Del Norte Titan
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Del Norte County, California
Del Norte County is a county located at the far northwest corner of the U.S. state of California on the Pacific adjacent to the Oregon border. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 28,610. The county seat is Crescent City, the county's only incorporated city. Del Norte is the abbreviated...
, Northern California
Northern California
Northern California is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The San Francisco Bay Area , and Sacramento as well as its metropolitan area are the main population centers...
, that was confirmed by measuring to be at least 23.7 feet (7.2 m) in diameter at DBH (diameter breast height, measured 4.5 feet (1.4 m) above soil grade), and 307 feet (93.6 m) tall. Measured by Stephen Sillett
Stephen C. Sillett
Stephen C. Sillett is a botanist specializing in old growth forest canopies. As the first scientist to enter the redwood forest canopy, he pioneered new methods for climbing, exploring, and studying tall trees...
, it ranks as the world's third, or fourth largest Coast Redwood, although one source recognizes it as the largest based on a single-stem measurement. Lost Monarch
Lost Monarch
Lost Monarch is the name of a Coast Redwood tree in Northern California that is in diameter at breast height , and in height...
in the same park is actually larger with more wood volume. The second largest coastal redwood is in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park is a state park, located in Humboldt County, California, near the town of Orick and 50 miles north of Eureka...
called Iluvatar
Iluvatar (tree)
Iluvatar is a redwood tree in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in Northern California that has been confirmed to be at least in diameter at breast height, and in height. Measured by Stephen C. Sillett, it is the world's third-largest coast redwood, the largest being Lost Monarch.Iluvatar is...
.
Del Norte Titan was discovered in 1998 along with other giant Coast Redwoods in the Grove of Titans
Grove of Titans
The Grove of Titans is a redwood grove in Del Norte County, Northern California, which includes several massive Coast Redwood trees, some being the largest known redwoods in terms of wood volume. The largest Coastal Redwood tree in the grove by volume is Lost Monarch...
. The grove (unofficially named) is located in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
Jedediah Smith Redwoods Park, established in 1929, was named after the noted fur trapper Jedediah Smith, who visited its location during an 1826 expedition. It is located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California, nine miles east of Crescent City, on U.S. Route 199...
. The tree is estimated to contain 37000 cubic feet (1,047.7 m³) of wood. Some information about the grove was published by Richard Preston.
One source, an arborist, confirms that Del Norte Titan is part of the Grove of Titans due to proximity; correlating with a similar statement written by tree researcher Robert Van Pelt.
Whether in print or on the internet, images, comments and documents for the Del Norte Titan are few, and limited in scope, because like other redwood titans, few people know the location, and none of them have openly published a map or GPS coordinates.
The Del Norte Titan is near other large Coast Redwoods, including some known as the largest of the species named: Lost Monarch
Lost Monarch
Lost Monarch is the name of a Coast Redwood tree in Northern California that is in diameter at breast height , and in height...
, El Viejo del Norte, Screaming Titans, Eärendil and Elwing, Stalagmight. "It grows a few meters across Mill Creek from the Lost Monarch".