# Iniguez fire data from Catalina Rose Canyon CRC20 - IMPD USCRC_20 #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, Boulder # and # NOAA Paleoclimatology Program # National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # Template Version 4.0 # Encoding: UTF-8 # NOTE: Please cite original publication, NOAA Landing Page URL, dataset and publication DOIs (where available), and date accessed when using downloaded data. If there is no publication information, please cite investigator, study title, NOAA Landing Page URL, and date accessed. # # Description/Documentation lines begin with # # Data lines have no # # # NOAA_Landing_Page: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/37907 # Landing_Page_Description: NOAA Landing Page of this file's parent study, which includes all study metadata. # # Study_Level_JSON_Metadata: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/published/paleo/json/noaa-fire-37907.json # Study_Level_JSON_Description: JSON metadata of this file's parent study, which includes all study metadata. # # Data_Type: Fire History # # Dataset_DOI: # # Science_Keywords: # #-------------------- # Resource_Links # # Data_Download_Resource: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/northamerica/uscrc_20.fhx # Data_Download_Description: Data - Fire History Exchange File (FHX); Catalina Rose Canyon CRC20 Fire Scar Data # # Data_Download_Resource: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/northamerica/uscrc_20-noaa.txt # Data_Download_Description: Metadata - NOAA Template File; Catalina Rose Canyon CRC20 Fire Scar Metadata #-------------------- # Contribution_Date # Date: 2022-04-05 #-------------------- # File_Last_Modified_Date # Date: 2023-04-10 #-------------------- # Title # Study_Name: Iniguez fire data from Catalina Rose Canyon CRC20 - IMPD USCRC_20 #-------------------- # Investigators # Investigators: Iniguez, Jose (0000-0002-4566-1297) #-------------------- # Description_Notes_and_Keywords # Description: # # This dataset was contributed as part of the North American Tree-ring Fire Scar Synthesis (NAFSS) project (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/34853). Data were contributed to the project from the original data generators. # # Sample Storage Location: Laboratory of Tree-Ring, University of Arizona # Dating Method: Dated # Related ITRDB_Chronology: Not Applicable # # Fire scar data from this site are available in FHX2 format at: # https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/northamerica/uscrc_20.fhx # along with associated metadata at: # https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/northamerica/uscrc_20-noaa.txt # #------------------ # Funding_Agency # Funding_Agency_Name: # Grant: #-------------------- # Publication # Authors: Iniguez, Jose M; Swetnam, Thomas W; Yool, Stephen R # Published_Date_or_Year: 2008 # Published_Title: Topography affected landscape fire history patterns in southern Arizona, USA # Journal_Name: Forest Ecology and Management # Volume: 256 # Edition: # Issue: 3 # Pages: 295-303 # Report_Number: # DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.04.023 # Publication_Place: # Publisher: # ISBN: # Online_Resource: # Other_Reference_Details: # Full_Citation: # Abstract: # Fire histories contribute important information to contemporary fire planning, however, our knowledge is not comprehensive geographically. We evaluated the influence of topography on fire history patterns in two contrasting landscapes within the Santa Catalina Mountains of southeastern Arizona. Multiple fire-scarred trees from randomly selected 2-ha plots were used to develop plot composite mean fire intervals (PCMFIs) within the Butterfly Peak (BP) and Rose Canyon (RC) landscapes. BP is dominated by steep, northerly aspects and presence of potential fire spread barriers (exposed rock bluffs and scree slopes). RC is dominated by more gentle and southerly aspects with relatively few fire barriers. Within each landscape, PCMFIs did not differ significantly between aspect classes from A.D. 1748 to 1910 (BP: p = 0.73 and RC: p = 0.57). Pooled PCMFIs in the gentler RC landscape were, however, significantly shorter (p < 0.001) than in the steeper BP landscape. The frequency of relatively widespread fires (i.e., number of fire years when ?2 plots scarred) was similar between landscapes, but fires in the gentler RC landscape were significantly larger (p = 0.033). The higher frequency of large fires (i.e., fires that burned >75% of the landscape) in RC resulted in more area burned over time and shorter fire intervals at individual plots. Conversely, smaller fires in the dissected BP landscape resulted in less area burned and longer