Table XII-W 



MERCHANTABLE TIMBER APPRAISAL GUIDE— WESTERN WASHINGTON 



"Wholesale Values" 

 Period of Cutting Over 30 Years from Date of Assessment 





Logging 

 class 2 



Stum-page value in dollars per 1,000 board feet (100% fair market value) 



Timber quality 1 



Doug 



as-fir 



Cedar, Sitka spruce, 



white pine, and 



noble fir 



Hemlock, white 



fir, and other 



species 





Mature timber over 

 100 yr. age 



Immature timber 

 under 100 yr. age 



Merchantable 

 timber 



Merchantable 

 timber 



GOOD 



Favorable 



Average 



Difficult 



$7.50 

 6.00 

 4.50 



$6.50 

 4.00 

 1.50 



$3.50 

 2.00 

 1.00 



$3.50 

 2.00 

 1.00 



AVERAGE 



Favorable 



Average 



Difficult 



5.50 

 4.00 

 2.50 



5.00 

 2.50 

 1.00 



3.00 

 1.50 

 1.00 



3.00 

 1.50 

 1.00 



POOR 



Favorable 



Average 



Difficult 



4.00 

 2.50 

 1.00 



4.00 

 1.50 

 1.00 



2.50 

 1.00 

 1.00 



2.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 



1 Based on Tables Y-W and VI-W. 



2 Based on Table VII-W. 

 Revised December 5, 1963. 



APPRAISAL OF HARDWOODS- 

 IMMATURE AND MATURE 



Note : Attention is directed to the definition of 

 timberland on page 4 of this Manual. 



REMARKS 



1. Because of the relatively narrow range of 

 values indicated for hardwood lands and tim- 

 ber, it is felt the number of variables ap- 

 plicable to the table of values should be kept 

 to a minimum. Broader age grouping has 

 also been employed. Forty years of age has 

 been used as the break-off point between 

 "immature" and "mature" hardwoods. This 

 age may vary in different Counties and 

 within each County. In the valuing of a hard- 

 wood tract, the County Forester will use his 

 best judgment in determining when to depart 

 from the "immature" schedule and com- 

 mence the use of the "mature" schedule. 



2. Immature forest land, primarily hardwood in 

 content, so located because of terrain or dis- 

 tance, as to preclude its profitable holding and 

 ultimate conversion to logs or cordwood, shall 

 be treated as poorly stocked or non-stocked 

 coniferous forestland, with appropriate land 

 quality and logging classification factors. 



3. Sawlog size hardwoods which cannot be eco- 

 nomically logged by virtue of inaccessible ter- 

 rain, or distance to market, or very poor qual- 

 ity timber, has no value, and where this type 

 of timber occurs, the land only will be valued. 



4. Hardwoods include alder and cottonwood 

 only. Definition of variables as used in the 

 Hardwood Appraisal Guides. 



LOGGING CLASS AND ACCESSIBILITY 



Favorable Located within 25 miles of a hard- 

 wood processing plant * and gen- 

 erally 600 feet from usable road. 

 1965 logging costs average $25/M. 



Average Located within 25 to 50 miles of 

 a hardwood processing plant * 

 and generally within 600 to 1,000 

 feet of usable road. Logging costs 

 average $30/Mbf. 



Poor Generally over 1,000 feet from 



usable road. Logging costs aver- 

 age $35/Mbf. 



* Refers to stationary type plants. 

 December 2, 1965 



TIMBER QUALITY 



Good Hardwoods: Stands average over 



45% sawlogs. 



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