subject to change
My City’s Trees
Home Support
Select my city …
Select my theme …
Austin
Land cover
Select my area …
Area
My area:
195,223 acres
City Growth
City of Austin
Basemap
Population
My area:
790,390 people
100%
100%
My City:
790,390 people
My City:
195,223 acres
Inventory
My area:
206 plots
100%
My City:
206 plots
Tree Count
My area:
33,857,000 trees
Count
100%
City:
33,857,000 trees
Carbon
Value
Species
Count
(number)
Ashe juniper
13,316,000
39.3%
16.8
Cedar elm
4,583,000
13.5%
5.8
Live oak
2,863,000
8.5%
3.6
Leaves
Energy
Runoff
Percent of
total
(percent)
Count
(number per
person)
Watershed
Contact
Disclaimer
Ecoregion
My City’s Trees
Home Support
Select my city …
Select my theme …
Austin
Land cover
City Growth
Select my area …
Area
My area:
33,937 acres
Basemap
Population
My area:
56,315 people
17%
My City:
790,390 people
My City:
195,223 acres
Count
50%
Runoff
16%
My City:
206 plots
Tree Count
My area:
16,802,000 trees
Species
Count
(number)
Ashe juniper
11,159,000
Live oak
1,696,000
10.1%
30.1
Texas
persimmon
925,00
5.5%
16.4
Leaves
Energy
Inventory
My area:
33 plots
City:
33,857,000 trees
Carbon
Value
7%
Percent of
total
(percent)
66.4%
Count
(number per
person)
198.2
Watershed
Contact
Disclaimer
Ecoregion
My City’s Trees
Home Support
Select my city …
Select my theme …
Austin
Land cover
City Growth
Select my area …
Area
My area:
33,937 acres
Basemap
Population
My area:
56,315 people
17%
My City:
790,390 people
My City:
195,223 acres
Count
43%
Runoff
16%
My City:
206 plots
Carbon Stock
My area:
821,000 tons
Species
Carbon stock
(tons)
Percent of
total
(percent)
Carbon
(tons per
person)
Ashe juniper
496,000
60.4%
8.8
Live oak
213,000
25.9%
3.8
Cedar elm
37,000
4.5%
0.7
Leaves
Energy
Inventory
My area:
33 plots
City:
1,917,000 tons
Carbon
Value
7%
Watershed
Contact
Disclaimer
Ecoregion
Looking forward
• Finishing measurements in Houston
• Remeasurement starting in Austin
• Delivering Austin report
• Delivering My City's Trees application
• Houston report team kicking off
• Continuing with Urban FIA Database development
• Database design and annual updates of data
• Urban-to-rural forest analyses