Piled Fuels Biomass and Emissions Calculator
Last updated
: 3/26/2014
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Describe this pile group:
Pile group name:
Number of piles
:
Pile shape
:
Half sphere
Paraboloid
Half cylinder
Half-frustum of cone
Cone w/ rounded ends
Half ellipsoid
Irregular solid
Pile dimensions (ft)
:
Pile dimensions (m)
:
W1:
W2:
H1:
H2:
L1:
L2:
Estimated pile
volume that is soil
:
%
Packing ratio
:
1.
10%: Piles with species content dominated by long-needled pines and/or broadleaf deciduous litter.
Mean diameters of large woody fuels < 10 inches.
2.
20%: Piles dominated by short-needled conifers. Mean diameters of large woody fuels < 10 inches.
3.
25%: Highly compacted, clean piles with large logs (diameters > 10 inches), especially those built with a crane or loader.
1.
10%: Piles with species content dominated by long-needled pines and/or broadleaf deciduous litter.
Mean diameters of large woody fuels < 25 cm.
2.
20%: Piles dominated by short-needled conifers. Mean diameters of large woody fuels < 25 cm.
3.
25%: Highly compacted, clean piles with large logs (diameters > 25 cm), especially those built with a crane or loader.
Pile composition
:
Conifer
Shrub/Hardwood
Primary species (wood density in lb/ft
3
):
ailanthus (37.0)
Alaska yellow cedar (30.8)
alligator juniper (35.6)
American basswood (25.9)
American beech (44.7)
American chestnut (30.1)
American elm (34.9)
American holly (39.8)
American hophornbeam (48.9)
American hornbeam (ironwood) (48.9)
American sycamore (34.2)
apple (46.8)
Atlantic white cedar (22.4)
Australian pine (61.5)
baldcypress (32.1)
balsam fir (24.5)
balsam poplar (23.8)
bigleaf maple (33.5)
bigtooth aspen (27.3)
Bishop pine (34.2)
bitternut hickory (46.1)
black ash (34.2)
black cherry (34.9)
black cottonwood (24.5)
black locust (48.2)
black maple (39.8)
black oak (42.6)
black spruce (32.1)
black walnut (38.4)
black willow (27.3)
blackgum (34.9)
blue ash (40.5)
bluegum (55.9)
boxelder (32.1)
bur oak (44.7)
butternut (26.6)
California black oak (38.4)
California laurel (38.4)
California white oak (40.5)
canyon live oak (51.7)
cedar elm (44.7)
cherrybark oak (48.2)
chestnut oak (46.1)
coast redwood (26.6)
common hackberry (37.0)
cucumber tree (33.5)
Douglas-fir (33.5)
eastern cottonwood (28.0)
eastern hemlock (28.0)
eastern red cedar (32.8)
eastern white pine (24.5)
Engelmann spruce (24.5)
flowering dogwood (51.0)
Fremont cottonwood (31.4)
gambel oak (44.0)
giant sequoia (26.6)
golden chinkapin (32.1)
grand fir (25.9)
gray birch (35.6)
gray pine (30.1)
green ash (39.1)
gumbo limbo (24.5)
honey mesquite (57.3)
honeylocust (45.4)
incense cedar (25.9)
jack pine (30.1)
Jeffrey pine (29.4)
Kentucky coffeetree (41.9)
knobcone pine (29.4)
koa** (38.4)
laurel oak (44.0)
limber pine (29.4)
live oak (61.5)
loblolly pine (35.6)
lodgepole pine (28.7)
longleaf pine (41.2)
mahogany (41.9)
mockernut hickory (50.3)
Monterey pine (37.0)
mountain hemlock (31.4)
mountain magnolia (30.8)
noble fir (27.3)
northern catalpa (28.7)
northern red oak (44.0)
