Did you know that one cord of wood burned as firewood provides the heat equivalent to that produced by burning 200 to 250 gallons of heating oil, depending on the type of hardwood you are using?
Here is a list of hardwoods in descending order of heat value:
- Elm, rock
- Hickory, shagbark
- Oak, white
- Hickory, butternut
- Beech
- Oak, red
- Birch, yellow
- Elm, red
- Ash, white
- Elm, white
- Mesquite
- Hop hornbeam
- Locust, black














