Fire History Reconstruction from Round Mountain Tree Rings

NOAA/NCEI provides a fire history dataset derived from tree-ring analysis at Round Mountain, New Mexico. The data covers a 993-year period from 950 to -43 calendar years before present. This archived paleoclimatology study was published by the NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire_year or fire_interval time-series to identify frequency and periodicity of historical fire events.
• Correlate fire_occurrence records with other paleoclimate proxies to study climate-fire relationships.
• Reconstruct local fire_history timelines for ecological and forest management comparisons.
• Use tree_ring_width or other parameters to date fire scars and establish a precise chronology.

Strengths

• Covers a 993-year time period from 950 to -43 BP.
• Data is archived and curated by the authoritative NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1993.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site (Round Mountain, New Mexico).
• Specific row count, column details, and sample sizes 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 parameters.

Time Range

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

Freshness

1993-01-01

Geography

Round Mountain, New Mexico, United States of America.