Firewood

Chop your own firewood and it will warm you twice. - African Proverb

Properties for different types of wood


NameRatingHeat OutputEasy to
Burn
Easy to
Split
Heavy SmokeSparksBTUs per
Cord
Type of Wood
AppleFairMediumNoNoMediumFew17.6Hardwood
AlderFairMediumFairYesMediumYes17.6Hardwood
Ash BlackExcellentMediumYesYesNoNo19.1 MilHardwood
Ash GreenExcellentHighYesYesNoNo20Hardwood
Ash White ExcellentHigh Yes Medium Np No 23.6 Hardwood
Aspen Fair Low Yes Yes Medium No 14.5 Hardwood
Basswood Fair Low YesYes Medium No 12.6 Hardwood
Beech Excellent High Yes Yes No No 21.8 Hardwood
Birch Black Excellent High YesYes No Medium 26.8 Hardwood
Birch Grey Good High Yes Yes No Medium 20.3 Hardwood
Birch Paper Fair High Medium Medium Medium No 20.8 Hardwood
Birch White Good High Medium Medium Medium Medium 20.3 Hardwood
Birch Yellow Excellant High YesYes No Medium 23.6 Hardwood
Box Elder Fair Medium Medium No Medium No 18.3 Softwood
Buckeye Ohio Fair Low Medium Medium No No 13.8 Hardwood
Catalpa Fair Low Medium No Medium No 15.5 Softwood
Cedar White Good Medium Yes Yes Medium Yes 17.5 Softwood
Cedar Western Red Good Medium Yes Yes Medium Yes 17.5 Softwood
Cedar Eastern Red Fair Medium Medium Medium Medium Yes 17.1 Softwood
Cherry Good Medium Yes Yes No No 18.5 Hardwood
Chestnut Poor Low Yes Yes Medium Yes Hardwood
Coffeetree Kentucky Good High Medium Medium No No 21.6 Hardwood
Cottonwood Fair Low Yes Yes Medium No 12.2 Hardwood
Cypress Fair Medium Medium Yes Medium No Softwood
Dogwood Excellent High Yes Yes No No 24.3 Hardwood
Elm American Fair High Medium No Medium No 20 Hardwood
Elm Red Good High Medium Yes Medium No 21.6 Hardwood
Elm Rock Good High Medium No Medium No 23.5 Hardwood
Elm Siberian Fair High Medium No Medium No 20.9 Hardwood
Firs True Fair Low Medium Yes Medium No 19.5 Softwood
Fir Douglas Good High Yes Yes Yes Yes 21.4 Softwood
Gum Black Fair Medium Medium No Medium No 18.1 Hardwood
Gum Sweet Good Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium 18.7 Hardwood
NameRatingHeat OutputEasy to
Burn
Easy to
Split
Heavy SmokeSparksBTUs per
Cord
Type of Wood
Hackberry Excellent High Yes Yes No No 21.2 Hardwood
Hickory Bitternut Excellent High Yes Yes No No 26.7 Hardwood
Hickory Shagbark Excellent High Yes Medium No No 27.5 Hardwood
Ironwood (Hornbeam)ExcellentVery HighYes NoNo Few 24.7 Hardwood
Juniper Good Medium Yes Yes Medium Yes 19.5 Softwood
Larch Fair Medium Yes Yes Medium Yes 20.8 Softwood
Locust Black Excellent Very High Yes No No No 26.5 Hardwood
Locust Honey Excellent High Yes Medium No No 25.8 Hardwood
Madrone Excellent High No No No No 30 Hardwood
Magnolia Fair Medium Yes Yes No No 18 Hardwood
Maple Hard Excellent High Yes Yes No No 29.7 Hardwood
Maple Soft Good Medium Yes Yes No No 19.1 Hardwood
Mesquite Good High Medium No Medium No Hardwood
Mulberry Excellent High Yes Yes Medium No 25.8 Hardwood
Oak Live Excellent High Yes Yes No No 25 Hardwood
Oak Red Excellent High Yes Yes No No 21.7 Hardwood
Oak White Excellent High Yes Yes No No 26.5 Hardwood
Pecan Excellent High Yes Yes No No Hardwood
Pinion Good Medium Yes Yes Medium Yes Hardwood
Pine Eastern White Fair Low Medium Yes Medium No 15.8 Softwood
Pine Ponderosa Fair Low Medium Yes Medium No 17 Softwood
Pine Southern Yellow Good High Yes Yes Yes Yes Softwood
Pine Sugar Fair Low Medium Yes Medium No 15.8 Softwood
Pine Western White Fair Low Medium Yes Medium No 15.8 Softwood
Poplar Yellow Poor Low Yes Yes Medium Yes 16 Hardwood
Redwood Fair Medium Medium Yes Medium No Softwood
Spruce Poor Low Yes Yes Medium Yes 15.9 Softwood
Sycamore Fair Medium Medium No Medium No 18.5 Hardwood
Tamarack Fair Medium Yes Yes Medium Yes 20.8 Softwood
Walnut Good Medium Yes Yes No No 20.3 Hardwood
Willow Fair Low No Yes Fair Fair 14.5 Softwood
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