{"id":39742,"date":"2026-03-18T13:27:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/dataset-most-searched-firewood-species-in-every-u-s-state-cross-referenced-with-btu-heat-output-50-states-17-species-free-csv\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T13:27:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:27:24","slug":"dataset-most-searched-firewood-species-in-every-u-s-state-cross-referenced-with-btu-heat-output-50-states-17-species-free-csv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/dataset-most-searched-firewood-species-in-every-u-s-state-cross-referenced-with-btu-heat-output-50-states-17-species-free-csv\/","title":{"rendered":"[Dataset] Most-searched Firewood Species In Every U.S. State, Cross-referenced With BTU Heat Output \u2014 50 States, 17 Species, Free CSV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- SC_OFF --><\/p>\n<div class=\"md\">\n<p>Collected Google Trends data for 17 firewood species across all 50 states over a 12-month period (March 2025\u2013March 2026), using oak as a consistent anchor term across 4 batches to normalize relative scores.<\/p>\n<p>Then cross-referenced each state&#8217;s top species against published BTU heat output ratings from Penn State Extension and USDA Forest Service.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key findings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oak dominates 35+ states \u2014 and it&#8217;s the right call at 26.4M BTU\/cord<\/li>\n<li>Idaho and Montana search for pine above everything else \u2014 35% less heat per cord than oak<\/li>\n<li>New Mexico&#8217;s pi\u00f1on pine preference is actually thermally defensible at 24.7M BTU\/cord<\/li>\n<li>Alaska leads with birch \u2014 smart given what&#8217;s harvestable there<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Dataset fields:<\/strong> State, top species, relative search score, 2nd place species, 2nd place score, BTU output, heat efficiency rating<\/p>\n<p><strong>Downloads:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CSV + full methodology: <a href=\"https:\/\/bestburnfirewood.com\/studies\/most-popular-firewood-by-state\/\">https:\/\/bestburnfirewood.com\/studies\/most-popular-firewood-by-state\/<\/a> (disclaimer, it is my website)<\/li>\n<li>Zenodo DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.19079241\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.19079241<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>License: CC BY 4.0 \u2014 free to use with attribution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- SC_ON -->   submitted by   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Klutzy_Pressurez\"> \/u\/Klutzy_Pressurez <\/a> <br \/> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/bestburnfirewood.com\/studies\/most-popular-firewood-by-state\/\">[link]<\/a><\/span>   <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/datasets\/comments\/1rx208i\/dataset_mostsearched_firewood_species_in_every_us\/\">[comments]<\/a><\/span><\/p><div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-right'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style1 like-39742 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='39742' data-nonce='72e055e984' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-39742 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-39742 status align-right'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collected Google Trends data for 17 firewood species across all 50 states over a 12-month period (March&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-datatards","wpcat-85-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}