Heyerdahl Fire History Data from Butler Creek Montana

380 to 50 calendar years before present of fire history and tree ring parameters from Butler Creek, Montana. The dataset is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Fire.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct fire frequency and severity over a 330-year period using tree-ring fire scar data.
• Analyze the relationship between climate proxies and fire history parameters for the Montana region.
• Calibrate regional fire history models with dated fire event records from the Butler Creek site.
• Study long-term ecological impacts by correlating fire events with tree growth anomalies in the ring records.

Strengths

• Covers a specific 330-year time period (380 to 50 BP).
• Provides fire history data for a defined geographic location in Montana.
• Archived and maintained by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service.

Limitations

• Exact sample size, row count, and specific column names are unknown.
• Temporal coverage ends 50 years BP, lacking very recent historical or modern fire data.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site (Butler Creek), limiting regional generalizations.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

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Time Range

380 to 50 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Butler Creek, Montana, United States of America.