Colorado Fire History Reconstruction from Tree Rings

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology provides a fire history dataset from the BM40 site in Colorado, USA. The data covers a period from 350 to -45 calendar years before present, derived from tree-ring analysis. This archived study was published by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct fire event chronology using tree-ring fire scar dates.
• Analyze fire frequency and return intervals over the 395-year time span.
• Correlate fire history parameters with other paleoclimate proxies for the Colorado region.

Strengths

• Covers a specific 395-year period (350 to -45 BP) for temporal analysis.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1995.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site (BM40) 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

350 to -45 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1995-01-01

Geography

BM40 site, Colorado, United States Of America.