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Northern Timber Product Output
ROUNDWOOD RECEIVED FOR PROCESSING SURVEY

USDA Forest Service, Northern Timber Product Output Survey
USDA Forest Service
National Timber Product Output Program
Address: 1992 Folwell Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: 651-649-5137
Internet: www.fia.fs.fed.us/program-features/tpo/index.php
OMB No. 0596-0010
Approval Expires date

Form Approved
OMB No. 0596-0010
Expires: xx/xx/20xx

U.S.D.A., Forest Service
Northern Research Station
1992 Folwell Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

ROUNDWOOD RECEIVED FOR PROCESSING, state, year

This form has been designed to determine the location, size, and composition of the primary wood-using mills in
your state, the volume of roundwood harvested by product, species, and geographic location, and the volume and
disposition of wood residues generated during primary processing in year. If records are not available, please give
your best estimates. This survey is voluntary. While you are not required to respond, your cooperation is needed
to make the results of the survey comprehensive, accurate, and timely. All information is held in confidentiality and
used only for statistical reports. NO individual mill production data will be released.

Mill Information
Company Name and Address: (please make corrections as needed)
Mill Name:___________________________
Address:___________________________
City, ST zipcode:___________________________
Phone number:___________________________
Fax number:___________________________
Website: ________________________
E-mail: ________________________
(Please print)

Mill Status in year (check one):

New

Number of employees:

Year mill established:

Active

Idle

Closed

Dismantled

Annual mill capacity (when operating at full capacity): __________ Unit of measure:___________________
Did you receive roundwood in year?

YES

NO

Roundwood is any log, bolt, or other round section cut from trees (including chips from roundwood).
If you did not receive any roundwood in year, please check the "Idle", "Closed", or "Dismantled" box
in Mill Status above and return the form back in postage-paid envelope provided.
Check this box to omit the mill name and contact information from "Regional/
Statewide Industry" Directories or maps.
Check this box if you wish to notified about the report resulting from this study.

Type of Roundwood Processed

Check the type of roundwood processed at the mill. (Roundwood is any log, bolt, or other round section
cut from trees of any size, including chips from roundwood and whole tree chips). Do not include any
unprocessed logs that were sold to other mills or log buyers/brokers. Do not include any mill residues
used from wood using mills in this section.
Please fill out a separate form for each type checked.
Sawlogs and bolts

Poles

Other (specify. Example: Excelsior/
shavigs): _______________________

Cabin logs

Posts

Pilings

Logs exported out of the United States

Mill type:

(Check only the primary head rig or mill type for the type of roundwood processed)
Band sawmill

Export logs

Untreated post, pole, or piling mill

Circular sawmill

Handle mill

Treated post, pole, or piling mill

Chip-n-saw

Tight cooperage

Mine timbers

Gang sawmill

Slack cooperage

Shingles mill

Scragg sawmill

Cabin log mill

Other: (Specify) ______________

Portable band

Excelsior/shavings mill

Primary product produced for this type of roundwood processed. Enter a percent of the
total production for each type of primary product produced at the mill. Total should equal 100%.
Example: 50% Rough lumber, 30% Pallets/pallet lumber, 20% Landscape timbers.

Mill receipts

Please fill out a separate form for each type of roundwood processed. (Do not include logs/ bolts sold or
transferred to another primary processor). Do not include any mill residues used from wood using mills in this
section.

How much roundwood did you receive in year for this type of roundwood? ______________
Check the box for the unit of measure below.
Doyle MBF

Lumber tally MBF

Pieces

Doyle board feet

Lumber tally board feet

M(1,000) pieces

Scribner MBF

Standard cord (4'X4'X8')

Other (specify):

Scribner board feet

Lake States cord (4'X4'X100")

_________________

International 1/4-inch MBF

Green tons

International 1/4-inch board feet

Where did the roundwood you received in year come from?
(enter the percent for where the roundwood came from). If you know the counties that the roundwood
came from, please also check the counties on the map on the next page. Percents should sum to 100%.

%

County where mill is located

%

Rest of State

Other States or Countries (List below, please use state abbreviation)
State

Percent

State

Percent

%

State

Percent

%

%

What is your normal one-way procurement radius?

miles.

Do you process any logs from cities or towns (urban areas) at your mill?

YES

NO

What percent of the total roundwood received was urban wood in year?

%

What percent of the total roundwood received was from salvaged dead
trees from forested areas?

%

Please estimate the percent of each species received (the total should equal 100%).
Cedar/juniper

Other pines

Yellow birch

Hickory

Cypress

Spruce

White birch

Red oaks

True firs

Other softwoods
not listed

Other birch

White oaks

Black cherry

Sweetgum

Tamarack/larch

Ash

Cottonwood

Jack pine
Red pine

Aspen/poplar

Elm

Basswood

Hard maple

White pine

Beech

Soft maple

Hemlock

Sycamore
Tupelo/black gum
Black walnut
Yellow-poplar
Other hardwoods
not listed

Please place a check mark in each county you received wood
from in year. If know, please complete table at the bottom
of the map.

If known,
Enter species processed, State and county of origin, and the amount of
roundwood received in year, or the percent of the total.

DISPOSAL OF BARK AND WOOD RESIDUES GENERATED

Indicate how the wood and bark residues generated at the mill are disposed of by placing percentages
in the boxes under the appropriate wood-residue type columns. Only produce disposition information for
the types of residue generated at the mill. The percentages in each of the appropriate wood-residue
type columns should sum to 100%.
Please fill out a separate form for each type of roundwood processed.
Example:
Hardwood bark - 50% Mulch, 50% Residential fuelwood
Hardwood coarse - 50% Fiber products, 50% residential fuelwood
Hardwood shavings - don't have a planer, so nothing reported
Hardwood sawdust - 100% Animal bedding
Hardwood short/cull log sections - 100% residential fuelwood

NOTES - Use the 'NOTES' section to record any information about the mill that may be helpful or out
of the ordinary for the mill. Also, please use the Notes sections to comment on any questions/sections
that needed more instructions or were confusing, or if you have any suggestions on improving this
questionnaire.

Thank you for participating in this survey!
Please return the questionnaire in the postage-paid envelope provided.
Comments or questions?
Please contact us:
USDA Forest Service
Timber Product Output Survey
1992 Folwell Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
Telephone: (651) 649-5150
Internet: www.nrs.fs.fed.us/fia/topics/tpo/

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 30
minutes per respondent, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data
sources, gathering and maintaining data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to
Department of Agriculture, Clearance Officer, OIRM, Room 404-W,Washington, DC
20250; and to the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project
(OMB#0596-0010), Washington, DC 20503.