northern white cedar (21.7)
nutmeg hickory (41.9)
Oregon ash (38.4)
Oregon white oak (50.3)
osage-orange (59.4)
overcup oak (44.0)
Pacific dogwood (43.3)
Pacific madrone (45.4)
Pacific silver fir (30.1)
Pacific yew (46.8)
paper birch (38.4)
paperbark tree (50.3)
pecan hickory (46.1)
persimmon (51.7)
pignut hickory (52.4)
pin oak (44.0)
pinyon pine (39.8)
pitch pine (36.3)
pond pine (39.1)
ponderosa pine (28.0)
Port-Orford cedar (30.1)
post oak (46.8)
pumpkin ash (36.3)
quaking aspen (26.6)
red alder (28.7)
red fir (26.6)
red mangrove (67.1)
red maple (37.7)
red pine (32.1)
red spruce (28.0)
redbud (40.5)
river birch (39.1)
rock elm (44.0)
sand pine (33.5)
sassafras (32.1)
scarlet oak (46.8)
scarlet oak (46.8)
serviceberry (55.2)
shagbark hickory (50.3)
shellbark hickory (48.2)
shortleaf pine (35.6)
silver maple (32.8)
Silverbell (31.4)
Sitka spruce (25.2)
slash pine (41.2)
slippery elm (37.0)
sourwood (38.4)
southern magnolia (34.9)
southern red cedar (30.8)
southern red oak (41.2)
spruce pine (30.8)
striped maple (32.1)
subalpine fir (22.4)
sugar maple (44.0)
sugar pine (25.2)
swamp chestnut oak (46.8)
swamp white oak (50.3)
sweet birch (45.4)
sweetbay magnolia (32.1)
sweetgum (36.3)
Table mountain pine (36.3)
tamarack (37.0)
tanoak (43.3)
Utah juniper (50.3)
Virginia pine (33.5)
water hickory (43.3)
water oak (44.0)
water tupelo (34.9)
western hemlock (31.4)
western larch (36.3)
western redcedar (22.4)
western white pine (26.6)
white ash (41.9)
white fir (27.3)
white oak (47.5)
white spruce (28.0)
willow oak (48.2)
winged elm (46.1)
yellow birch (43.3)
yellow buckeye (25.2)
yellow poplar (29.4)
%
}
percents must sum to 100%
Secondary species (wood density in lb/ft
3
):
ailanthus (37.0)
Alaska yellow cedar (30.8)
alligator juniper (35.6)
American basswood (25.9)
American beech (44.7)
American chestnut (30.1)
American elm (34.9)
American holly (39.8)
American hophornbeam (48.9)
American hornbeam (ironwood) (48.9)
American sycamore (34.2)
apple (46.8)
Atlantic white cedar (22.4)
Australian pine (61.5)
baldcypress (32.1)
balsam fir (24.5)
balsam poplar (23.8)
bigleaf maple (33.5)
bigtooth aspen (27.3)
Bishop pine (34.2)
bitternut hickory (46.1)
black ash (34.2)
black cherry (34.9)
black cottonwood (24.5)
black locust (48.2)
black maple (39.8)
black oak (42.6)
black spruce (32.1)
black walnut (38.4)
black willow (27.3)
blackgum (34.9)
blue ash (40.5)
bluegum (55.9)
boxelder (32.1)
bur oak (44.7)
butternut (26.6)
California black oak (38.4)
California laurel (38.4)
California white oak (40.5)
canyon live oak (51.7)
cedar elm (44.7)
cherrybark oak (48.2)
chestnut oak (46.1)
coast redwood (26.6)
common hackberry (37.0)
cucumber tree (33.5)
Douglas-fir (33.5)
eastern cottonwood (28.0)
eastern hemlock (28.0)
eastern red cedar (32.8)
eastern white pine (24.5)
Engelmann spruce (24.5)
flowering dogwood (51.0)
Fremont cottonwood (31.4)
gambel oak (44.0)
giant sequoia (26.6)
golden chinkapin (32.1)
grand fir (25.9)
gray birch (35.6)
gray pine (30.1)
green ash (39.1)
gumbo limbo (24.5)
honey mesquite (57.3)
honeylocust (45.4)
