Southern Pine Beetle Prediction

SPB Outbreak Prediction

This website predicts the likelihood of a summer outbreak based on spring trapping data, with the goal of assisting forest managers as they make resource allocation decisions.

Images courtesy of John Nowak, USDA Forest Service

Predictions

Predictions are updated weekly as trapping data are entered, and can be viewed by counties within states, as well as by USFS ranger districts within National Forests.

Trapping Data

Trapping data collected since 2011 were used to build the prediction model on this website. View and download the data here. Data can be filtered by years and/or locations.

Explore Model Data

Trapping data collected since 2011 were used to build the prediction model on this website. View and download the data here with years and/or location filters.