Appendix C
Activity Codes
Appendix C: Activity Codes
Activity Code Groupings
1000 – Fire
2000 - Range
3000 – Cultural Resources and Recreation
4000 – Timber and Silviculture
5000 – Soil, Air and Watershed
6000 – Wildlife; Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive, and Fisheries
8000 – Miscellaneous
9000 - Engineering
Activity Codes and Descriptions
Code
1001
1100
1111
1112
1113
1120
1130
1140
1150
1151
1152
1153
1154
1155
1160
1170
1180
1181
1200
1210
1211
1212
1213
1220
1230
1240
1250
1251
1252
1253
1254
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Description
Fire protection inventory
Natural Fuel Inventory
Natural Fuels Broadcast Burn
Natural Fuels Jackpot Burns
Natural Fuels Underburn
Removal of Natural Fuels
Burn of Natural Fuels Piles
Fireline Construction in Natural Fuels
Rearrangement of Natural Fuels
Lop and Scatter of Natural Fuels
Compacting/Crushing of Natural Fuels
Piling of Natural Fuels
Chipping of Natural Fuels
YUM of Natural Fuels
Thin of Natural Fuels
Change of Natural Fuels Wildfire underburn
Construction of Fuel Breaks in Natural Fuels
Maintenance of Fuel Breaks in Natural Fuels
Activity Fuel Inventory
Activity Fuels Prescribe burning
Activity Fuels Broadcast Burn
Activity Fuels Jackpot Burn
Activity Fuels Underburn
Removal of Activity Fuels
Burn of Activity Fuels Piles
Fireline Construction in Activity Fuels
Rearrangement of Activity Fuels
Lop and Scatter of Activity Fuels
Compacting/Crushing of Activity Fuels
Piling of Activity Fuels
Chipping of Activity Fuels
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Code
1255
1280
1281
2000
2010
2011
2015
2016
2020
2025
2030
2100
2101
2110
2111
2120
2121
2130
2131
2200
2210
2220
2221
2230
2240
2241
2242
2310
2320
2330
2340
2350
2360
2370
2380
2390
2400
2500
2510
2520
2600
3020
3030
3040
3100
5/5/03
Description
YUM of Activity Fuels
Construction of Fuel Breaks in Activity Fuels
Maintenance of Fuel Breaks in Activity Fuels
Range Grazing Systems
Range Grazing Structural Improvements - Structure
Range Grazing Structural Improvements - Length
Range Grazing Structural Improvements Maintenance - Structure
Range Grazing Structural Improvements Maintenance - Length
Range Grazing Non-Structural Improvements
Range Grazing Non-Structural Improvements Maintenance
Range Analysis
Nonrange Fences - Length
Nonrange Fences - Area
Range Fences - Length
Range Fences - Area
Range Fence Obliteration - Length
Range Fence Obliteration - Area
Removal of Range Structural Improvements - Structure
Removal of Range Structural Improvements - Length
Range Water Source Developments (Structures)
Range Water Source Developments (Pipeline)
Range Structural Maintenance - Structure
Range Structural Maintenance - Length
Range Non-Structural Maintenance
Other Range Improvements - Structure
Other Range Improvements - Length
Other Range Improvements - Area
Range Fertilization
Range Seeding and Planting
Range Site Treatment for Water Conservation
Range Cover Type Conversion
Range Shelterbelts
Range Control Vegetation
Range Piling Slash
Removal of Range Non-Structural Improvements
Range Non-Structural Improvement Maintenance
Tree Encroachment Control
Noxious Weed Inventories
Noxious Weed Treatment
Noxious Weed Treatment (Biological Control)
Wild Horse and Burro Activities
Cultural Resource Monitoring
Cultural Resource Mitigation
Cultural Resource Enhancement
