California Fire History Reconstruction from Buck Rock Tree Rings

A 596-year fire history reconstruction from 552 to -44 calendar years before present, derived from tree-ring analysis at Buck Rock Lookout in California. The dataset is archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and was last updated in 1994.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire frequency and return intervals using the fire scar chronology.
• Reconstruct past climate conditions by correlating tree-ring width data with fire events.
• Model historical fire regimes in California using the dated fire event parameters.
• Study the relationship between fire history and ecological changes from the paleo-record.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range of 596 years (552 to -44 BP)
• Data is curated and archived by NOAA's authoritative World Data Service for Paleoclimatology

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update in 1994
• Geographic scope is limited to a single lookout location in California
• Sample size and specific row/column counts 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

552 to -44 calendar years before present (BP)

Freshness

1994-01-01

Geography

Buck Rock Lookout, California, United States Of America