Colorado Fire History Reconstruction From Tree Rings

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information provides a paleoclimatology dataset reconstructing fire history in Colorado, United States. The data covers a time period from 248 to -44 calendar years before present (BP). This archived study was published by NOAA NCEI under its World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire frequency and return intervals over a ~300-year period using the calendar years BP time series.
• Correlate fire history events with regional climate proxies using the tree-ring parameters.
• Reconstruct historical wildfire patterns for the specific geographic location of Colorado.

Strengths

• Temporal coverage spans approximately 292 calendar years (248 to -44 BP).
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Limitations

• Data record appears temporally stale, with a last updated date of 1994-01-01.
• Specific sample size, row count, and data granularity (e.g., individual tree samples) are unknown.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Reconstructed from tree-ring parameters (dendrochronology).

Time Range

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

Freshness

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Geography

Colorado, United States Of America.