Recreation (General) - Area
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Code
3101
3102
3110
3120
3130
3131
3150
3151
3160
3210
3220
3230
3231
3232
3240
3241
3250
3251
3310
3320
3330
3340
3350
3360
3370
3380
3390
3400
3500
3510
4033
4036
4037
4040
4101
4102
4111
4112
4113
4115
4116
4117
4121
4122
4131
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Description
Recreation (General) - Length
Recreation (General) - Each
Recreation Resource Inventories
Recreation Resource Monitoring
Recreation Removal of hazard trees and snags
Recreation Maintain select trees and snags
Recreation Improvement Construction
Recreation Improvement Non-Capitalized
Recreation Improvements Maintenance
Trail Inventory
Trail Monitoring
Trail Construction
Trail Maintenance
Trail Reconstruction
Trailhead Construction
Trailhead Maintenance
Trail Signing
Trail Sign Maintenance
Visual Resource Inventory
Visual Resources Seeding/replanting
Visual Resource Fertilizing
Visual Resource Prescribed burning
Vista clearing
Visual Resource Topping trees
Precommercial thinning for visual
Visual Resource Slash treatment
Visual Resource Monitoring
Wilderness Resource Monitoring
Recreation Gate roads or trails
Recreation Obliterate roads or trails
Permanent Plot Maintenance
Permanent Plot Installation
Permanent Plot Remeasurement
Research Plots
Coppice cut (EA/RN/FH)*
Coppice cut (w/res) (EA/RN/FH)*
Patch clearcutting (EA/RN/FH)*
Strip clearcutting (EA/RH/FH)*
Stand clearcutting (EA/RH/FH)*
Patch clearcutting (w/res) (EA/RH/FH)*
Strip clearcutting (w/res) (EA/RH/FH)*
Stand clearcutting (w/res) (EA/RH/FH)*
Shelterwood preparation cut (EA/NRH/NFH)*
Shelterwood preparation cut (w/res) (EA/NRH/NFH)*
Shelterwood cut (EA/RN/NFH)*
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Code
4132
4133
4134
4141
4142
4143
4145
4146
4147
4151
4152
4154
4162
4175
4176
4177
4183
4186
4192
4194
4196
4210
4220
4231
4232
4240
4250
4260
4270
4280
4290
4310
4311
4312
4313
4314
4315
4316
4320
4331
4332
4341
4342
4343
4344
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Description
Seed-tree seed cut (EA/RN/NFH)*
Shelterwood cut (w/res) (EA/RN/NFH)*
Seed-tree cut (w/res) (EA/RN/NFH)*
Shelterwood final removal cut (EA/NRN/FH)*
Seed-tree final removal cut (EA/NRN/FH)*
Overstory removal cut (from advanced regeneration) (EA/RN/FH)*
Final overstory removal cut with reserve trees (EA/NRN/FH)*
Seed-tree final removal cut (w/res) (EA/NRN/FH)*
Overstory removal cut (w/res) (EA/RN/FH)*
Single-tree selection cut (UA/RN/NFH)*
Group selection cut (UA/RN/FH)*
Single-tree selection cut (UA/NRN/NFH)*
Coppice cut (w/res) (2A/RN/FH)*
Patch clearcutting (w/res) (2A/RH/FH)*
Strip clearcutting (w/res) (2A/RH/FH)*
Stand clearcutting (w/res) (2A/RH/FH)*
Seed-tree cut (w/res) (2A/RN/NFH)*
Seed-tree final removal cut (w/res) (2A/NRN/FH)*
Shelterwood preparatory cut (w/res) (2A/NRN/NFH)*
Shelterwood seed cut (w/res) (2A/RN/NFH)*
Shelterwood final removal cut (2A/NRN/FH)*
Improvement Cut
Commercial Thinning
Salvage cut (intermediate treatment, not regeneration)
Sanitation Cut
Special Cut
Natural Changes (no timber harvest involved)
Man-Caused Fire Damage
Permanent Land Clearing
Permanent Flooding
Administrative Changes
Silvicultural stand examination
Stand examination data collection
Stand examination data compilation
Data evaluation and analysis
Pretreatment exam for reforestat.
