Damage Estimates of Southern Pine Beetle in the Southeastern United States – South Carolina

State	Calendar Year(2)	Estimated		Estimated		Total Volume		Stumpage Values		Total Value(5) ($)
		Volume Cords	Salvaged(3) MBF	Volume Cords	Not Salvaged MBF	Cords	Killed MBF	Pulpwood $/Cord	Sawtimber(4) $/MBF
SC	1960	0	390	0	3,510	0	3,900	0.00	32	124,800
SC	1961	0	221	0	1,989	0	2,210	0.00	34	75,140
SC	1962	11,400	400	31,600	89,600	43,000	90,000	5.00	36	3,455,000
SC	1963	250	324	1,400	1,838	1,650	2,162	7.00	32	80,734
SC	1964	50	46	310	409	360	455	7.00	32	17,080
SC	1967	834	701	7,506	6,308	8,340	7,009	7.00	37	317,713
SC	1968	1,352	1,009	12,165	9,084	13,517	10,093	7.00	40	498,339
SC	1969	1,604	629	14,440	5,663	16,044	6,292	6.00	35	316,484
SC	1971	400	30	1,070	112	1,470	142	6.00	30	13,080
SC	1972	15,500	7,918	234,500	4,300	250,000	12,218	7.00	52	2,385,336
SC	1973	120,135	7,640	164,200	116,800	284,335	124,440	8.00	89	13,349,840
SC	1974	193,310	16,911	54,000	97,630	247,310	114,541	7.00	70	9,749,040
SC	1975	85,214	10,606	0	20,629	85,214	31,235	7.00	60	2,470,598
SC	1976	19,274	510	0	0	19,274	510	7.00	60	165,518
SC	1977	236	25	157	17	393	42	7.00	54	5,000
SC	1978	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
SC	1979	41,800	6,722	5,015	21,288	46,815	28,010	12.00	160	5,043,380
SC	1980	173,095	1,474	11,004	22,122	184,099	23,586	13.00	106	4,893,403
SC	1981	142,296	977	0	48,050	100,858	49,024	11.00	100	6,018,966
SC	1982	3,422	6	11,560	8,559	14,982	8,565	12.00	100	1,036,284
SC	1983	38,420	2,781	0	10,672	9,594	13,453	12.00	150	2,133,078
SC	1984	31,236	90	0	0	31,236	90	12.00	150	388,332
SC	1985	48,968	4,887	13,296	44,371	62,264	49,258	12.00	150	8,135,868
SC	1986	46,693	7,117	39,970	61,228	86,663	68,345	12.00	150	11,291,706
SC	1987	0	400	5,958	3,920	5,958	4,320	12.00	150	719,496
SC	1988	12,698	1,325	53,822	32,749	66,520	34,074	15.00	150	6,108,900
SC	1989	1,995	2,080	10,848	6,267	12,843	8,377	15.00	150	1,449,264
SC	1990	8,625	385	18,540	262	27,165	647	15.00	150	25,899,449
SC	1991	25,000	650	0	11,427	8,187	12,077	15.00	150	1,934,536
SC	1992	57,412	0	6,045	31,891	63,457	31,891	15.00	150	6,742,692
SC	1993	17,020	0	23,077	19,818	40,097	19,818	20.00	195	4,666,641
SC	1994	6,394	358	12,495	8,984	18,889	9,342	19.00	237	2,573,151
SC	1995	180,875	12,868	299,019	313,992	479,894	326,860	24.00	291	107,237,189
SC	1996	59,825	5,270	31,837	59,212	91,662	64,482	23.00	294	21,065,389

(1)Information collected from each state and federal pest control specialist.
(2)Beginning year is based on available state records.
(3)Incudes estimates on federal, state, and private lands.
(4)Stumpage prices are estimates from each state pest specialist, and the same values are assigned to timber salvaged and not salvaged.
(5)Total value may change when columns are multiplied by stumpage values due to rounding off. Also, this value reflects stumpage values only and not delivered prices or other aesthetic values.
(6)Actual volume of timber chemically treated plus estimated volume killed with no treatment.
(7)A total of 31,230 cords and 142,205 MBF was reported killed from 1972-1976. To provide uniformity within the table, these figures were divided by 5 years to show an average by year.

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