502 calendar years of fire history data, from 450 to -52 years before present, reconstructed from tree-ring analysis. The dataset documents fire events and is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information. It was last updated in 2002.
Use Cases
- Analyze fire event frequency and timing from the tree-ring chronology over a 502-year period.
- Correlate fire history parameters with other paleoclimate proxies for the Colorado region.
- Model historical fire return intervals using the dated fire scar data.
- Reconstruct past climate conditions that influenced fire activity based on tree-ring growth patterns.
Strengths
- Covers a specific 502-year time period (450 to -52 BP).
- Part of the authoritative NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archive.
- Focuses on a defined geographic location: Archuleta Mesa, Colorado.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, last updated in 2002.
- Sample size and specific row/column counts are unknown.
- Geographic scope is limited to a single study plot (A3).
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history reconstruction.
- Time Range
- 450 to -52 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- 2002-01-01
- Geography
- Archuleta Mesa Plot A3, Colorado, United States.