Firewood Ratings
| Wood Variety | Rating | Heat Yield | Burn Difficulty | Split Difficulty | Smoke | Sparks | BTUs per Cord |
| Alder | Fair | Medium | Fair | Hard | Medium | Yes | 17.6 |
| Apple | Fair | Medium | Hard | Easy | Medium | Few | 17.6 |
| Ash | Excellent | High | Easy | Hard | Light | No | 25.9 |
| Aspen | Fair | Low | Easy | Hard | Medium | No | 14.5 |
| Basswood | Fair | Low | Easy | Hard | Medium | No | 12.6 |
| Beech | Excellent | High | Easy | Hard | Light | No | 21.8 |
| Birch | Excellent | High | Easy | Hard | Light | No | 21.3 |
| Black Locust | Excellent | Very High | Hard | Easy | Light | No | 26.5 |
| Cherry | Good | Medium | Easy | Hard | Light | No | 18.5 |
| Chestnut | Poor | Low | Easy | Hard | Medium | Yes | NA |
| Cottonwood | Fair | Low | Easy | Hard | Medium | No | 12.2 |
| Cypress | Fair | Medium | Medium | Hard | Medium | No | NA |
| Dogwood | Excellent | High | Easy | Hard | Light | No | 24.3 |
| Douglas Fir | Good | High | Easy | Hard | Heavy | Yes | 21.4 |
| Eastern Red Cedar | Good | Medium | Easy | Hard | Medium | Yes | 17.5 |
| Eastern White Pine | Fair | Low | Medium | Hard | Medium | No | 15.8 |
| Elm | Fair | Medium | Medium | Easy | Medium | No | 23.8 |
| Gum | Fair | Medium | Medium | Easy | Medium | No | 18.1 |
| Hard Maple | Excellent | High | Easy | Hard | Light | No | 29.7 |
| Hickory | Excellent | High | Easy | Hard | Light | No | 30.8 |
| Ironwood (Hornbeam) | Excellent | Very High | Hard | Easy | Light | Few | 24.7 |
| Juniper | Good | Medium | Easy | Hard | Medium | Yes | NA |
| Larch | Fair | Medium | Easy | Hard | Medium | Yes | 20.8 |
| Madrone | Excellent | High | Hard | Easy | Light | No | 30 |
| Mesquite | Good | High | Medium | Easy | Medium | No | NA |
| Pecan | Excellent | High | Easy | Hard | Light | No | NA |
| Piinon | Good | Medium | Easy | Hard | Medium | Yes | NA |
| Ponderosa Pine | Fair | Low | Medium | Hard | Medium | No | 17 |
| Red Oak | Excellent | High | Easy | Hard | Light | No | 21.7 |
| Redwood | Fair | Medium | Medium | Hard | Medium | No | NA |
| Soft Maple | Good | Medium | Easy | Hard | Light | No | 19.1 |
| Southern Yellow Pine | Good | High | Easy | Hard | Heavy | Yes | NA |
| Spruce | Poor | Low | Easy | Hard | Medium | Yes | 15.9 |
| Sugar Pine | Fair | Low | Medium | Hard | Medium | No | 15.8 |
| Sycamore | Fair | Medium | Medium | Easy | Medium | No | 18.5 |
| Tamarack | Fair | Medium | Easy | Hard | Medium | Yes | 20.8 |
| True Firs | Fair | Low | Medium | Hard | Medium | No | 19.5 |
| Walnut | Good | Medium | Easy | Hard | Light | No | 20.3 |
| Western Red Cedar | Good | Medium | Easy | Hard | Medium | Yes | 17.5 |
| Western White Pine | Fair | Low | Medium | Hard | Medium | No | 15.8 |
| White Cedar | Good | Medium | Easy | Hard | Medium | Yes | 17.5 |
| White Oak | Excellent | High | Easy | Hard | Light | No | 26.5 |
| Willow | Fair | Low | Hard | Hard | Fair | Fair | 14.5 |
| Yellow Poplar | Poor | Low | Easy | Hard | Medium | Yes | 16 |