Forest Inventory and Analysis National Program

Proportion of Land that is Forested, 2002

Description

This map shows the spatial distribution of the nation’s forest land in 2002
as a percentage of county land area. Nationwide, 37 percent (749 million acres)
of all land is forest land.

Use this map only to identify broad spatial trends. At the time of
assessment, data were not available for interior Alaska, the Pacific Basin, Puerto
Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and a small number of counties in the lower 48 states.

Sources:

Distributor:

USDA Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis.

Layers:

USDA Forest Service, 2002 RPA data and the National Atlas of the United States.

Definitions:

Forest land is defined as land at least 10 percent stocked by forest trees of any size, or formerly having such tree cover, and not currently developed for non-forest uses, with a minimum area classification of 1 acre.