{"xmlId":"78604","NOAAStudyId":"37460","studyName":"Gartner fire data from PNF 8, Colorado Front Range - IMPD USMG-028","doi":"https://doi.org/10.25921/epr3-x140","uuid":"3dbf0753-fe30-404f-86c3-5e9d905347aa","dataPublisher":"NOAA","contactInfo":{"type":"CONTACT INFORMATION","shortName":"DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI","longName":"National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce ","address":"325 Broadway, E/NE31","city":"Boulder","state":"CO","postalCode":"80305-3328","country":"USA","dataCenterUrl":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/paleoclimatology","email":"paleo@noaa.gov","phone":"828-271-4800","fax":null,"constraints":"Please cite original publication, online resource, dataset and publication DOIs (where available), and date accessed when using downloaded data. If there is no publication information, please cite investigator, title, online resource, and date accessed. The appearance of external links associated with a dataset does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of external Web sites or the information, products or services contained therein. For other than authorized activities, the Department of Commerce/NOAA does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. These links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this Department of Commerce/NOAA Web site."},"dataType":"FIRE HISTORY","investigators":"Gartner, M.H.; Sherriff, R.L.; Veblen, T.T.; Schoennagel, T.L.","investigatorDetails":[{"firstName":"Merideth","lastName":"Gartner","initials":"M.H.","orcId":null},{"firstName":"Rosemary","lastName":"Sherriff","initials":"R.L.","orcId":null},{"firstName":"Thomas","lastName":"Veblen","initials":"T.T.","orcId":"0000-0002-3037-640X"},{"firstName":"Tania","lastName":"Schoennagel","initials":"T.L.","orcId":null}],"version":"1.0","funding":[],"studyNotes":"This dataset was contributed as part of the Fire data from the Colorado Front Range 2014 research project (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/17194). Data were contributed to the project from the original data generators.\r\n\r\nSample Storage Location: \r\nDating Method: Crossdated\r\nRelated ITRDB_Chronology: Not Applicable\r\n\r\nFire scar data from this site are available in FHX2 format at:\r\n  https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/northamerica/usmg-028.fhx\r\nalong with associated metadata at:\r\n  https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/northamerica/usmg-028-rwl-noaa.txt\r\n\r\nEstablishment date data from this site are available in CSV format at:\r\n  https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/establishment/northamerica/usmg-028.dat\r\nalong with associated metadata at:\r\n  https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/establishment/northamerica/usmg-028-estab-noaa.txt","onlineResourceLink":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/37460","difMetadataLink":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/published/paleo/dif/xml/noaa-fire-37460.xml","isoMetadataLink":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/published/paleo/iso/xml/noaa-fire-37460.xml","originalSource":null,"dataTypeInformation":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/paleoclimatology/fire-history","studyCode":"USMG-028","scienceKeywords":["western yellow pine","Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco","ponderosa pine","PSME","PIPO","Douglas-fir","Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex C. Lawson"],"reconstruction":"N","contributionDate":"2014-09-24","entryId":"noaa-fire-37460","earliestYearBP":165,"mostRecentYearBP":-55,"earliestYearCE":1785,"mostRecentYearCE":2005,"publication":[{"author":{"name":"Sherriff, R.L., R.V. Platt, T.T. Veblen, T.L. Schoennagel, and M.H. Gartner"},"pubYear":2014,"title":"Historical, observed, and modeled wildfire severity in montane forests of the Colorado Front Range","journal":"PLoS ONE","volume":"9","edition":null,"issue":"9","pages":null,"reportNumber":"e106971","citation":"Sherriff, R.L., R.V. Platt, T.T. Veblen, T.L. Schoennagel, and M.H. Gartner. 2014. Historical, observed, and modeled wildfire severity in montane forests of the Colorado Front Range. PLoS ONE, 9(9), e106971. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106971","type":"publication","identifier":{"type":"doi","id":"10.1371/journal.pone.0106971","url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106971"},"abstract":"Large recent fires in the western U.S. have contributed to a perception that fire exclusion has caused an unprecedented occurrence of uncharacteristically severe fires, particularly in lower elevation dry pine forests. In the absence of long-term fire severity records, it is unknown how short-term trends compare to fire severity prior to 20th century fire exclusion. This study compares historical (i.e. pre-1920) fire severity with observed modern fire severity and modeled potential fire behavior across 564,413 ha of montane forests of the Colorado Front Range. We used forest structure and tree-ring fire history to characterize fire severity at 232 sites and then modeled historical fire-severity across the entire study area using biophysical variables. Eighteen (7.8%) sites were characterized by low-severity fires and 214 (92.2%) by mixed-severity fires (i.e. including moderate- or high-severity fires). Difference in area of historical versus observed low-severity fire within nine recent (post-1999) large fire perimeters was greatest in lower montane forests. Only 16% of the study area recorded a shift from historical low severity to a higher potential for crown fire today. An historical fire regime of more frequent and low-severity fires at low elevations (,2260 m) supports a convergence of management goals of ecological restoration and