incense cedar (25.9)
jack pine (30.1)
Jeffrey pine (29.4)
Kentucky coffeetree (41.9)
knobcone pine (29.4)
koa** (38.4)
laurel oak (44.0)
limber pine (29.4)
live oak (61.5)
loblolly pine (35.6)
lodgepole pine (28.7)
longleaf pine (41.2)
mahogany (41.9)
mockernut hickory (50.3)
Monterey pine (37.0)
mountain hemlock (31.4)
mountain magnolia (30.8)
noble fir (27.3)
northern catalpa (28.7)
northern red oak (44.0)
northern white cedar (21.7)
nutmeg hickory (41.9)
Oregon ash (38.4)
Oregon white oak (50.3)
osage-orange (59.4)
overcup oak (44.0)
Pacific dogwood (43.3)
Pacific madrone (45.4)
Pacific silver fir (30.1)
Pacific yew (46.8)
paper birch (38.4)
paperbark tree (50.3)
pecan hickory (46.1)
persimmon (51.7)
pignut hickory (52.4)
pin oak (44.0)
pinyon pine (39.8)
pitch pine (36.3)
pond pine (39.1)
ponderosa pine (28.0)
Port-Orford cedar (30.1)
post oak (46.8)
pumpkin ash (36.3)
quaking aspen (26.6)
red alder (28.7)
red fir (26.6)
red mangrove (67.1)
red maple (37.7)
red pine (32.1)
red spruce (28.0)
redbud (40.5)
river birch (39.1)
rock elm (44.0)
sand pine (33.5)
sassafras (32.1)
scarlet oak (46.8)
scarlet oak (46.8)
serviceberry (55.2)
shagbark hickory (50.3)
shellbark hickory (48.2)
shortleaf pine (35.6)
silver maple (32.8)
Silverbell (31.4)
Sitka spruce (25.2)
slash pine (41.2)
slippery elm (37.0)
sourwood (38.4)
southern magnolia (34.9)
southern red cedar (30.8)
southern red oak (41.2)
spruce pine (30.8)
striped maple (32.1)
subalpine fir (22.4)
sugar maple (44.0)
sugar pine (25.2)
swamp chestnut oak (46.8)
swamp white oak (50.3)
sweet birch (45.4)
sweetbay magnolia (32.1)
sweetgum (36.3)
Table mountain pine (36.3)
tamarack (37.0)
tanoak (43.3)
Utah juniper (50.3)
Virginia pine (33.5)
water hickory (43.3)
water oak (44.0)
water tupelo (34.9)
western hemlock (31.4)
western larch (36.3)
western redcedar (22.4)
western white pine (26.6)
white ash (41.9)
white fir (27.3)
white oak (47.5)
white spruce (28.0)
willow oak (48.2)
winged elm (46.1)
yellow birch (43.3)
yellow buckeye (25.2)
yellow poplar (29.4)
%
Primary species (wood density in g/cm
3
):
ailanthus (0.59)
Alaska yellow cedar (0.49)
alligator juniper (0.57)
American basswood (0.41)
American beech (0.72)
American chestnut (0.48)
American elm (0.56)
American holly (0.64)
American hophornbeam (0.78)
American hornbeam (ironwood) (0.78)
American sycamore (0.55)
apple (0.75)
Atlantic white cedar (0.36)
Australian pine (0.98)
baldcypress (0.51)
balsam fir (0.39)
balsam poplar (0.38)
bigleaf maple (0.54)
bigtooth aspen (0.44)
Bishop pine (0.55)
bitternut hickory (0.74)
black ash (0.55)
black cherry (0.56)
black cottonwood (0.39)
black locust (0.77)
black maple (0.64)
black oak (0.68)
black spruce (0.51)
black walnut (0.61)
black willow (0.44)
blackgum (0.56)
blue ash (0.65)
bluegum (0.89)
boxelder (0.51)
bur oak (0.72)
butternut (0.43)
California black oak (0.61)
California laurel (0.61)
California white oak (0.65)
canyon live oak (0.83)
cedar elm (0.72)
cherrybark oak (0.77)
chestnut oak (0.74)
coast redwood (0.43)
common hackberry (0.59)
