Fire history data from the Crane Creek area in the Palouse region of Idaho, United States. The dataset covers a period from 333 to 60 calendar years before present (BP). It is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct regional fire frequency and intensity over time using the fire history time-series.
- Analyze the relationship between climate cycles and fire events using the calendar years before present (BP) chronology.
- Calibrate or validate other paleoenvironmental proxies for the Palouse region using the tree-ring derived fire record.
- Study ecological succession and vegetation changes following historical fires documented in the dataset.
Strengths
- Time period coverage spans 273 years (333 to 60 BP).
- Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service.
Limitations
- The dataset's geographic coverage is limited to a single site (Crane Creek, Idaho).
- The temporal coverage ends at 60 years BP, limiting analysis of very recent fire history.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Derived from tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history.
- Time Range
- 333 to 60 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
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- Geography
- Crane Creek, Palouse region, Idaho, United States of America.