Washington (tree)

The significance of this finding is that the volume of wood in the tree had been greatly overestimated by previous measurements.

National Park Service officials decided to let the fire burn without human intervention.

The tree lost a large portion of its crown in the fire, reducing its height to about 229 feet (70 m).

[2] The structurally weakened tree partially collapsed in January 2005, as the result of a heavy snow load in the remaining portion of its crown.

[2] The Washington tree is no longer one of the top ten largest giant sequoias, though the National Park Service still lists it as the second largest, due to current documentation policy (trees are calculated as if they did not suffer damage).