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Forest Inventory & Analysis
National Office
U.S. Forest Service
1601 North Kent Street,
Suite 400
Arlington, VA 22209

(703) 605-4177

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Database Documentation

The Forest Inventory and Analysis Database: Database Description and Users Manual Version 3.0 for Phase 2

Version 3.0 of the FIADB users manual was released June 1, 2007 with a revision released July 10, 2008. This document describes all core measurements (and some optional core elements) collected on Phase 2 plots (the standard base FIA sample grid, 1 sample location per roughly 6,000 acres).

The FIADB Users Manual is distributed electronically as a .pdf file

Download the FIADB Version 3.0 documentation for Phase 2

The Forest Inventory and Analysis Database: Database Description and Users Manual Version 3.0 for Phase 3

Version 3.0 of this FIADB users manual was released June 1, 2007 with a revision released December 10, 2008. This document describes all core measurements collected on Phase 3 plots (a subset of the standard base FIA sample grid, 1 sample location per roughly 90,000 acres).

The FIADB Phase 3 Users Manual is distributed electronically as a .pdf file

Download the FIADB Version 3.0 documentation for Phase 3

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Last Modified: December 15, 2008