Colorado Fire History Reconstruction from Tree Rings

Tree ring data provides a fire history record for Colorado, covering a period from 452 to -44 calendar years before present. The dataset is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. This specific study was last updated in 1994.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire return intervals using the tree-ring derived fire scar chronology.
• Correlate fire event years with other paleoclimate proxies to study climate-fire relationships.
• Reconstruct historical fire frequency and seasonality for the Colorado region from the dated fire events.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range of approximately 496 calendar years.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1994.
• Specific sample size, geographic precision, and measurement parameters are not detailed in the provided description.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Data derived from tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) to identify fire scars.

Time Range

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

Freshness

1994-01-01

Geography

Colorado, United States Of America.