Ishi Giant

It is located in Kennedy Grove, which is part of a group of eight closely spaced giant sequoia groves situated in Sequoia National Forest in the Sierra Nevada in eastern central California.

It was the 14th largest giant sequoia in the world before it atrophied during the Rough Fire in 2015.

However, Willard chose to name the tree after Ishi, the last Yahi Yana tribesman who is believed to have been the last Native American in the United States to have lived most of his life completely outside American culture.

[citation needed] Before 2015, Ishi Giant measured 255 ft (78 m) tall with a trunk volume of 38,156 cu ft (1,080.5 m3), making it the fourteenth largest giant sequoia tree in the world.

[1] In 2015, the tree lost significant trunk volume, over 27 ft (8.2 m) in height, and over half of its crown during the Rough Fire.