Fire History Reconstruction from Archuleta Mesa Tree Rings

450 to -52 calendar years before present of fire history data from tree ring analysis. The dataset contains parameters related to fire events for the Archuleta Mesa Plot AA2 site in Colorado, USA. It is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and was last updated in 2002.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire frequency and return intervals using the fire history chronology from tree rings.
• Correlate fire event years with regional climate proxy data to study climate-fire relationships.
• Reconstruct historical fire regimes for the Archuleta Mesa area using dated fire scar parameters.
• Validate and calibrate regional fire history models using the site-specific fire history data.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range of approximately 502 calendar years.
• Provides site-specific fire history data for a defined geographic location in Colorado.

Limitations

• Data recency is low, with a last update in 2002, potentially missing recent methodological advances.
• Specific sample size, row count, and data granularity (e.g., individual tree measurements) are unknown from the description.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single plot (AA2), which may not be representative of broader regions.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history parameters.

Time Range

450 to -52 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

2002-01-01

Geography

Archuleta Mesa Plot AA2, Colorado, United States Of America.