The Stagg tree is a giant sequoia in Alder Creek Grove

Alder Creek Grove

Alder Creek Grove is a Sequoiadendron giganteum grove located within the Giant Sequoia National Monument in California, USA.Alder Creek Grove is a medium sized grove in the Sierra Nevada, covering Sequoia Crest subdivision and Giant Sequoia National Monument...

. 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. The tree was re-named around 1960 for Amos Alonzo Stagg

Amos Alonzo Stagg

Amos Alonzo Stagg was an American athlete and pioneering college coach in multiple sports, primarily American football...

 (Stagg was a football coach at the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...

). In 1993 a group of climbers climbed the tree to the very top and found there was a hollow room inside the trunk near the top.

Statistics

Wendell Flint, the author (with photographer Mike Law) of To Find the Biggest Tree, measured the tree in 1977. Below are their measurements:

	Metres	Feet
Height above base	74.1	243.0
Circumference at ground	33.3	109.0
Diameter 1.5 m above base	7.05	22.9
Diameter 18 m (60') above base	5.6	18.2
Diameter 55 m (180') above base	3.8	12.5
Estimated bole volume (m³.ft³)	1,205.0	42,557.0