fire hazard mitigation in those habitats. In contrast, at higher elevations mixed-severity fires were predominant historically and continue to be so today. Thinning treatments at higher elevations of the montane zone will not return the fire regime to an historic low-severity regime, and are of questionable effectiveness in preventing severe wildfires. Based on present-day fuels, predicted fire behavior under extreme fire weather continues to indicate a mixed-severity fire regime throughout most of the montane forest zone. Recent large wildfires in the Front Range are not fundamentally different from similar events that occurred historically under extreme weather conditions.","pubRank":"1"}],"site":[{"NOAASiteId":"62295","siteName":"PNF 8 - IMPD USMG-028","siteCode":null,"mappable":"Y","locationName":"Continent>North America>United States Of America>Colorado","geo":{"geoType":"Feature","geometry":{"type":"POINT","coordinates":["39.351825","-105.366405"]},"properties":{"southernmostLatitude":"39.351825","northernmostLatitude":"39.351825","westernmostLongitude":"-105.366405","easternmostLongitude":"-105.366405","minElevationMeters":"2419","maxElevationMeters":"2419"}},"paleoData":[{"dataTableName":"USMG-028","NOAADataTableId":"60495","earliestYear":1785,"mostRecentYear":2005,"timeUnit":"CE","earliestYearBP":165,"mostRecentYearBP":-55,"earliestYearCE":1785,"mostRecentYearCE":2005,"coreLengthMeters":null,"dataTableNotes":null,"species":[{"speciesCode":"PIPO","scientificName":"Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex C. Lawson","resourceId":null,"commonName":["ponderosa pine","western yellow pine"]},{"speciesCode":"PSME","scientificName":"Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco","resourceId":null,"commonName":["Douglas-fir"]}],"dataFile":[{"fileUrl":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/northamerica/usmg-028.fhx","urlDescription":"Data - Fire History Exchange File (FHX)","linkText":"PNF 8 Fire Scar Data","variables":[{"cvDataType":"FIRE HISTORY|TREE RING","cvWhat":"formation property>event layer>tree demographic and injury and fire event code","cvMaterial":"biological material>tissue>wood","cvError":null,"cvUnit":"dimensionless","cvSeasonality":null,"cvDetail":null,"cvMethod":null,"cvAdditionalInfo":"text description of fire event; refer to IMPD documentation for description of codes","cvFormat":"Character","cvShortName":"rec_type"},{"cvDataType":"FIRE HISTORY|TREE RING","cvWhat":"age variable>age","cvMaterial":null,"cvError":null,"cvUnit":"time unit>age unit>year Common Era","cvSeasonality":null,"cvDetail":null,"cvMethod":null,"cvAdditionalInfo":null,"cvFormat":"Numeric","cvShortName":"age_CE"},{"cvDataType":"FIRE HISTORY|TREE RING","cvWhat":"sampling metadata>sample identification","cvMaterial":null,"cvError":null,"cvUnit":"dimensionless","cvSeasonality":null,"cvDetail":null,"cvMethod":null,"cvAdditionalInfo":null,"cvFormat":"Numeric","cvShortName":"series"}],"NOAAKeywords":["earth science>paleoclimate>fire history>fire scar dates"]},{"fileUrl":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/northamerica/usmg-028-fhx-noaa.txt","urlDescription":"Metadata - NOAA Template File","linkText":"PNF 8 Fire Scar Metadata","variables":[{"cvDataType":"FIRE HISTORY|TREE RING","cvWhat":"formation property>event layer>tree demographic and injury and fire event code","cvMaterial":"biological material>tissue>wood","cvError":null,"cvUnit":"dimensionless","cvSeasonality":null,"cvDetail":null,"cvMethod":null,"cvAdditionalInfo":"text description of fire event; refer to IMPD documentation for description of codes","cvFormat":"Character","cvShortName":"rec_type"},{"cvDataType":"FIRE HISTORY|TREE RING","cvWhat":"age variable>age","cvMaterial":null,"cvError":null,"cvUnit":"time unit>age unit>year Common Era","cvSeasonality":null,"cvDetail":null,"cvMethod":null,"cvAdditionalInfo":null,"cvFormat":"Numeric","cvShortName":"age_CE"},{"cvDataType":"FIRE HISTORY|TREE RING","cvWhat":"sampling metadata>sample identification","cvMaterial":null,"cvError":null,"cvUnit":"dimensionless","cvSeasonality":null,"cvDetail":null,"cvMethod":null,"cvAdditionalInfo":null,"cvFormat":"Numeric","cvShortName":"series"}],"NOAAKeywords":["earth science>paleoclimate>fire history>fire scar dates"]}]},{"dataTableName":"USMG-028-ESTAB","NOAADataTableId":"60496","earliestYear":1785,"mostRecentYear":2005,"timeUnit":"CE","earliestYearBP":165,"mostRecentYearBP":-55,"earliestYearCE":1785,"mostRecentYearCE":2005,"coreLengthMeters":null,"dataTableNotes":null,"species":[{"speciesCode":"PIPO","scientificName":"Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex C. Lawson","resourceId":null,"commonName":["ponderosa pine","western yellow pine"]},{"speciesCode":"PSME","scientificName":"Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco","resourceId":null,"commonName":["Douglas-fir"]}],"dataFile":[{"fileUrl":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/establishment/northamerica/usmg-028.dat","urlDescription":"Data - CSV File","linkText":"PNF 8 Establishment Date Data","variables":[],"NOAAKeywords":["earth science>paleoclimate>fire history>establishment dates"]},{"fileUrl":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/establishment/northamerica/usmg-028-estab-noaa.txt","urlDescription":"Metadata - NOAA Template File","linkText":"PNF 8 Establishment Date Metadata","variables":[],"NOAAKeywords":["earth science>paleoclimate>fire history>establishment dates"]}]}]}],"reference":{"pastThesaurusSkos":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/skos/past-thesaurus.rdf","pastThesaurusExplorer":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/cvterms","gcmdKeywordThesaurus":"https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords"},"dataLicenseDescription":"CC0","dataLicenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}