1 Hurricane Ike - Timber Damage Assessment Forest Inventory & Analysis
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Hurricane Ike - Timber Damage Assessment Forest Inventory & Analysis 30 CAMP RAINS WOOD MORRIS CASS MARION UPSHUR VAN ZANDT 220 HARRISON GREGG 3132 SMITH HENDERSON 1 CHEROKEE ANDERSON 49 SHELBY FREESTONE NACOGDOCHES SAN AUGUSTINE HOUSTON LEON ANGELINA TRINITY MADISON 2 POLK WALKER 45 TYLER LIBERTY WALLER HARRIS 290 610 3 8 NEWTON ORANGE 10 JEFFERSON CHAMBERS 225 288 Damage Zones GALVESTON BRAZORIA 50 JASPER HARDIN MONTGOMERY FORT BEND SABINE SAN JACINTO GRIMES 0 PANOLA RUSK 100 Miles 1. Scattered Light 2. Light 3. Moderate Sustainable Forestry Department Sept 16, 2008 Hurricane Ike - Timber Damage Assessment Forest Inventory & Analysis 30 CAMP RAINS WOOD MORRIS CASS MARION UPSHUR VAN ZANDT 220 HARRISON GREGG 3132 SMITH HENDERSON 1 CHEROKEE ANDERSON 49 SHELBY FREESTONE NACOGDOCHES SAN AUGUSTINE HOUSTON LEON ANGELINA TRINITY MADISON 2 POLK WALKER 45 TYLER LIBERTY WALLER HARRIS 290 610 3 8 NEWTON ORANGE 10 JEFFERSON CHAMBERS 225 Damage Zones 288 GALVESTON BRAZORIA 50 JASPER HARDIN MONTGOMERY FORT BEND SABINE SAN JACINTO GRIMES 0 PANOLA RUSK 1. Scattered Light 2. Light 3. Moderate TFS Plot 100 Miles Sustainable Forestry Department Sept 16, 2008 Hurricane Ike Categories of Timber Damage 1. Scattered Light: Occasional downed tree or broken top; mainly in open areas such as pastures and residential areas; along roadways and edges of open areas such as ponds, lakes, pastures and cutovers. Damage is very scattered and barely noticeable from air. Slight possibility of a small patch of downed trees. Estimate less than 5% damage on all stand types in this area. 2. Light: Occasional small patch of scattered downed trees and broken tops occurring mainly in open canopy stands such as recently thinned timber and or open stands (low BA) of more mature timber. Noticeable damage but not significant: still very scattered. Estimate possibly 5%-10% damage on stand types in this area. 3. Moderate: Widespread, noticeable damage but still patchy occurring in a scattered, sporadic pattern. Again occurring mainly in open canopy stands such as recently thinned timber and or open stands (low BA) of more mature timber. Occasional small to medium size areas of scattered downed trees and broken tops but still no total losses of stands in this area. Possible 10% - 50% damage on open canopy stands in this area; less than 25% damage on all other stands. SMZ’s in this zone sustained significant damage, possibly up to 50%.
