Colorado Fire History Reconstruction from Tree Rings

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology provides a fire history dataset derived from tree-ring analysis at site BM24 in Colorado. The data covers a period from 576 to -44 calendar years before present. This archived study was published by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire occurrence frequency from the tree-ring fire-scar chronology.
• Correlate fire history data with other paleoclimate proxies for climate-fire relationship studies.
• Reconstruct long-term fire return intervals for the Colorado site using the dated fire events.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range of approximately 620 calendar years.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Dataset is spatially limited to a single site (BM24) in Colorado.
• Data record was last updated in 1994, indicating potential staleness.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

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

Time Range

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

Freshness

1994-01-01

Geography

Colorado, United States Of America (specific site BM24).