Fire History Reconstruction from Smoothing Iron Ridge Tree Rings

Tree-ring data from the Smoothing Iron Ridge site in Washington, USA, reconstructs historical fire events. The record covers a 312-year period from 270 to -42 calendar years before present. This fire history study is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing fire event dates and frequency using tree-ring fire scars.
• Analyzing the relationship between fire history parameters and climatic periods over a 312-year span.
• Calibrating regional fire history models using the specific geographic location data from Washington state.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 312-year time period (270 to -42 BP).
• Archived by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1992.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site in Washington state.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis for fire history parameters.

Time Range

270 to -42 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1992-01-01

Geography

Smoothing Iron Ridge (site 15), Washington, United States Of America.