Massachusetts stumpage price information, 1959 to 1988
Stumpage data for the state of Massachusetts were gathered on a sporadic basis from 1959 to 1988 by the Marketing and Utilization staff of the Bureau of Forestry.
Data were sometimes grouped by county into the following four categories:
Group A: Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties
Group B: Worcester, Middlesex, and Norfolk Counties
Group C: Essex County
Group D: Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket Counties
Sometimes, arrows appear next to prices, indicating either an increase [arrow pointing up] or decrease [arrow pointing down] since the last price survey.
sporadic information, 1959 - 1982
Results of a rough study of stumpage price ranges in the 1950s and 1960s
Massachusetts Roundwood stumpage price ranges by County Groups.
January 1980 May 1980 September 1980
This information is meant to be used as a guide only. Use with care. Prices paid for standing timber (or "stumpage") can be influenced by many factors, including but not limited to: timber quality, distance to market, accessibility of property, sale volume, market demand, season, skid distance, landowner requirements, method of sale (e.g., competitively bid, or directly negotiated) and logging costs.
http://forest.fnr.umass.edu/snestumpage.htm last revised 05.23.2008
This survey is a result of joint efforts of Cooperative Extension at the Universities of
maintained by: David Kittredge / Department of Natural Resources Conservation 