Firewood

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Wood
Species

Hickory
Hop Hornbeam
American Hornbeam
Black Birch
Black Locust
Apple
White oak
Sugar Maple
Red Oak
Beech
White Ash
Yellow Birch
Hackberry
Tamarack (Larch)
Douglas Fir
White birch
Birch, Gray
Paper Birch
Cherry
Black Cherry
American elm
Elm, Oyen
Elm, White
Ash, Black
Red Maple
Boxelder
Alder
Pine, Jack
Pine, Norway
Pine, Pitch
Spruce, Black
Hemlock
Pine, Ponderosa
Aspen
Spruce
Willow
Butternut
Pine, Western
Balsam Fir
Basswood
Cottonwood
White Cedar

Weight
( lbs/cord )

4,327
4,267
3,890
3,890
3,890
4,140
4,012
3,757
3,757
3,757
3,689
3,689
3,247
3,247
3,196
3,179
3,179
3,179
3,120
2,880
3,052
3,052
3,052
2,992
2,924
2,797
2,708
2,669
2,669
2,669
2,482
2,482
2,380
2,295
2,100
2,100
2,100
2,236
2,236
2,108
2,108
1,913

Million
BTU's / cord

27.7
27.3
26.8
26.8
26.8
26.5
25.7
24.0
24.0
24.0
23.6
23.6
20.8
20.8
20.6
20.3
20.3
20.3
20.0
19.9
19.5
19.5
19.5
19.1
18.7
17.9
17.6
17.1
17.1
17.1
15.9
15.9
15.2
14.7
14.5
14.5
14.5
14.3
14.3
13.5
13.5
12.2

 

Wood
Species

Alder
Apple
Ash, Black
Ash, White
Aspen
Basswood
Beech, Blue
Beech, High
Birch, Black
Birch, Gray
Birch, Paper
Birch, White
Birch, Yellow
Boxelder
Butternut
Cedar, White
Cherry
Cherry, Black
Cottonwood
Elm, American
Elm, Oyen
Elm, White
Fir, Balsam
Fir, Douglas
Hackberry
Hemlock
Hickory
Hornbeam, Eastern
Locust, Black
Maple, Red
Maple, Sugar
Oak, Red
Oak, White
Pine, Jack
Pine, Norway
Pine, Pitch
Pine, Ponderosa
Pine, Western
Spruce
Spruce, Black
Tamarack (Larch)
Willow

Weight
( lbs/cord )

2,708
4,140
2,992
3,689
2,295
2,108
3,890
3,757
3,890
3,179
3,179
3,179
3,689
2,797
2,100
1,913
3,120
2,880
2,108
3,052
3,052
3,052
2,236
3,196
3,247
2,482
4,327
4,267
3,890
2,924
3,757
3,757
4,012
2,669
2,669
2,669
2,380
2,236
2,100
2,482
3,247
2,100

Million
BTU's / cord

17.6
26.5
19.1
23.6
14.7
13.5
26.8
24.0
26.8
20.3
20.3
20.3
23.6
17.9
14.5
12.2
20.0
19.9
13.5
19.5
19.5
19.5
14.3
20.6
20.8
15.9
27.7
27.3
26.8
18.7
24.0
24.0
25.7
17.1
17.1
17.1
15.2
14.3
14.5
15.9
20.8
14.5

Weight and Heat content figures are based on seasoned wood at 20% moisture content, and 85 cu ft of wood per cord. A cord of wood is defined as a stack 4 feet high, 4 feet deep and 8 feet long, which comes to 128 cu ft, but we deduct for air space between the pieces in the stack.

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