Support for Hurricane-Damaged Private Timberlands
Eligible Hurricanes caused significant damage to silviculture in Florida, including broken limbs, downed trees, and catastrophic stand loss. This program provides financial assistance to Eligible Producers who suffered timber losses due to hurricane impacts in Eligible Counties. Payments help support recovery activities and the long-term restoration of private forestlands.
Private forest landowners in Florida with at least ten contiguous storm-damaged acres of private forestland who owned the land at the time of the Eligible Hurricane and at the time of application that experienced moderate, severe, or catastrophic hurricane damage
- Payments based on FIA Zone and damage severity
- Producers with at least 16% damage and 10-20 acres will receive a flat rate based on FIA zone:
- Northeast Florida: $492.18
- Northwest Florida: $459.16
- Central Florida: $315.37
- South Florida: $222.85
- Producers with 20 or more damaged acres receive payments calculated using a damage-severity formula, not to exceed $750,000 per producer
- Payments are available for moderate, severe, or catastrophic timber damage
- *Actual payment amounts depend on documentation and program rules.
Allowable Uses of Funds
Producers claiming more than 20 acres of damaged timberland must commit to reforestation of catastrophic-damage pine stands or pine stands that were clear-cut due to moderate or severe hurricane damage.
Eligibility Requirements
- The producer must meet the definition of an Eligible Producer under this program.
- The application must cover at least ten contiguous acres of timberland, under the same ownership, with moderate, severe, or catastrophic hurricane damage occurring on all or part of that acreage.
- Losses must have occurred on private forest land.
- The Eligible Producer must have been the owner of the private forest land at the time of the Eligible Hurricane and at the time of application.
Additional Disclosures
Producers will be reimbursed according to the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) location of their timberland.
Producers with at least 16% damage and 10-20 acres will receive a flat rate based on FIA zone:
- Northeast Florida: $492.18
- Northwest Florida: $459.16
- Central Florida: $315.37
- South Florida: $222.85
Payments for producers with 20 or more acres will be calculated using the program's damage-severity formula, not to exceed $750,000 per producer.
Damage categories are defined as follows:
- Moderate: 16%-39% of a stand damaged
- Severe: 40%-60% of a stand damaged
- Catastrophic: 61%-100% of a stand damaged
| Forest Inventory and Analysis Location | Moderate Damage Payment Per Acre at 20% | Severe Damage Payment Per Acre at 30% | Catastrophic Damage Payment Per Acre at 40% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast FIA Unit | $246.09 | $369.13 | $492.18 |
| Northwest FIA Unit | $229.58 | $344.37 | $459.16 |
| Central FIA Unit | $157.69 | $236.53 | $315.37 |
| South FIA Unit | $111.42 | $167.14 | $222.85 |