SIC 0811 Timber Tracts

SIC 0811

This category includes establishments primarily engaged in the operations of timber tracts or tree farms for the purpose of selling standing timber. Establishments not holding timber tracts as real property (not for sale of timber) are classified in SIC 6519: Lessors of Real Property, Not Elsewhere Classified and logging establishments are classified in SIC 2411: Logging.

NAICS CODE(S)

111421

Nursery and Tree Production

113110

Timber Tract Operation

About one-half of the United States is wooded, and approximately 500 million acres of this forested land is classified as timberland, or land capable of growing 20 cubic feet of wood per acre per year. Federal, state, and local governments own 130 million acres; 300 million acres are in relatively small tracts owned by individuals; and 70 million acres are owned by commercial firms. Oregon, Washington, and California are the country's largest timber producing states, accounting for more than three-fourths of Western timber production. Timber also is the South's largest agricultural product.

There are about 500,000 acres in production for growing Christmas trees in the United States, managed by more than 20,000 Christmas tree growers. Christmas trees are grown in all 50 states, and more than 100,000 people are employed full- or part-time in the industry. Consumers purchased 27.1 million trees in...