Sweep's Library: Firewood Comparison Charts

Chart A: Sorted by BTU Content

Chart B: Organized Alphabetically

Wood
Species

Osage Orange (Hedge)
Oak, White
Ironwood
Locust, Black
Hickory, Shagbark
Eastern Hornbeam
Beech, Blue
Birch, Black
Hickory, Bitternut
Locust, Honey
Apple
Mulberry
Beech, High
Maple, Sugar
Oak, Red
Ash, White
Birch, Yellow
Walnut, Black
Juniper, Rocky Mountain
Coffeetree, Kentucky
Elm, Red
Hackberry
Tamarack
Ash, Black
Birch, Gray
Birch, Paper
Birch, White
Fir, Douglas
Cherry
Ash, Green
Cherry, Black
Elm, American
Elm, White (Russion, Siberian)
Sycamore
Maple, Red
Boxelder
Alder, Red
Pine, Jack
Pine, Norway
Pine, Pitch
Catalpa
Hemlock
Spruce, Black
Pine, White (Eastern, Western)
Pine, Ponderosa
Aspen
Butternut
Spruce
Willow
Fir, Balsam
Fir, Concolor (White)
Basswood (Linden)
Buckeye, Ohio
Cottonwood
Cedar, White

Pounds
/ cord

4,728
4,200
4,016
4.016
4,327
4,267
3,890
3,890
3,832
3,832
4,140
3,712
3,757
3,757
3,528
3,689
3,689
3,192
3,150
3,112
3,112
3,247
3,247
2,992
3,179
3,179
3,179
2,900
3,120
2,880
2,880
3,052
3,052
2,808
2,924
2,797
2,710
2,669
2,669
2,669
2,360
2,482
2,482
2,250
2,380
2,295
2,100
2,100
2,100
2,236
2,104
2,108
1,984
2,108
1,913

MBTU's
/ cord

32.9
28.7
27.9
27.9
27.7
27.3
26.8
26.8
26.7
26.7
26.5
25.8
24
24
24.6
23.6
23.6
22.2
21.8
21.6
21.6
20.8
20.8
20.5
20.3
20.3
20.3
20.7
20
19.9
19.9
19.5
19.5
19.5
18.7
17.9
17.2
17.1
17.1
17.1
16.4
15.9
15.9
15.6
15.2
14.7
14.5
14.5
14.5
14.3
14.1
13.8
13.8
13.5
12.2

Wood
Species

Alder, Red
Apple
Ash, Black
Ash, Green
Ash, White
Aspen
Basswood (Linden)
Beech, Blue
Beech, High
Birch, Black
Birch, Gray
Birch, Paper
Birch, White
Birch, Yellow
Boxelder
Buckeye, Ohio
Butternut
Catalpa
Cedar, White
Cherry
Cherry, Black
Coffeetree, Kentucky
Cottonwood
Eastern Hornbeam
Elm, American
Elm, Red
Elm, White (Russion, Siberian)
Fir, Balsam
Fir, Concolor (White)
Fir, Douglas
Hackberry
Hemlock
Hickory, Bitternut
Hickory, Shagbark
Ironwood
Juniper, Rocky Mountain
Locust, Honey
Locust, Black
Maple, Red
Maple, Sugar
Mulberry
Oak, Red
Oak, White
Osage Orange (Hedge)
Pine, Jack
Pine, Norway
Pine, Pitch
Pine, Ponderosa
Pine, White (Eastern, Western)
Spruce
Spruce, Black
Sycamore
Tamarack
Walnut, Black
Willow

Pounds
/ cord

2,710
4,140
2,992
2,880
3,689
2,295
2,108
3,890
3,757
3,890
3,179
3,179
3,179
3,689
2,797
1,984
2,100
2,360
1,913
3,120
2,880
3,112
2,108
4,267
3,052
3,112
3,052
2,236
2,104
2,900
3,247
2,482
3,832
4,327
4,016
3,150
3,832
4,016
2,924
3,757
3,712
3,757
4,012
4,728
2,669
2,669
2,669
2,380
2,250
2,100
2,482
2,808
3,247
3,192
2,100

MBTU's
/ cord

17.2
26.5
20.5
19.9
23.6
14.7
13.8
26.8
24
26.8
20.3
20.3
20.3
23.6
17.9
13.8
14.5
16.4
12.2
20
19.9
21.6
13.5
27.3
19.5
21.6
19.5
14.3
14.1
20.7
20.8
15.9
26.7
27.7
27.9
21.8
26.7
27.9
18.7
24
25.8
24
28.7
32.9
17.1
17.1
17.1
15.2
15.6
14.5
15.9
19.5
20.8
22.2
14.5