periods between fires at individual plots. The different topographies in the two landscapes likely result in different wind intensities, fuel moistures, and fuel/vegetation types—and consequently, different historical fire spread patterns. Our conclusion is that fire history patterns are not influenced primarily by stand-scale topography, but rather by the topographic characteristics of the broader, surrounding landscape. # #-------------------- # Publication # Authors: Iniguez, Jose M.; Swetnam, Thomas W.; Baisan, Christopher H. # Published_Date_or_Year: 2016 # Published_Title: Fire history and moisture influences on historical forest age structure in the sky islands of southern Arizona, USA # Journal_Name: Journal of Biogeography # Volume: 43 # Edition: # Issue: 1 # Pages: 85-95 # Report_Number: # DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12626 # Publication_Place: # Publisher: # ISBN: # Online_Resource: # Other_Reference_Details: # Full_Citation: # Abstract: # Aim The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of moisture and fire on historical ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws.) age structure patterns. Location We used a natural experiment created over time by the unique desert island geography of southern Arizona. Methods We sampled tree establishment dates in two sites on Rincon Peak and another site in the Santa Catalina Mountains. The influence of regional moisture patterns was investigated by examining synchrony among tree age peaks and periods of favourable moisture. The influence of fire was investigated by examining the relationship between local fire histories and age peaks. Results Tree age peaks (recruitment events) were synchronized with periods of reduced fire frequencies, suggesting that periods of reduced fire activity allowed time for young trees to develop fire-resistant characteristics. For example, two age peaks (1670s–1680s and 1770s–1780s) in the Rincon Peak-north site coincided with a period of reduced fire frequency. These age peaks were absent in the Rincon Peak-south site where fires were more frequent during that time. All three sites had age peaks in the early 19th century, coinciding with regional climate variability (i.e. El Niño Southern Oscillation patterns) that reduced fire activity. Main conclusions Historically prior to fire suppression, the survivorship, and thus cohort establishment, of ponderosa pine was ultimately determined by local fire history patterns. The importance of fire as a tree establishment regulator highlights the need to use fire at appropriate intervals not just to restore but to maintain healthy forests. # #-------------------- # Site_Information # Site_Name: Catalina Rose Canyon CRC20 - IMPD USCRC_20 # Location: North America>United States Of America>Arizona # Northernmost_Latitude: 32.40793 # Southernmost_Latitude: 32.40793 # Easternmost_Longitude: -110.73261 # Westernmost_Longitude: -110.73261 # Elevation_m: 2458 #-------------------- # Data_Collection # Collection_Name: USCRC_20 # First_Year: 1690 # Last_Year: 2003 # Time_Unit: CE # Core_Length_m: # Parameter_Keywords: fire scar dates # Notes: #-------------------- # Species # Species_Name: Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex C. Lawson # Common_Name: ponderosa pine # Common_Name: western yellow pine # Tree_Species_Code: PIPO # Tree_Species_Download_Resource: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/templates/tree-species-code.csv # Tree_Species_Download_Description: List of accepted tree species names and codes. #-------------------- # Species # Species_Name: Pinus strobiformis Engelm. # Common_Name: southwestern white pine # Tree_Species_Code: PISF # Tree_Species_Download_Resource: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/templates/tree-species-code.csv # Tree_Species_Download_Description: List of accepted tree species names and codes. #-------------------- # Chronology Information: # Chronology: # #-------------------- # Variables # # PaST_Thesaurus_Download_Resource: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/PaST-thesaurus/SKOS/past-thesaurus-v1.0.rdf # PaST_Thesaurus_Download_Description: Paleoenvironmental Standard Terms (PaST) Thesaurus terms, definitions, and relationships in SKOS format. # # Short_name what,material,error,units,seasonality,data_type,detail,method,data_format,additional_information # ## age_ce age,,,year Common Era,,FIRE HISTORY;TREE RING,,,N, ## tree_events tree demographic and injury and fire event code,wood,,,,FIRE HISTORY;TREE RING,,,C,FHX2 data format; refer to IMPD documentation for description of codes # #-------------------- # Data: # To access data, use Data_Download_Resource links above.