Kansas Forest Inventory

State-wide inventories of Kansas forestland have occurred in 1937, 1965, 1981 and 1994. These inventories, with the exception of 1937, have been accomplished through an important partnership with the Kansas Forest Service and the USDA Forest Service, North Central Experiment Station’s Forest Inventory and Analysis Program (FIA).

FIA is a national program that conducts and maintains comprehensive inventories of the forest resources in the United States. In 1998, Congress mandated FIA switch from a periodic to an annual inventory. The annual inventory system, which began in 2001, measures 20% of the state each year, completing a full inventory in 5 years. Annual reports are provided each year, with a comprehensive report at the end of each 5 year cycle. Reports from the FIA Inventory program are available in PDF format below, along with a table summarizing all reports.

Review Draft 2001 - 2005 Kansas Forest Inventory and Analysis Report

Kansas Forest Land Area

Inventory Year	Years Between Inventory	Forest Land Acres	Increase In Acres Between Inventories	Percent Land Area
N/A	N/A	4,480,000*	N/A	8.5
1937	N/A	1,238,000	N/A	2.4
1965	28	1,349,800	111,800	2.6
1981	16	1,358,700	8,900	2.6
1994	13	1,546,100	187,400	3.0
2001	7	2,216,300	670,200	4.2
2002	1	2,229,000	12,700	4.2
2003	1	2,227,300	-1,700	4.2
2004	1	2,126,100	-101,200	4.0
2005	1	2,105,500	-20,600	4.0
2006	1	2,103,900	-1,600	4.0

*Estimate Prior To Euro Settlement

FIA also monitors the removal and processing of wood by Kansas sawmills through Timber Product Output studies, as well as surveying individuals who own woodlands in Kansas through the National Woodland Owner Survey.

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