South Eastern

Facilities and Wood Specifications

The Georgia-Pacific wood procurement Southeastern Region includes wood-using facilities in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Florida, Georgia and Alabama. General wood specifications, including species, are listed by facility; however, contact the appropriate Georgia-Pacific wood procurement office to receive the complete wood and fiber specifications for a specific plant or mill. Pricing available by contacting the wood procurement office of each wood-using facility.

LVL Plants Roxboro, N.C. Contact: (336) 599-1000
LVL Wood Specifications:
Species: poplar
Small-end diameter: min. 10"
Lengths: random tree length, min. 26"

Oriented Strand Board (OSB) Plants Brookneal, Va. Contact: (804) 283-6214
Species: all hardwood species except oak, hickory, locust, ash and beech.
Dudley, N.C. Contact: (919) 736-2722
Species: sweetgum, black gum, poplar, red maple, tupelo, ash, sycamore
Mount Hope, W.Va. Contact: (304) 877-5842
Species: all soft hardwood and pine species but no oak, hickory, ash, elm, hemlock, cedar or spruce Skippers, Va. Contact: (804) 634-8366
Species: all species of Southern yellow pine; all hardwood species except oak, hickory, beech and elm.
OSB Wood Specifications:
Large-end diameter: ranges from 28" to 30"
Small-end diameter: ranges from min. of 3" to 4"
Lengths: ranges from 10' to 65', min. of 26' to 28' for tree-length; check individual mill specifications
Cannot accept mixed loads of hardwood and softwood.

Particleboard/Hardboard/MDF/Softwood Plants
Holly Hill, S.C. Contact: (912) 264-5022
Jarratt, Va. Contact: (804) 634-8364
Monticello, Ga. Contact: (706) 342-3708
Russellville, S.C. Contact: (706) 342-3708, ext. 16
Vienna, Ga. Contact: (706) 342-3708

Fiber Specifications:
Industrial board plants utilize a high percentage of by-products and residuals from other manufacturing processes plus chips from in-woods chipping operations to meet their raw material requirements. Some of the fiber types used include: pine and hardwood shavings, pine and hardwood chips, pine sawdust, clean hogged softwood and plywood trim. Call for specific requirements.

Pine Sawmills/Chip-n-Saws
Ahoskie, N.C. Contact: (804) 634-8366
Claxton, Ga. Contact: (912) 739-4803
Creedmoor, N.C. Contact: (336) 599-1000
Cross City, Fla. Contact: (352) 498-7140
Dudley, N.C. Contact: (919) 736-2722
Fayette, AL Contact: (205) 932-3246
Palatka, Fla. Contact: (386) 325-7582
Prosperity, S.C. Contact: (803) 364-3470
McCormick, S.C. Contact: (803) 364-3470
Sterling, Ga. Contact: (912) 283-2227
Wakefield, Va. Contact: (804) 634-8364
Warrenton, Ga. Contact: (706) 465-3810
Whiteville, N.C. Contact: (910) 642-3193

Pine Chip-n-Saw Wood Specifications:
Species: all Southern yellow pine including loblolly, longleaf, shortleaf and slash
Large-end diameter: min. 9" and max. 16"
Small-end diameter: Ranges from min. 4" to 6"
Lengths: most mills accept tree-length; for cut-to-length requirements, please call individual wood procurement offices listed here.
DBH: 9" min. diameter at breast height

Plywood Plants
Dudley, N.C. Contact: (919) 736-2722
Emporia, Va. Contact: (804) 634-8364
Hawthorne, Fla. Contact: (352) 481-4356
Madison, Ga. Contact: (706) 342-3708
Monticello, Ga. Contact: (706) 468-8211
Peterman, AL Contact: (251) 575-2778
Prosperity, S.C. Contact: (803) 364-3470
Russellville, S.C. Contact: (843) 567-3271
Talledega, Ala. Contact: (256) 362-9008
Warm Springs, Ga. Contact: (706) 663-2291
Whiteville, N.C. Contact: (910) 642-3193

Plywood Log Specifications:
Species: All Southern pine including loblolly, shortleaf, slash and longleaf
Large end diameter: Ranges from a min. of 14" to 16" to a max. of 28" to 30"
Small-end diameter: Large plylogs - min. 7.6", Small plylogs - min. 6"
Lengths: Accept logs in multiples of 8'9" up to 35'; slight deviations are acceptable

Hardwood Plylog Specifications:*
*Warm Springs and Monticello, Ga. produce hardwood veneer in addition to Southern pine plywood. Species: poplar and sweetgum logs
Large end diameter: ranges from a min. of 14" to 16" to a max. of 28" to 30"
Small-end diameter: min. 10"
Lengths: accepts logs in multiples of 8'9" up to 35'; slight deviations are acceptable.

Pulp and Paper Mills
Wood Specifications by Mill:
Big Island, Va. Contact: (804) 299-7380
Clean hardwood chips only. Call for specific requirements.
Supporting off-site chip mill:
Brookneal, Va. Contact: (804) 283-6214
Hardwood pulpwood specifications:
Species: all hard and soft hardwoods.
Diameter: min. 3" inside bark; max. 28" outside bark.
Length: treelength -- Min. 23', max. 50'; random length -- Min. 10', max. 22'

Cedar Springs, Ga. Contact: (229) 372-5028
Species: pine and hardwood pulpwood - all species of pine and hardwood, except live oak, iron wood, cypress, chinaberry and willow. Will accept loads of 20% hickory or pecan.
Diameter: pine and hardwood - min. 2.5"; max. 28" inside bark.
Length: tree length 15-foot minimum except double-bunk
Note: pine and hardwood must be delivered separately.

Naheola, AL Contact: (205) 459-1259
Southern pine and hardwood pulpwood
Diameter: min. 3" inside bark; max. 24" inside bark at any point
Lengths: tree length - max. length of 55;" random length - min. length of 15'

Palatka, Fla. Contact: (386) 325-7582
Pine and hardwood pulpwood
Species: all species of pine. All hardwood species except live oak and iron wood.
Diameter: min. 2.5" outside bark; max. 27"outside bark
Length: min. 15'

Chip Mills
Brookneal, Va. Contact: (434) 283-1066
Ohatchee, AL. Contact: (256) 892-2093
Palatka, Fla. Contact: (386) 325-7582