J.3_-_R9_CruiseTallyCard.pdf

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USDA Forest Service Eastern Region

R9 TIMBER SALE CRUISE TALLY CARD

FOREST DISTRICT SALE NO. P.U. NO. DATE SHEET OF

SALE NAME CRUISERS

PAINT BRAND BATCH NO. COLOR

Plot/ Tree/ Sample Count/ Tree Sawlogs Non-Saw Live/ Cut/ Tree Cruiser

Card No. Line No. Stratum Group Measure Count Species DBH Height %Defect %Recov. 4” Ht. Tot. Ht. %Defect Dead Leave Grade ID

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INSTRUCTIONS

Forest 2-digit forest number District 2-digit district number Sale No. 5-digit sale number P.U. No. Payment unit number Date Date cruised Sale Name Name of the sale Cruisers Cruiser names or IDs Paint Brand Brand of paint used Batch No. Batch number of paint used Color Color of paint used Plot/Card No. Plot number for area-based cruises. Cruise card number for tree-based cruises.

Tree/Line No. Area-based cruising: Tree numbers must be unique within a plot. Number each plot beginning with 1.

Tree-based cruising: Number trees sequentially regardless of strata, sample group, etc.

Stratum Stratum code Sample Group Sample group code Count/Measure For STR or PCMTRE: enter C for a count tree record; enter M or leave blank for a measure tree record.

Tree Count Number of trees tallied for this record Species 3-digit species code DBH DBH to the tenth-inch Sawlog - Height Height from ground to the top of the sawtimber portion in feet Sawlog - %Defect Percent defect in sawtimber material not recoverable Sawlog - %Recov. Percent defect in sawtimber material recoverable as non-saw material Non-Saw - 4” Ht. Height from ground to the 4-inch point on the main stem Non-Saw - Tot. Ht. Height from ground to the very tip of the tree Non-Saw %Defect Percent defect in the non-sawtimber material Live/Dead Enter L for live trees or D for dead trees Cut/Leave Enter C for cut trees or L for leave trees Tree Grade 1-digit tree grade (optional) Cruiser ID Identifier for the cruiser who measured the tree