277 to -44 calendar years before present of fire history data from tree ring analysis. The dataset documents fire events in the Entiat Mud Creek area of Washington State, USA. It was archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information in 1994.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct historical fire frequency and return intervals using fire scar dates from tree rings.
- Analyze climate-fire relationships by correlating fire event years with other paleoclimate proxy records.
- Model past vegetation dynamics by examining fire history parameters alongside tree growth data.
Strengths
- Covers a 321-year time period for fire history analysis.
- Provides location-specific data for the Entiat Mud Creek Aspect Polygon 230 in Washington.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1994, limiting integration with modern datasets.
- The geographic scope is limited to a single polygon, not representative of broader regional patterns.
- Specific sample size, data granularity, and column details are unknown from the metadata.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history parameters.
- Time Range
- 277 to -44 calendar years BP.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Entiat Mud Creek Aspect Polygon 230, Washington, United States.