Colorado Fire History Reconstruction from Tree Rings

Tree ring data from Colorado provides a fire history record spanning 310 calendar years before present. The dataset was created by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information and archived in the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. The primary data collection and publication occurred around 1994.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct fire event years using the fire scar chronology from tree ring samples.
• Analyze the temporal frequency of fires over a 310-year period before present.
• Correlate fire history parameters with other paleoclimate proxies for the Colorado region.
• Map the geographic location of the study site to understand local fire ecology.

Strengths

• Covers a specific 310-year time period (266 to -44 calendar years BP).
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
• Includes geospatial location data for Colorado, United States.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last known update in 1994.
• Sample size, spatial extent, and specific parameter counts are unknown.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single study location in Colorado.

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

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

Freshness

1994-01-01

Geography

Colorado, United States Of America.