Tree-ring fire history data for the Wild Basin area of Colorado, United States. The dataset covers the period from 400 to 49 calendar years before present. It is archived and maintained by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Use Cases
- Analyze fire return intervals over a 449-year period using dated fire scars from tree rings.
- Reconstruct historical fire regimes in Colorado by correlating fire event years with climatic proxy data.
- Calibrate regional fire history models using the precise calendar year chronology provided by the dataset.
Strengths
- Covers a 449-year time period (400 to 49 BP)
- Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology
Limitations
- Temporal coverage ends 49 years before present, lacking modern fire records
- Geographic scope is limited to a single site (Wild Basin, Colorado)
- Data record was last updated in 1999, indicating potential staleness in metadata or access methods
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology
- Collection Method
- Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire scar dating
- Time Range
- 400 to 49 calendar years before present (BP)
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Wild Basin, Colorado, United States of America