The Utah State University extension has listed a table online with firewood ratings and wood quality that is helpful in determining the value of wood that you burn.
Below is the table from their website:
| Species | Weight (lbs./Cord) | Heat per Cord (Million BTUs) | % of Green Ash | Ease of Splitting | Smoke | Sparks | Coals | Fragrance | Overall Quality | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Dry | |||||||||
| Apple | 4850 | 3888 | 27.0 | 135 | Medium | Low | Few | Good | Excellent | Excellent |
| Ash, Green | 4184 | 2880 | 20.0 | 100 | Easy | Low | Few | Good | Slight | Excellent |
| Alder | 2540 | 17.5 | Easy | Moderate | Good | Slight | ||||
| Ash, White | 3952 | 3472 | 24.2 | 121 | Medium | Low | Few | Good | Slight | Excellent |
| Aspen, Quaking | 2160 | 18.2 | Easy | Few | Good | Slight | ||||
| Basswood (Linden) | 4404 | 1984 | 13.8 | 69 | Easy | Medium | Few | Poor | Good | Fair |
| Beech | 3760 | 27.5 | Difficult | Few | Excellent | Good | ||||
| Birch | 4312 | 2992 | 20.8 | 104 | Medium | Medium | Few | Good | Slight | Fair |
| Boxelder | 3589 | 2632 | 18.3 | 92 | Difficult | Medium | Few | Poor | Slight | Fair |
| Buckeye, Horsechestnut | 4210 | 1984 | 13.8 | 69 | Medium | Low | Few | Poor | Slight | Fair |
| Catalpa | 4560 | 2360 | 16.4 | 82 | Difficult | Medium | Few | Good | Bad | Fair |
| Cedar, Red | 2060 | 13.0 | Easy | Low | Many | Poor | slight | Fair | ||
| Cherry | 3696 | 2928 | 20.4 | 102 | Easy | Low | Few | Excellent | Excellent | Good |
| Chestnut | 18.0 | Good | Good | |||||||
| Coffeetree, Kentucky | 3872 | 3112 | 21.6 | 108 | Medium | Low | Few | Good | Good | Good |
| Cottonwood | 4640 | 2272 | 15.8 | 79 | Easy | Medium | Few | Good | Slight | Fair |
| Dogwood | 4230 | High | Difficult | Few | Fair | |||||
| Douglas-fir | 3319 | 2970 | 20.7 | 103 | Easy | High | Few | Fair | Slight | Good |
| Elm, American | 4456 | 2872 | 20.0 | 100 | Difficult | Medium | Few | Excellent | Good | Fair |
| Elm, Siberian | 3800 | 3020 | 20.9 | 105 | Difficult | Medium | Few | Good | Fair | Fair |
| Fir, White | 3585 | 2104 | 14.6 | 73 | Easy | Medium | Few | Poor | Slight | Fair |
| Hackberry | 3984 | 3048 | 21.2 | 106 | Easy | Low | Few | Good | Slight | Good |
| Hemlock | 2700 | 19.3 | Easy | Many | Poor | Good | ||||
| Species | Weight (lbs./Cord) | Heat per Cord (Million BTUs) | % of Green Ash | Ease of Splitting | Smoke | Sparks | Coals | Fragrance | Overall Quality | |
| Green | Dry | |||||||||
| Honeylocust | 4640 | 3832 | 26.7 | 133 | Easy | Low | Few | Excellent | Slight | Excellent |
| Juniper, Rocky Mountain | 3535 | 3150 | 21.8 | 109 | Medium | Medium | Many | Poor | Excellent | Fair |
| Larch (Tamarack) | 3330 | 21.8 | Easy-med | Many | fair | Slight | Fair | |||
| Locust, Black | 4616 | 4016 | 27.9 | 140 | Difficult | Low | Few | Excellent | Slight | Excellent |
| Maple, Other | 4685 | 3680 | 25.5 | 128 | Easy | Low | Few | Excellent | Good | Excellent |
| Maple, Silver | 3904 | 2752 | 19.0 | 95 | Medium | Low | Few | Excellent | Good | Fair |
| Mulberry | 4712 | 3712 | 25.8 | 129 | Easy | Medium | Many | Excellent | Good | Excellent |
| Oak, Bur | 4960 | 3768 | 26.2 | 131 | Easy | Low | Few | Excellent | Good | Excellent |
| Oak, Gamble | 30.7 | |||||||||
| Oak, Red | 4888 | 3528 | 24.6 | 123 | Medium | Low | Few | Excellent | Good | Excellent |
| Oak, White | 5573 | 4200 | 29.1 | 146 | Medium | Low | Few | Excellent | Good | Excellent |
| Osage-orange | 5120 | 4728 | 32.9 | 165 | Easy | Low | Many | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent |
| Pine, Ponderosa | 3600 | 2336 | 16.2 | 81 | Easy | Medium | Many | Fair | Good | Fair |
| Pine, Lodgepole | 2610 | 21.1 | Easy | Many | Fair | Good | Fair | |||
| Pine, White | 2250 | 15.9 | Easy | Moderate | poor | Good | ||||
| Pinyon | 3000 | 27.1 | Easy | Many | ||||||
| Poplar | 2080 | Low | Easy | Many | Fair | Bitter | ||||
| Redcedar, Eastern | 2950 | 2632 | 18.2 | 91 | Medium | Medium | Many | Poor | Excellent | Fair |
| Spruce | 2800 | 2240 | 15.5 | 78 | Easy | Medium | Many | Poor | Slight | Fair |
| Spruce, Engleman | 2070 | 15.0 | 78 | Easy | Few | Poor | Slight | |||
| Sycamore | 5096 | 2808 | 19.5 | 98 | Difficult | Medium | Few | Good | Slight | Good |
| Walnut, Black | 4584 | 3192 | 22.2 | 111 | Easy | Low | Few | Good | Good | Excellent |
| Willow | 4320 | 2540 | 17.6 | 88 | Easy | Low | Few | Poor | Slight | Poor |
For further information on their website, firewood ratings, firewood , please visit http://forestry.usu.edu/htm/forest-products/wood-heating
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