The Boole Tree is a giant sequoia in Converse Basin

Converse Basin

Converse Basin is a grove of giant sequoia trees located in the Sequoia National Forest in the Sierra Nevada in eastern California. The grove is situated 5 miles north of General Grant Grove, just outside of Kings Canyon National Park. It includes the Boole Tree, the sixth-largest tree in the...

 grove in Sequoia National Forest

Sequoia National Forest

Sequoia National Forest is located in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains of California. The U.S. National Forest is named for the majestic Giant Sequoia trees which populate 38 distinct groves within the boundaries of the forest....

, in the edge of Kings Canyon

Kings Canyon National Park

Kings Canyon National Park is a National Park in the southern Sierra Nevada, east of Fresno, California. The park was established in 1940 and covers...

, 5 miles (8 km)from General Grant Grove in Kings Canyon National Park in the Sierra Nevada in eastern California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. Converse Basin used to be a large grove, but was logged of most of its giant sequoias between 1892 and 1918. Now only perhaps 60–100 large specimens survive out of thousands. This grove is the second largest contiguous grove in the world. The Boole Tree, by far the largest in Converse Basin Grove, was named around 1895 by A.H. Sweeny, a Fresno

Fresno

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 doctor, after Franklin A. Boole, a supervisor of the logging operation who spared the tree's life due to its great size. Before 1931, it was thought by many to be the largest tree in the world (although the General Grant Tree was more popularly known as the largest tree in the world at that time), but it is now known as the seventh largest tree, after 6 other giant sequoias: the General Sherman

General Sherman (tree)

The General Sherman is a giant sequoia tree located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, California. By volume, it is the largest known living single stem tree on Earth...

 tree, the General Grant

General Grant tree

The General Grant tree is the largest giant sequoia in the General Grant Grove section of Kings Canyon National Park in California and the second largest tree in the world.-History:...

, the Floyd Otter, the President

President (tree)

The President Tree is the name of a giant sequoia located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in the United States, east of Visalia, California. The tree is believed to be at least 3,000 years old...

 tree, the Lincoln

Lincoln (tree)

The Lincoln Tree is the name of a huge giant sequoia located in Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park. It is currently considered by many to be the fifth largest tree in the world. Wendell Flint, in his book "To Find The Biggest Tree", Sequoia Natural History Association stated that the Lincoln...

 tree, and the Stagg

Stagg (tree)

The Stagg tree is a giant sequoia in Alder Creek Grove. It is the sixth largest tree in the world and is believed to be over 3,000 years old. L. Day noticed the tree in 1931 and, with help from two others, he measured the tree in 1932...

 tree.

Statistics

Height above base	268.8	81.9
Circumference at ground	113	34.4
	25.4	7.7
	15.6	4.8
	11.9	3.6
Estimated bole volume	43931 ft3