One Cord of Wood Yields ....

· 7,500 toothpicks; or,

· 1,000 to 2,000 pounds of paper (depending on the process); or,

· 942 one-pound books; or,

· 61,370 No. 10 envelopes (standard size); or,

· 4,384,000 commemorative-size postage stamps; or,

· 460,000 personal checks; or,

· 89,870 sheets of letterhead bond paper(81/2X11); or

· 1,200 copies of the National Geographic; or,

· 30 Boston rockers; or,

· 12 dining room tables (each table seats eight)

A cord of air dried, dense hardwood (oak, hickory, etc.) weighs about 2 tons (4,000 pounds) of which 15 to 20 percent is water, and which has the heating value of a ton of coal or 200 gallons of fuel oil.

How Many Trees To Make A Cord? 

D.B.H. (inches) Number of Trees

   2            170
   4             50
   6             38
   8             27
  10             15
  12            3.3
  14              3
  16            2.2
  18            1.9
  20            1.6
  22            1.3

Enough firewood is used each year in the United States to build a 100 foot tall wall of wood that could stretch from New York City to San Francisco.
 

Selected Wood Energy Conversion Factors

1 cord of wood (128 cubic feet stacked volume) =    1 dry ton

1 dry ton of wood (0% moisture) =                          18 million BTU
1 green ton of wood (50% moisture) =                      8 million BTU
1 solid cubic foot of wood =                                     34 dry pounds