The Big Tree

It is tied for National Champion, representing the largest tree of its species in the United States.

[1] The land on which the tree grows is private, and has been farmed by the Williamson family for six generations, although it is publicly accessible by Bur Oak Road.

[citation needed] According to the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Big Tree is somewhere between 350 and 400 years old, having sprouted sometime in the 1600s.

[3][4] The Boone County Fire Department arrived quickly and extinguished the blaze with great effort.

[5] Irrespective of the fire, the tree had been in decline for several years, due to age, drought, and flooding.