Hardwood Firewood
| Heat/ Cord (Million BTU'S) |
Ease of Splitting | Smoke | Sparks | Smell | Overall Quality | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apple |
27.0 | Medium | Low | Few | Excellent | Excellent |
Alder |
17.5 | Easy | Little | Few | Good | Good |
Ash, Black |
19.1 | Easy | Low | Few | Slight | Excellent |
Ash, Green |
20.0 | Easy | Low | Few | Slight | Good |
Ash, White |
23.6 | Medium | Low | Few | Slight | Excellent |
Aspen |
12.5 | Easy | Med | Few | Slight | Fair |
Basswood (Linden) |
13.5 | Easy | Medium | Few | Good | Fair |
Beech |
24.0 | Easy | Low | Few | Slight | Excellent |
Beech, Blue |
26.8 | Easy | Low | Few | Slight | Fair |
Birch, Black |
26.8 | Easy | Low | Mod | Slight | Excellent |
Birch, Grey |
20.3 | Easy | Low | Mod | Slight | Good |
Birch, Paper |
20.8 | Medium | Medium | Few | Slight | Fair |
Birch, White |
20.3 | Easy | Low | Mod | Slight | Good |
Birch, Yellow |
23.6 | Easy | Low | Mod | Slight | Excellent |
Box Elder |
18.3 | Difficult | Medium | Few | Slight | Fair |
Buckeye, Ohio |
13.8 | Medium | Low | Few | Slight | Fair |
Butternut |
14.5 | Easy | Medium | Few | Slight | Fair |
Catalpa |
15.5 | Difficult | Medium | Few | Bad | Fair |
Cedar, Eastern Red |
17.1 | Medium | Medium | Many | Excellent | Fair |
Cherry, Black |
18.6 | Easy | Low | Few | Excellent | Good |
Chestnut |
Easy | Med | Many | Slight | . Fair | |
Coffeetree, Kentucky |
21.6 | Medium | Low | Few | Good | Good |
Cottonwood |
13.5 | Easy | Medium | Few | Slight | Poor |
Dogwood |
24.3 | Easy | Low | Few | Excellent | |
Douglas-Fir |
20.7 | Easy | High | Few | Slight | Good |
Elm, American |
20.0 | Difficult | Medium | Few | Good | Fair |
Elm, Red |
21.6 | Easy | Medium | Few | Good | Good |
Elm, Rock |
23.5 | Difficult | Medium | Few | Slight | Good |
Elm, Siberian |
20.9 | Difficult | Medium | Few | Slight | Fair |
Eucalyptus |
Difficult | Low | Few | Good | Excellent | |
Gum, Black |
18.7 | Difficult | Good | |||
Gum, Sweet |
18.7 | Medium | Med | Moderate | Slight | Good |
Hackberry |
21.2 | Easy | Low | Few | Slight | Good |
Hickory, Bitternut |
26.7 | Medium | Low | Few | Excellent | Excellent/Good coals |
Hickory, Shagbark |
27.5 | Medium | Low | Few | Excellent | Excellent/Good coals |
Locust, Honey |
25.8 | Medium | Low | Few | Slight | Excellent |
Hornbeam |
27.3 | Difficult | Few | Excellent | ||
Ironwood |
27.9 | Difficult | Medium | Few | Slight | Excellent |
Locust, Black |
27.9 | Difficult | Low | Few | Slight | Excellent |
Madrona |
Medium | Low | Few | Slight | Excellent | |
Magnolia |
18.0 | Easy | Fair | |||
Maple, Other |
25.5 | Easy | Low | Few | Good | Excellent |
Maple, Red |
18.7 | Medium | Low | Few | Good | |
Maple, Silver |
19.0 | Medium | Low | Few | Good | Fair |
Maple, Sugar |
24.0 | Difficult | Heavy | Few | Good | Excellent/Good coals |
Mulberry |
25.8 | Easy | Medium | Many | Good | Excellent |
Oak, Bur |
26.2 | Easy | Low | Few | Good | Excellent |
Oak, Live |
25.0 | NA | Low | Few | Excellent | |
Oak, Red |
24.0 | Difficult | Low | Few | Good | Excellent |
Oak, White |
26.4 | Easy | Low | Few | Slight | Excellent |
Osage-Orange |
32.9 | Easy | Low | Many | Excellent | Excellent |
Persimmon |
26.4 | NA | Low | Few | Excellent | |
Yellow Poplar |
16.0 | Easy | Yes | Some | Poor | |
Sassafras |
18 | Easy | Fair | |||
Sourwood |
20.4 | Difficult | Excellent | |||
Spruce |
15.5 | Easy | Medium | Many | Slight | Fair |
Sycamore |
24.1 | Difficult | Medium | Few | Slight | Good |
Walnut, Black |
22.2 | Easy | Low | Few | Good | Excellent |
Willow |
17.6 | Easy | Low | Few | Slight | Poor |