Sheboygan GMU

Below are statistics, charts and general information on the Sheboygan GMU. All chart and map links open in a separate window.

Three-quarters of the total land area and of the timberland in the Sheboygan GMU is located in Sheboygan County.

Forest acreage

The area of timberland in the Sheboygan GMU has decreased by over 8,000 acres or 15% in the past decade. The most recent survey (2001-2005) indicates that productive forestland makes up about 45,000 acres or 11% of the total land area of the GMU.
View bar chart: Timberland acreage in the Sheboygan GMU

Forest types

Hard maple-dominated types, mainly sugar maple/beech/yellow birch and hard maple/basswood, account for 41% of timberland acreage and bottomland forest types, such as sugarberry/hackberry /elm/green ash, northern white-cedar, cottonwood/willow, and black ash/American elm/red maple, make up another 31% of acreage.
View bar chart: The most important forest types in the Sheboygan GMU

Growing stock volume

Total growing stock volume in the Sheboygan GMU is 80 million cubic feet. Sugar maple has the greatest volume (19%) followed by northern white cedar with 12% and green ash with 9% of growing stock volume.

Ratio of growth to removals

Net annual growth (5.9 million cubic feet) exceeded average annual removals (1.6 million cubic feet) by 277%. Annual growth accounted for about 7.4% of standing volume.

Habitat type

Over one third of the forested landscape in the Sheboygan GMU is classified as either mesic-wet mesic or lowland. Half is dry mesic-mesic or mesic.
View pie chart: Major habitat types in the Sheboygan GMU

Timberland ownership

Only 18% of timberland in the Sheboygan GMU is publicly owned. The majority (82%) belongs to private entities.
View pie chart: Ownership of Timberland in the Sheboygan GMU