Colorado Fire History Reconstruction from Tree Rings

Tree-ring data from Hidden Valley West in Colorado reconstructs fire events over a 282-year period from 234 to -48 calendar years before present. This fire history dataset is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under its Paleoclimatology program. The data was published in 1998.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire frequency and return intervals using the dated fire event chronology.
• Correlate fire history parameters with other paleoclimate proxies to study climate-fire relationships.
• Reconstruct past fire regimes for the Colorado region using the tree-ring fire scar data.

Strengths

• Covers a specific 282-year time period (234 to -48 BP) for temporal analysis.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA/NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1998 and may not reflect modern collection standards.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site (Hidden Valley West, Colorado).
• Sample size and specific data parameters like row count are unknown.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

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

Time Range

234 to -48 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1998-01-01

Geography

Hidden Valley West, Colorado, United States Of America.