Timber cruise report (free draft)
- Tract, stands and acreage
- Cruise method and plot count
- Volume by species and product
- Stand table and stocking
- Values and price assumptions
- Basis and depletion notes
Consulting foresters and timber buyers
Where is the stand you cruised?
Free timber cruise report draft: volumes by species and product from your plot tally, with a stand map and the basis notes a landowner needs.
- Free to read
- No sign-up until the draft
- Hands off to the right door
ePlan fills in
- Stand boundary
- Acreage
- Forest type
- Aerial photo
- Slope
How it works
Timber cruise report, from one answer
- Mark the stand and paste your plot tally.
- ePlan totals volumes by species and product and maps the stands.
- Read the cruise report free. Moving to a harvest in California? Start a timber harvest plan draft.
What you get
Timber cruise report and 1 more document
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Timber harvest plan door.
Timber harvest plan
- Harvest area and silviculture
- Watercourse protection
- Roads and erosion control
- Registered professional forester signature
From public data
What ePlan fills in, and from where
- Stand outlinesUSDA NAIP aerial imagery
- Forest typeLANDFIRE
- Slope and accessUSGS 3D Elevation Program
- Parcel and acreageRegrid nationwide parcel data (county assessor)
More than 1 year
of holding lets standing timber sale income qualify for long-term capital gains; the cruise supplies the volume behind the basis deduction
Source: USDA Forest Service, Tax Tips for Forest Landowners for the 2025 Tax Year
Ready for the paperwork?
Draft a California timber harvesting plan for your RPF: units, silviculture, roads, watercourse protection and the 14 CCR 1034 sections. Free to read.
Questions
Timber Cruise Report From Your Plot Tally: what people ask
How does a cruise affect taxes on a timber sale?
The cruise volume sets the depletion unit: the timber's basis divided by its volume. Multiply that unit by the volume sold to get the basis you subtract from the sale proceeds.
Does the landowner need to file IRS Form T?
Form T is needed to claim timber depletion, sell cut products under section 631(a), or sell business-held standing timber in a lump sum under 631(b). Occasional sellers, with one or two sales every 3 or 4 years, need not file but should keep records.
What if the owner replants after the harvest?
Up to $10,000 of qualifying reforestation costs per qualified timber property can be deducted each year, and the rest amortized over 84 months.
The rules this door follows
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What's the name of your fuel break?
Silviculturists and consulting foresters
Silvicultural prescription
Which stand are you prescribing for?
NEPA · design criteria
Design criteria table
Which forest is the project on?
Timber Cruise Report From Your Plot Tally: check it free
Answer it and ePlan opens the Timber harvest plan door with your answer filled in.