Colorado Fire History Reconstruction from Tree Rings

371 to -44 calendar years before present (BP) of fire history data reconstructed from tree rings in Colorado, USA. The dataset is part of the NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archive, specifically the Veblen fire data from BM27. It was archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire return intervals and frequency using the dated fire events from tree-ring scars.
• Correlate periods of high fire activity with climatic proxies from the same tree-ring records.
• Reconstruct historical fire perimeters and severity for specific years identified in the fire chronology.
• Study the relationship between fire events and forest age structure inferred from the tree-ring data.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range of approximately 415 calendar years (371 to -44 BP).
• Part of the authoritative NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archive, ensuring standardized metadata.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1994.
• Specific sample size (row count), column details, and file formats are unknown.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a specific site in Colorado, USA.

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 and dates.

Time Range

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

Geography

Colorado, United States Of America.