no it doesn't meet the size of old growth but it's totally acceptable for just about everything these days .   i worked in the woods with my ex, cutting old cedar snags for shakes  - i popped the shakes with an old froe and mallet. big cedar will seal itself in a fire, chars and seals, then starves the fire of oxygen.  we went deep into the woods and  cut some really tall snags of trees busted by lightening. 8" inches or more of charred all around and then inside the straightest grain,.. we sold for tons$ down in california before they realized it helped burn their houses down...we sold to a wood lot on Irving Rd
 i wouldn't get near a choker if ..well my life would depend upon it.snaking cables, widow makers, felled trees twisting on the stump... it's a dangerous occupation. i was in incredible shape but i couldn't pack the saw - the ex had a 36" and i think a 48" bar- those old growth cedar had immense trunks. 
 glad you made it in one piece!