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U.S. Droughl Monitor

Southern Plains

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Insect Disease Fire Weather Vegetation

FIA average annual mortality of all live hardwoods on timberland, East Texas 2006-2014 Hurricane Rita 2005 Hurricane Ike 2008 Texas Drought of 2011

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Forestland land map based on data and analysis provided by USFS FIA

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Plot locations are approximate

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Deliverables

• Austin Urban FIA Report
• Number, health, composition, and benefits of

Austin trees

• Scheduled for release by

the end of the year

• Urban FIA Database
• Urban DataMart
• Scheduled for release in late September
• My

City's Trees

• Web application that

will present key Austin findings

• Scheduled for release in January

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• All:lk!:oed '60s-70s

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My City's Trees

• A web application presenting Urban FIA data
• Hosted atTexasForestlnfo.com
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Austin initially and option to add cities if desired

• Selected output from iTree-Eco
• Tailor information around themes that identify smaller areas in the

city

• Serve up maps and data together interactively
• Note: The following slides are preliminary data used

for

illustration and are subject to change

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Home Support Contact Disclaimer

Count Carbon Value Leaves Energy Runoff Watershed Ecoregion Austin City Growth My City’s Trees

Select my city … Select my theme …

100% Tree Count My area: 33,857,000 trees City: 33,857,000 trees Species Count (number) Percent of total (percent) Count (number per person) Ashe juniper 13,316,000 16.8 Cedar elm 4,583,000 5.8 Live oak 2,863,000 3.6

Select my area … City of Austin

Area My area: 195,223 acres My City: 195,223 acres 100% Population My area: 790,390 people My City: 790,390 people Inventory My area: 206 plots My City: 206 plots 100% 100%

Basemap

Land cover

39.3% 13.5% 8.5%

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Home Support Contact Disclaimer

Count Carbon Value Leaves Energy Runoff Watershed Ecoregion Austin My City’s Trees

Select my city … Select my theme …

50% Tree Count My area: 16,802,000 trees City: 33,857,000 trees Species Count (number) Percent of total (percent) Count (number per person) Ashe juniper 11,159,000 198.2 Live oak 1,696,000 30.1 Texas persimmon 925,00 16.4 66.4% 10.1% 5.5%

Select my area …

Area My area: 33,937 acres My City: 195,223 acres 17% Population My area: 56,315 people My City: 790,390 people Inventory My area: 33 plots My City: 206 plots 16%

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Basemap

Land cover City Growth

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Home Support Contact Disclaimer

Count Carbon Value Leaves Energy Runoff Land cover Watershed Ecoregion Austin My City’s Trees

Select my city … Select my theme …

43% Carbon Stock My area: 821,000 tons City: 1,917,000 tons Species Carbon stock (tons) Percent of total (percent) Carbon (tons per person) Ashe juniper 496,000 8.8 Live oak 213,000 3.8 Cedar elm 37,000 0.7 60.4% 25.9% 4.5%

Select my area …

Area My area: 33,937 acres My City: 195,223 acres 17% Population My area: 56,315 people My City: 790,390 people Inventory My area: 33 plots My City: 206 plots 16%

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City Growth

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Looking forward

• Finishing measurements in Houston
• Remeasurement starting in Austin
• Delivering Austin report
• Delivering My City's

Trees application

• Houston report team kicking off
• Continuing with Urban FIA Database development
• Database design and annual updates of

data

• Urban-to-rural forest analyses