cucumber tree (0.54)
Douglas-fir (0.54)
eastern cottonwood (0.45)
eastern hemlock (0.45)
eastern red cedar (0.52)
eastern white pine (0.39)
Engelmann spruce (0.39)
flowering dogwood (0.82)
Fremont cottonwood (0.50)
gambel oak (0.70)
giant sequoia (0.43)
golden chinkapin (0.51)
grand fir (0.41)
gray birch (0.57)
gray pine (0.48)
green ash (0.63)
gumbo limbo (0.39)
honey mesquite (0.92)
honeylocust (0.73)
incense cedar (0.41)
jack pine (0.48)
Jeffrey pine (0.47)
Kentucky coffeetree (0.67)
knobcone pine (0.47)
koa** (0.61)
laurel oak (0.70)
limber pine (0.47)
live oak (0.98)
loblolly pine (0.57)
lodgepole pine (0.46)
longleaf pine (0.66)
mahogany (0.67)
mockernut hickory (0.80)
Monterey pine (0.59)
mountain hemlock (0.50)
mountain magnolia (0.49)
noble fir (0.44)
northern catalpa (0.46)
northern red oak (0.70)
northern white cedar (0.35)
nutmeg hickory (0.67)
Oregon ash (0.61)
Oregon white oak (0.80)
osage-orange (0.95)
overcup oak (0.70)
Pacific dogwood (0.69)
Pacific madrone (0.73)
Pacific silver fir (0.48)
Pacific yew (0.75)
paper birch (0.61)
paperbark tree (0.80)
pecan hickory (0.74)
persimmon (0.83)
pignut hickory (0.84)
pin oak (0.70)
pinyon pine (0.64)
pitch pine (0.58)
pond pine (0.63)
ponderosa pine (0.45)
Port-Orford cedar (0.48)
post oak (0.75)
pumpkin ash (0.58)
quaking aspen (0.43)
red alder (0.46)
red fir (0.43)
red mangrove (1.07)
red maple (0.60)
red pine (0.51)
red spruce (0.45)
redbud (0.65)
river birch (0.63)
rock elm (0.70)
sand pine (0.54)
sassafras (0.51)
scarlet oak (0.75)
scarlet oak (0.75)
serviceberry (0.88)
shagbark hickory (0.80)
shellbark hickory (0.77)
shortleaf pine (0.57)
silver maple (0.52)
Silverbell (0.50)
Sitka spruce (0.40)
slash pine (0.66)
slippery elm (0.59)
sourwood (0.61)
southern magnolia (0.56)
southern red cedar (0.49)
southern red oak (0.66)
spruce pine (0.49)
striped maple (0.51)
subalpine fir (0.36)
sugar maple (0.70)
sugar pine (0.40)
swamp chestnut oak (0.75)
swamp white oak (0.80)
sweet birch (0.73)
sweetbay magnolia (0.51)
sweetgum (0.58)
Table mountain pine (0.58)
tamarack (0.59)
tanoak (0.69)
Utah juniper (0.80)
Virginia pine (0.54)
water hickory (0.69)
water oak (0.70)
water tupelo (0.56)
western hemlock (0.50)
western larch (0.58)
western redcedar (0.36)
western white pine (0.43)
white ash (0.67)
white fir (0.44)
white oak (0.76)
white spruce (0.45)
willow oak (0.77)
winged elm (0.74)
yellow birch (0.69)
yellow buckeye (0.40)
yellow poplar (0.47)
%
}
must sum to 100%
Secondary species (wood density in g/cm
3
):
ailanthus (0.59)
Alaska yellow cedar (0.49)
alligator juniper (0.57)
American basswood (0.41)
American beech (0.72)
American chestnut (0.48)
American elm (0.56)
American holly (0.64)
American hophornbeam (0.78)
American hornbeam (ironwood) (0.78)
American sycamore (0.55)
apple (0.75)
Atlantic white cedar (0.36)
Australian pine (0.98)
baldcypress (0.51)
balsam fir (0.39)
balsam poplar (0.38)
bigleaf maple (0.54)
bigtooth aspen (0.44)
Bishop pine (0.55)
bitternut hickory (0.74)
black ash (0.55)
black cherry (0.56)
black cottonwood (0.39)
