Hermosa Creek Fire History Reconstruction from Tree Rings

Fire history and tree-ring data from the Hermosa Creek area in Colorado, USA. The dataset covers a time period from 400 to 44 years before present. It was archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct historical fire frequency and severity using tree-ring fire scars and dates.
• Analyze the relationship between climate cycles and fire events over a 444-year period.
• Calibrate regional fire history models with site-specific fire history parameters.
• Study forest resilience and disturbance intervals from fire history records.

Strengths

• Time series covers 444 calendar years (400 to 44 BP).
• Geographic location is precisely defined for Hermosa Creek, Colorado.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1994.
• Specific sample size (row count) and measurement parameters are unknown from the description.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

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Time Range

400 to 44 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Hermosa Creek, Colorado, United States of America.