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Table 5 State level estimates of forest area in 2005 (millions of ha), net C gains, net C losses, and net C change (Tg C year−1) together with the percent of C loss attributable to harvest, drought, fire, wind, insect infestation, and land use conversion within the state

From: Attribution of net carbon change by disturbance type across forest lands of the conterminous United States

State

Forest area

C gain

C loss

Net C change

Fire (%)

Insect (%)

Wind (%)

Conversion (%)

Drought (%)

Harvest (%)

Alabama

8.5

−27.3

12.5

−14.9

0

1

0

1

0

97

Arizona

2.0

−2.4

0.4

−1.9

22

0

1

0

0

77

Arkansas

7.4

−22.6

8.6

−14.0

1

2

0

2

0

95

California

9.3

−16.8

9.4

−7.4

32

0

7

1

0

60

Colorado

5.1

−6.7

0.3

−6.3

8

0

0

1

0

92

Connecticut

0.9

−1.2

0.2

−1.0

0

0

1

31

0

68

Delaware

0.2

−0.2

0.1

−0.1

0

0

0

4

0

95

District of Columbia

<0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0

0

0

100

0

0

Florida

6.4

−28.5

6.3

−22.2

3

0

0

3

0

94

Georgia

9.4

−33.2

14.4

−18.8

1

1

0

2

0

96

Idaho

7.1

−10.2

4.9

−5.3

29

0

23

0

0

48

Illinois

2.3

−2.8

1.1

−1.7

0

0

0

3

0

97

Indiana

2.3

−2.8

1.7

−1.1

0

0

3

1

0

95

Iowa

1.2

−1.5

0.4

−1.1

0

1

0

3

0

96

Kansas

0.9

−1.1

0.2

−0.9

0

1

0

3

0

95

Kentucky

5.7

−11.5

3.3

−8.2

1

0

0

6

0

93

Louisiana

5.4

−18.0

11.1

−6.9

0

19

0

1

0

79

Maine

6.8

−7.7

6.7

−0.9

0

0

15

1

0

84

Maryland

1.2

−1.5

0.8

−0.8

0

0

6

7

0

86

Massachusetts

1.5

−1.9

0.6

−1.3

0

0

4

18

0

78

Michigan

8.5

−10.3

4.3

−6.0

0

0

1

1

11

87

Minnesota

7.7

−9.5

3.2

−6.3

1

0

3

1

0

96

Mississippi

7.0

−24.3

11.6

−12.7

0

2

0

2

0

96

Missouri

7.1

−8.7

2.7

−6.0

1

2

0

4

0

93

Montana

7.3

−8.6

5.0

−3.5

14

0

49

0

0

37

Nebraska

0.3

−0.4

0.1

−0.2

2

1

0

0

0

97

Nevada

0.7

−0.8

0.1

−0.7

15

0

0

0

0

84

New Hampshire

2.1

−2.6

0.8

−1.8

0

2

4

6

0

88

New Jersey

1.0

−1.3

0.5

−0.8

2

0

40

14

0

43

New Mexico

2.6

−3.2

0.3

−2.8

33

0

16

0

0

51

New York

8.3

−10.7

3.1

−7.6

0

0

5

4

0

91

North Carolina

7.6

−23.7

9.6

−14.1

0

0

0

1

2

95

North Dakota

0.2

−0.3

0.0

−0.3

0

1

0

2

0

96

Ohio

3.6

−4.4

1.2

−3.2

0

0

7

7

0

86

Oklahoma

3.6

−9.0

1.6

−7.3

2

2

0

3

0

94

Oregon

9.2

−20.6

11.1

−9.6

4

0

2

6

0

88

Pennsylvania

7.6

−9.8

4.0

−5.8

0

0

13

3

0

84

Rhode Island

0.2

−0.2

0.1

−0.2

0

0

3

11

0

85

South Carolina

4.8

−18.4

6.5

−11.9

1

1

0

2

0

97

South Dakota

0.5

−0.6

0.2

−0.3

2

0

0

0

0

98

Tennessee

6.2

−14.2

4.0

−10.1

0

1

0

3

0

95

Texas

7.9

−23.3

9.8

−13.6

1

23

0

2

0

74

Utah

2.2

−2.2

0.3

−1.8

24

0

38

0

0

38

Vermont

2.0

−2.5

0.6

−1.9

0

0

2

1

0

96

Virginia

6.7

−16.5

6.1

−10.4

1

0

0

2

0

97

Washington

7.9

−17.3

11.7

−5.6

3

0

8

19

0

70

West Virginia

5.3

−6.9

2.5

−4.4

0

0

1

6

0

93

Wisconsin

7.2

−8.4

6.3

−2.0

0

1

23

0

5

70

Wyoming

2.7

−3.3

0.8

−2.5

21

0

25

0

0

54

Total

221.5

−459.5

191.1

−268.4

4

3

5

3

1

85