Colorado Fire History Reconstruction from Tree Rings

NOAA NCEI archives a fire history dataset from the Warrior Mountain site in Colorado, USA. The data reconstructs fire events using tree-ring parameters, covering a period from 374 to -49 calendar years before present. This paleoclimatology study was published by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire return intervals using the fire_history parameter from tree-ring records.
• Correlate fire event years (time period coverage) with regional climate proxy data.
• Reconstruct historical fire frequency and severity for the Colorado location.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range of 423 calendar years (374 to -49 BP).
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1999.
• Specific sample size, column details, and file formats are unknown.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis for fire history parameters.

Time Range

374 to -49 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1999-01-01

Geography

Warrior Mountain, Colorado, United States Of America.