Heyerdahl Fire History Reconstruction from Basalt Hill Tree Rings

Northwestern United States fire history data derived from tree-ring analysis at Basalt Hill in Idaho. The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information provides this record covering 286 calendar years from 350 to 64 years before present. This paleoclimatology study is archived under the World Data Service.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing historical fire frequency and severity from tree-ring fire scar data.
• Analyzing long-term climate-fire relationships using the dated fire event chronology.
• Calibrating regional fire history models with the 286-year temporal coverage from Basalt Hill.
• Studying vegetation response to fire disturbances recorded in the tree-ring parameters.

Strengths

• Covers a continuous 286-year period (350 to 64 BP) for long-term trend analysis.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service.

Limitations

• Geographic scope is limited to a single site (Basalt Hill, Idaho).
• Temporal coverage ends 64 years before present, lacking recent fire history.
• Specific data parameters, sample size, and measurement details are not provided in the input.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history reconstruction.

Time Range

350 to 64 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Basalt Hill, Palouse region, Idaho, northwestern United States.