FVS Information

The following information is compiled from various sources including:

FVS Variants:

Variant
AK
BM
CI
CR
CS
EC
EM
KT
LS
NC
NE
NI
NO
PN
SE
SO
TT
UT
WC
WS
#
33
39
44
49
52
43
35
53
51
45
48
15
56
54
55
25
32
31
50
37
Variant
Southeast Alaska
Blue Mountains
Central Idaho
Central Rockies
Central States Twigs
East Cascades
Eastern Montana
Kookantl
Lake States Twigs
Klamath Mountains (N. Calif.)
Northeast Twigs
Northern Idano
Northern California
Pacific Northwest Coast Range
Southeast Twigs
SORNEC (S. Org/N. Cal.)
Tetons
Utah
West Cascades
Wessin

National Forest Coverage of variants:

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AK : Region 10 (Tongas, Chugach)

BM : Region 6 (Malheur, Ochoco, Umatilla, Wallawa-Whitman, Oregon SDF, Washington DNR)

CI : Region 4 (Boise, Humbolt, Payette, Salmon, Sawtooth)

CR : Region 2 (Bighorn, Black Hills, GM-UNC-GUN, Medicine Bow, Nebraska, Rio Grande, Arapaho-Roosevelt, Routt, Pike and San Isabel, San Juan, Shosone, White River) ; Region 3 (Apache-Sitgreaves, Carson, Cibola, Coconino, Coronado, Gila, Kaibab, Lincoln, Prescott, Santa Fe, Tonto) ; Region 4 (Ashley, Dixie, Fishlake, Manti-LaSal)

CS : Region 9 (Mark Twain, Shawnee)

EC : Region 4 (Challis) ; Region 6 (Gifford Pinchot, Mt. Hood, Okanogan, Wenatchee, Oregon SDF, Washington DNR)

EM : Region 1 (Beaverhead, Custer, Deerlodge, Gallatin, Helena, Lewis and Clark, BLM) ; Region 2 (Bighorn, Shoshone) ; Region 4 (Bridger-Teton, Caribou, Payette, Salmon, Sawtooth)

KT : Region 1 (Idaho Panhandle, Flathead, Kaniksu, Kootenai)

LS : Region 9 (Chequamegon, Cheippewa, Huron-Manistee, Nicolet, Ottawa, Superior, Hiawatha)

NC : Region 5 (Klamath, Lassen, Mendocino, Siz Rivers, Shasta-Trinity) ; Region 6 (Siskiyou, Oregon SDF)

NE : Region 8 (Daniel Boone, George Washington, Jefferson) ; Region 9 (Wayne-Hoosier, Allegheny, Green Mtns-Finger Lakes, Monongahela, White Mountain)

NI : Region 1 (Bitterroot, Idaho Panhandle, Clearwater, Cour D'Alene, Flathead, Kaniksu, Kootenai, Lolo, Nezperce, St. Joe, BLM) ; Region 4 (Boise, Challis) ; Region 6 (Colville, Washington DNR)

NO :

PN : Region 6 (Olympic, Siuslaw, Washington DNR) ; Quinault Indina Res., Washington ; Orgeon Coast Range (non FS)

SE : Region 8 (Alabama Natl. For., Daniel Boone, Chattahoochee-Oconee, Cherokee, Florida Natl. For., Kisatchee, Mississippi Natl. For., George Washington, Ouchita, Ozark-St. Francis, N. Carolina Natl. For., Francis Marion-Sumter, Texas Natl. For., Jefferson)

SO : Region 4 (Humbolt, Toiyabe) ; Region 5 (Klamath, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas) ; Region 6 (Deschutes, Fremont, Winema, Oregon SDF)

TT : Region 3 (Shoshone) ; Region 4 (Ashley, Bridger-Teton, Caribou, Targhee, Uinta, Wasatch)

UT  : Region 4 (Ashley, Bridger-Teton, Caribou, Dixie, Fishlake, Manti-LaSal, Uinta, Wasatch)

WC : Region 6 (Gifford Pinchot, Mt. Baker-Snowqualmie, Mt. Hood, Rogue River, Umpqua, Willamette, Oregon SDF, Washington DNR)

WS : Region 5 (Angeles, Cleveland, Eldorado, Inyo, Los Padres, Mendocino, Plumas, San Bernardino, Sequoia, Shasta-Trinity, Sierra, Stanislaus, Tahoe, Lake Tahoe Basin)

FVS Codes:

The following section includes the definitions of various codes used by FVS:

FVSCODES.TXT