Colorado Fire History Reconstruction from Tree Rings

A 797-year fire history record from 750 to -47 calendar years before present, reconstructed from tree-ring data. The dataset documents fire events and is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under its Paleoclimatology program. The data was last updated in 1997.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire frequency and return intervals over the 797-year period using the fire event chronology.
• Correlate fire history time-series with other paleoclimate proxies to study climate-fire relationships.
• Reconstruct past fire severity and extent patterns from the tree-ring scar data.
• Establish a baseline historical fire regime for the Peabody Spur, Colorado area for ecological management.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal span of 797 calendar years.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA/NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
• Provides a specific, localized fire history record for a defined geographic area in Colorado.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1997.
• The specific sample size (number of tree cores or sites) and data granularity are unknown.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Reconstructed from tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

750 to -47 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1997-01-01

Geography

Peabody Spur, Colorado, United States Of America.