Pretreatment exam for release or precommercial thinning
Exam for commercial timber sales
Stand diagnosis prepared
Stand Silviculture prescription
Interdisciplinary compartment prescription
Stocking surveys
Plantation survival surveys
Animal damage survey
Vegetative competition survey
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Appendix C: Activity Codes
Code
4345
4347
4350
4381
4382
4383
4384
4391
4392
4393
4394
4395
4401
4402
4403
4404
4406
4407
4408
4409
4411
4412
4421
4422
4431
4432
4433
4434
4441
4442
4443
4444
4460
4470
4471
4472
4473
4474
4475
4481
4482
4483
4484
4490
4491
5/5/03
Description
Pretreatment exam for reforestation
Timber harvest evaluation
Activity review
Certification of Nat. Regen. With Site Prep
Certification of Natural regeneration without site prep
Planted areas certification
Seeded areas certification
TSI Certification - Release/weeding
TSI Certification - Thinning
TSI Certification - Fertilization
TSI Certification - Cleaning
TSI Certification - Pruning
Additions created by timber harvest
Additions created by wildfire
Additions created by insect or disease activity
Additions created by past regeneration failures
Additions/Subtractions due to stocking changes (voles, Wildlife, etc)
Additions/Subtractions due to land classification changes
Additions/Subtractions due to multiple-use changes
Additions/Subtractions due to other changes (windthrow, etc)
Full seeding/reseeding without site preparation
Fill-in seeding/reseeding without site preparation
Full seeding/reseeding concurrent with site prep
Fill-In seeding/reseeding concurrent with site prep
Full planting without concurrent site preparation
Fill-in planting without concurrent site preparation
Full re-planting without concurrent site preparation
Fill-in re-planting without concurrent site preparation
Full planting concurrent with site prep
Fill-in planting concurrent with site prep
Full re-planting with site preparation
Fill-in re-planting with site preparation
Animal Damage Control for Reforestation
Site preparation for planting
Burning site preparation for planting
Chemical site preparation for planting
Other site preparation for planting
Mechanical site preparation for planting
Shade Card Installation
Burning site preparation for seeding
Chemical site preparation for seeding
Other site preparation for seeding
Mechanical site preparation for seeding
Site preparation for natural regeneration
Burning site preparation for natural regeneration
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Appendix C: Activity Codes
Code
4492
4493
4494
4501
4502
4503
4504
4506
4507
4508
4509
4511
4512
4521
4522
4530
4540
4541
4542
4550
4551
4552
4560
4570
4631
4632
4633
4810
4820
4830
4840
4850
4860
4910
4920
4930
4940
4941
4942
4950
4951
4952
4960
4970
4980
5/5/03
Description
Chemical site preparation for natural regeneration
Other site preparation for natural regeneration
Mechanical site preparation for natural regeneration
Release or weeding needed
Precommercial thinning or cleaning needed
Pruning needed
Fertilization needed
Release or weeding need eliminated without treatment
Precomm thinning/cleaning need eliminated without treatment
Pruning need eliminated without treatment
Fertilization need eliminated without treatment
Individual tree release and weeding
Area release and weeding
Precommercial thinning - individual or selected trees
Precommercial thinning - strip
Pruning
Control of understory vegetation
Prescribed burn control of understory vegetation
Other control of understory vegetation
Fertilizing
Fertilizing individual trees
Area fertilizing
Animal Control For TSI
Other stand tending
Layout and Design
Marking/designation
Cruising
Cone Collection
Seed extraction
Seed storage
Nursery operation
Container facility operation
Stock certification
Selection and care of superior trees
