Forests of Ohio, 2024: FIA annual snapshot

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Forest Inventor y and Analysis (FIA) program provides this resource update annually as an overview of forest resources in Ohio.These estimates are derived from fiel d data collected across a systematic network of fixed-radius forest monitori ng plots located on both public and private land.New updates are provi ded annually as a subset of plots within the State are remeasured.Data used in thi s update were accessed from the FIA database on 11 August 2025.Forest land area by county 76-100% 51-75% 26-50% 0-25% Forest Inventory and Analysis Overview: Ohio, 2024 Each year, field crews visit and measure a subset of all FIA plots across t he entire State (the size of the subset varies by State and year).Combining al l of the subsets creates a full State inventory used in this snapshot.The l ast year of the most recent full inventory is the year shown in the title.4,546 total plots in the full State inventor y 1,426 of those plots contain forest land Forest Area: Ohio, 2024 Sampled land area: 26,085,898 acres Forest land area: 7,711,188 acres (±1.20%SE*) * SE is sampling error Timberland area: 7,433,107 acres (±1.28%SE) 0% 100% 30% of sampled land area is covered by forest Forest Composition: Ohio, 2024 Sound total-stem bark and wood volume of liv e trees (≥5.0 in.diameter) on forest land: 25,790,950,732 cubic feet (±1.91%SE) Top species by volume % of total red maple (Acer rubrum) 11.7% sugar maple (Acer saccharum) 10.6% yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) * Differences between estimates includes physical changes (cutting/growth), land-use change, and change in protocol.7,809,811 acres 7,711,188 acres Forest land area 24,275,879,458 cubic feet 25,790,950,732 cubic feet Forest land volume Sound total-stem bark and wood volume of live trees ≥5.0 in.diameter 3,822,532,639 trees 3,682,880,010 trees Number of live trees on forest land Live trees ≥1.0 in.diameter 689,261,000 metric tons 702,792,770 metric tons Total forest land carbon storage 2019 2024