black locust (0.77)
black maple (0.64)
black oak (0.68)
black spruce (0.51)
black walnut (0.61)
black willow (0.44)
blackgum (0.56)
blue ash (0.65)
bluegum (0.89)
boxelder (0.51)
bur oak (0.72)
butternut (0.43)
California black oak (0.61)
California laurel (0.61)
California white oak (0.65)
canyon live oak (0.83)
cedar elm (0.72)
cherrybark oak (0.77)
chestnut oak (0.74)
coast redwood (0.43)
common hackberry (0.59)
cucumber tree (0.54)
Douglas-fir (0.54)
eastern cottonwood (0.45)
eastern hemlock (0.45)
eastern red cedar (0.52)
eastern white pine (0.39)
Engelmann spruce (0.39)
flowering dogwood (0.82)
Fremont cottonwood (0.50)
gambel oak (0.70)
giant sequoia (0.43)
golden chinkapin (0.51)
grand fir (0.41)
gray birch (0.57)
gray pine (0.48)
green ash (0.63)
gumbo limbo (0.39)
honey mesquite (0.92)
honeylocust (0.73)
incense cedar (0.41)
jack pine (0.48)
Jeffrey pine (0.47)
Kentucky coffeetree (0.67)
knobcone pine (0.47)
koa** (0.61)
laurel oak (0.70)
limber pine (0.47)
live oak (0.98)
loblolly pine (0.57)
lodgepole pine (0.46)
longleaf pine (0.66)
mahogany (0.67)
mockernut hickory (0.80)
Monterey pine (0.59)
mountain hemlock (0.50)
mountain magnolia (0.49)
noble fir (0.44)
northern catalpa (0.46)
northern red oak (0.70)
northern white cedar (0.35)
nutmeg hickory (0.67)
Oregon ash (0.61)
Oregon white oak (0.80)
osage-orange (0.95)
overcup oak (0.70)
Pacific dogwood (0.69)
Pacific madrone (0.73)
Pacific silver fir (0.48)
Pacific yew (0.75)
paper birch (0.61)
paperbark tree (0.80)
pecan hickory (0.74)
persimmon (0.83)
pignut hickory (0.84)
pin oak (0.70)
pinyon pine (0.64)
pitch pine (0.58)
pond pine (0.63)
ponderosa pine (0.45)
Port-Orford cedar (0.48)
post oak (0.75)
pumpkin ash (0.58)
quaking aspen (0.43)
red alder (0.46)
red fir (0.43)
red mangrove (1.07)
red maple (0.60)
red pine (0.51)
red spruce (0.45)
redbud (0.65)
river birch (0.63)
rock elm (0.70)
sand pine (0.54)
sassafras (0.51)
scarlet oak (0.75)
scarlet oak (0.75)
serviceberry (0.88)
shagbark hickory (0.80)
shellbark hickory (0.77)
shortleaf pine (0.57)
silver maple (0.52)
Silverbell (0.50)
Sitka spruce (0.40)
slash pine (0.66)
slippery elm (0.59)
sourwood (0.61)
southern magnolia (0.56)
southern red cedar (0.49)
southern red oak (0.66)
spruce pine (0.49)
striped maple (0.51)
subalpine fir (0.36)
sugar maple (0.70)
sugar pine (0.40)
swamp chestnut oak (0.75)
swamp white oak (0.80)
sweet birch (0.73)
sweetbay magnolia (0.51)
sweetgum (0.58)
Table mountain pine (0.58)
tamarack (0.59)
tanoak (0.69)
Utah juniper (0.80)
Virginia pine (0.54)
water hickory (0.69)
water oak (0.70)
water tupelo (0.56)
western hemlock (0.50)
western larch (0.58)
western redcedar (0.36)
western white pine (0.43)
white ash (0.67)
white fir (0.44)
white oak (0.76)
white spruce (0.45)
willow oak (0.77)
winged elm (0.74)
yellow birch (0.69)
yellow buckeye (0.40)
yellow poplar (0.47)
%
Pile quality
:
Clean (0% soil)
Dirty (>0 - 10% soil)
Very dirty (>10% soil)
Consumption
:
% of piled material
(Note: Default for Consume = 90%, default for Washington DNR estimates = 85%)