Fire History Reconstruction from Fillmore Side Canyon Tree Rings

Tree-ring data from Fillmore Side Canyon, New Mexico, reconstructs fire history from 638 to -43 calendar years before present. The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) archives this paleoclimatology study under its World Data Service. The data was last updated in the NOAA system in 1993.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire return intervals using the dated fire scar events recorded in tree rings.
• Correlate fire history parameters with regional climate proxies to understand climate-fire relationships.
• Reconstruct the fire history timeline for the Fillmore Side Canyon area from 638 to -43 calendar years BP.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range of 681 calendar years (from 638 to -43 BP).
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
• Provides specific geographic location data for New Mexico, USA.

Limitations

• Data record is temporally stale, with a last update noted in 1993.
• Sample size, row count, and specific column parameters are unknown from the description.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire scar detection.

Time Range

638 to -43 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1993-01-01

Geography

Fillmore Side Canyon, New Mexico, United States Of America.