Seed collection from superior trees
Seed production area (establishment, improvement, operation)
Seed orchards, establishment/improvements
Seed orchard operations
Establish seed orchards
Genetic evaluation plantations
Operate evaluation plantations
Establish evaluation plantations
Tree improvement at nurseries
Construct tree improvement facilities
Other tree improvement
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Appendix C: Activity Codes
Code
5000
5010
5100
5210
5220
5230
5300
5410
5420
5430
5440
5510
5520
5530
5540
5610
5611
5612
5620
5621
5630
5631
6010
6011
6012
6020
6030
6070
6080
6090
6101
6102
6103
6104
6105
6106
6107
6110
6111
6112
6120
6130
6131
6132
6133
5/5/03
Description
Air Resource Activities
Air Resource Monitoring
Watershed Resource Activities
Soil Inventory
Water Inventory
Watershed Analysis
Watershed Resource Monitoring
Watershed Resource Structural Improvements Erosion Control
Watershed Resource Structural Improvements Riparian
Watershed Resource Structural Improvements Stream Channel
Watershed Resource Structural Improvements Maintenance
Watershed Resource Non-Structural Improvements Erosion Control
Watershed Resource Non-Structural Improvements Riparian
Watershed Resource Non-Structural Improvements Stream Channel
Watershed Resource Non-Structural Improvements Maintenance
Mining Activities
Pre-Mining Activities
Reclamation of Mines
Watershed Resource Road Obliteration - Length
Watershed Resource Road Obliteration - Area
Watershed Resource Road Closure - Length
Watershed Resource Road Closure - Area
Wildlife habitat inventory
Wildlife inventory - transects
Wildlife inventory - plots
Wildlife habitat planning
Wildlife habitat monitoring
Wildlife Habitat Large woody debris placement
Wildlife Habitat Seeding and planting
Wildlife Habitat Grasses and forbs
Wildlife Habitat Prescribed fire
Wildlife Habitat Release and weeding
Wildlife Habitat Precommercial thinning
Wildlife Habitat Regeneration cut
Wildlife Habitat Intermediate cut
Wildlife Habitat Chemical treatment
Wildlife Habitat Mechanical treatment
Wildlife Habitat Edge Treatment
Leave Trees (Wildlife Reasons) - Area
Leave Trees (Wildlife Reasons) - Each
Wildlife Habitat Access management (Closure Area)
Wildlife Habitat Create openings
Wildlife Habitat Rehabilitate openings
Wildlife Habitat Create corridors
Wildlife Habitat Slash treatment
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Appendix C: Activity Codes
Code
6150
6160
6200
6210
6213
6214
6216
6217
6220
6240
6250
6260
6410
6411
6412
6413
6420
6421
6423
6430
6435
6440
6441
6450
6451
6510
6520
6531
6532
6533
6534
6535
6536
6537
6538
6539
6540
6541
6542
6543
6544
6545
6546
6551
6552
5/5/03
Description
Wildlife habitat structural maintenance
Wildlife habitat non-structural maintenance
Wildlife Habitat Potholes development
Wildlife Habitat Nest structures, dens development
Wildlife Habitat Snags created
Wildlife Habitat Reserving green trees for future snags
Wildlife Habitat Protecting Snags
Wildlife Habitat Interpretive Signing
Wildlife Habitat Water development
Wildlife Habitat access management development
Wildlife Habitat Marsh development
Wildlife Habitat Reservoir Construction (Greentree)
T&ES habitat inventory
T&ES Species Survey
T&ES Species Veg. Prescription
T&ES Protection
Sensitive Species habitat inventory
Sensitive Species Species survey
Sensitive Species Protection
T&ES resource monitoring
Species Sighting
T&ES structural habitat improvement
T&ES structural maintenance
T&ES non-structural improvement
T&ES non-structural maintenance
Anadromous Fish habitat inventory
Anadromous Fish habitat monitoring
Anadromous Fish Log structures
Anadromous Fish Gabion drop structures
Anadromous Fish Brush cover structures
Anadromous Fish Rock or boulder placements
Anadromous Fish Trees or platforms
Anadromous Fish Channel Stabilization construction
