Deerfield Reservoir Fire History from Tree Rings

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives fire history data derived from tree ring analysis for Deerfield Reservoir in South Dakota. The coverage spans from 300 to -45 calendar years before present. The dataset is maintained by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information and was last updated in 1995.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire occurrence frequency over time using the calendar years before present (BP) parameter.
• Correlate fire history events with regional climate patterns using the tree-ring-derived fire parameters.
• Map historical fire activity in South Dakota using the geographic location data.
• Study the impact of fires on forest ecosystems using the fire history and tree ring data features.

Strengths

• Data covers a long temporal range of 345 calendar years.
• Parameters include fire history and tree ring data for ecological analysis.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1995.
• Specific sample size, row count, and column details are unknown.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single reservoir location in South Dakota.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Archived paleoclimatology study derived from tree ring analysis.

Time Range

300 to -45 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1995-01-01

Geography

Deerfield Reservoir, South Dakota, United States Of America.