450 calendar years of fire history data are reconstructed from tree-ring analysis at Reynold's Prairie in South Dakota. The dataset is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information under its Paleoclimatology World Data Service. This study was last updated in 1996.
Use Cases
- Analyze fire event frequency over the 450-year time period using reconstructed calendar years before present.
- Correlate fire history parameters with regional climate proxies from other paleoclimate datasets.
- Model historical fire return intervals in South Dakota's prairie ecosystems based on tree-ring evidence.
- Validate regional fire history models using the specific geographic location data from Reynold's Prairie.
Strengths
- Time period coverage spans 450 calendar years before present.
- Data includes specific geographic location information for Reynold's Prairie, South Dakota.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1996.
- The specific parameters and sample size (row count) are unknown.
- Coverage ends at -46 BP, which may represent a limited or incomplete recent period.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree-ring analysis for fire history reconstruction.
- Time Range
- 450 to -46 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Reynold's Prairie, South Dakota, United States Of America.