Anadromous Fish Fencing
Anadromous Fish Spawning facility construction
Anadromous Fish Fishway construction
Anadromous Fish Fish screen construction
Anadromous Fish Channel revetment
Anadromous Fish Lakes Reservoir construction
Anadromous Fish Plant protection
Anadromous Fish Submerged brush or trees
Anadromous Fish Reshaping of channel bank
Anadromous Fish Structure removal
Anadromous Fish Habitat Access Management (Closures)
Anadromous Fish Gravel placement - Area
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Appendix C: Activity Codes
Code
6553
6554
6555
6556
6557
6558
6559
6560
6561
6562
6563
6564
6565
6566
6567
6581
6582
6583
6584
6610
6620
6631
6632
6633
6634
6635
6636
6637
6638
6639
6640
6641
6642
6643
6644
6645
6646
6650
6661
6662
6663
6664
6665
6666
6667
5/5/03
Description
Anadromous Fish Gravel placement - Length
Anadromous Fish Gravel cleaning - Area
Anadromous Fish Gravel cleaning - Length
Anadromous Fish Stream barrier removal
Anadromous Fish Fish population control - Area
Anadromous Fish Fish population control - Length
Anadromous Fish Control undesirable species - Area
Anadromous Fish Control undesirable species - Length
Anadromous Fish Fish stocking - Area
Anadromous Fish Fish stocking - Length
Anadromous Fish Aquatic plant control - Area
Anadromous Fish Aquatic plant control - Length
Anadromous Fish Fish habitat fertilization - Area
Anadromous Fish Fish habitat fertilization - Length
Anadromous Fish Tree planting for fisheries habitat improvement
Anadromous Fish Fish habitat structural maintenance
Anadromous Fish Fish habitat non-structural maintenance - Area
Anadromous Fish Fish habitat non-structural maintenance - Length
Anadromous Fish Thinning for Fish Habitat Improvement
Inland Fish habitat inventory
Inland fish habitat monitoring
Inland Fish Log structures
Inland Fish Gabion drop structures
Inland Fish Brush cover structures
Inland Fish Rock or boulder placements
Inland Fish Trees or platforms
Inland Fish Channel Stabilization construction
Inland Fish Fencing
Inland Fish Spawning facility construction
Inland Fish Fishway construction
Inland Fish Fish screen construction
Inland Fish Channel revetment
Inland Fish Lakes/Reservior construction
Inland Fish Plant protection
Inland Fish Submerged brush or trees in lakes
Inland Fish Reshaping of channel bank
Inland Fish Structural removal
Inland Fish Habitat Access Management (Closures)
Inland Fish Gravel placement - Area
Inland Fish Gravel placement - Length
Inland Fish Gravel cleaning - Area
Inland Fish Gravel cleaning - Length
Inland Fish Stream barrier removal
Inland Fish Fish population control - Area
Inland Fish Fish population control - Length
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Appendix C: Activity Codes
Code
6668
6669
6670
6671
6672
6673
6674
6675
6676
6681
6682
6683
6684
8010
8100
8200
8300
9001
9002
Description
Inland Fish Control undesirable species - Area
Inland Fish Control undesirable species - Length
Inland Fish Fish stocking - Area
Inland Fish Fish stocking - Length
Inland Fish Aquatic plant control - Area
Inland Fish Aquatic plant control - Length
Inland Fish Fish habitat fertilization - Area
Inland Fish Fish habitat fertilization - Length
Inland Fish Tree planting for fisheries habitat improvement
Inland Fish Fish habitat structural maintenance
Inland Fish Fish habitat non-structural maintenance - Area
Inland Fish Fish habitat non-structural maintenance - Length
Inland Fish Thinning for Fish Habitat Improvement
Surveys
Disease Control
Insect Control
Animal Control
Road Construction
Road ReConstruction
* Abbreviations:
2A = 2 ages
EA = even age
FH = final harvest
NFH = not final harvest
NRH = not regeneration harvest
NRN = not retention
RH = regeneration harvest
RN = retention
UA = uneven aged
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