Colorado Fire History Reconstruction from Tree Rings

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives fire history data from the BM14 site in Colorado. The dataset contains parameters of fire history derived from tree rings, covering the period from 277 to -44 calendar years before present. This study was published by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing fire event years using tree-ring fire scar data.
• Analyzing the frequency of fire events over a 300+ year period before present.
• Correlating fire history parameters with other paleoclimate proxies for Colorado.
• Studying long-term changes in wildfire regimes in a specific geographic location.

Strengths

• Data spans a specific 321-year period (277 to -44 BP).
• Archived by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
• Focuses on a defined geographic location in Colorado, USA.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage ends 44 years before present (circa 1906 AD), lacking modern records.
• Data is from a single site (BM14), limiting regional generalization.
• Last metadata update was in 1994, indicating potential staleness.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Derived from tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history parameters.

Time Range

277 to -44 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Colorado, United States Of America.