Colorado Fire History Reconstruction from Tree Rings

Fire history data spanning 379 calendar years from 335 to -44 years before present, reconstructed from tree-ring analysis. The dataset was archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information under its Paleoclimatology program. This study was last updated in 1994.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire return intervals over the 379-year period using the calendar years before present (BP) time series.
• Correlate fire event years with regional climate proxies to study climate-fire relationships.
• Reconstruct historical fire regimes for the Colorado geographic location using the fire history parameter.
• Validate and calibrate broader regional paleofire models with site-specific tree-ring evidence.

Strengths

• Covers a specific 379-year time period from 335 to -44 BP.
• Data originates from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1994.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single location in Colorado, USA.
• Specific sample size, row count, and measurement parameters are not provided in the input.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Reconstructed from tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

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

Freshness

1994-01-01

Geography

Colorado, United States Of America.