This article contains a list of volcanoes in the United States and its territories.
Alaska
American Samoa
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
meters | feet | Coordinates | |||
Malumalu | Last 8,000 years | ||||
Ta‘u- | 931 | 3054 | 14°13′48″S 169°27′14″W / 14.23°S 169.454°W | 30,000 years ago[15] | |
Ofu-Olosega | 639 | 2096 | 14°10′30″S 169°37′05″W / 14.175°S 169.618°W | 1866 unnamed submarine cone eruption | |
Tutuila | 653 | 2142 | 14°17′42″S 170°42′00″W / 14.295°S 170.70°W | 440 CE[16] | |
Vailulu'u | -592 | -1842 | 14°17′42″S 170°42′00″W / 14.295°S 170.70°W | 2003 west of unnamed submarine caldera and nafauna |
Arizona
California
Colorado
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
---|---|---|---|---|
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Dotsero | 2,230 | 7,316 | 39°39′40″N 107°03′22″W / 39.661°N 107.056°W | 2200 BC ± 300 years |
La Garita Caldera | 4,274 | 14,022 | 37°43′36″N 106°46′28″W / 37.72667°N 106.77444°W | 26.3 Ma |
Never Summer Mountains | 3,946 | 12,945 | 40°28′10″N 105°53′42″W / 40.46944°N 105.89500°W | 24 to 29 million years ago |
Summer Coon | - | - | 37°46′51″N 106°22′09″W / 37.78083°N 106.36917°W | 24 to 34 million years ago |
Hawaii
Idaho
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
---|---|---|---|---|
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Big Southern Butte | 2298 | 7540 | 43°14′N 113°01′W / 43.24°N 113.01°W | 300,000 years ago |
Blue Creek | - | - | - | - |
Craters of the Moon | 2005 | 6578 | 43°25′N 113°30′W / 43.42°N 113.50°W | 130 BC ± 50 years |
Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field | 2805 | 9203 | 44°28′16″N 110°30′07″W / 44.471031°N 110.501862°W | 70,000 years ago (magmatic) / 1350 BC ± 200 years (hydrothermal)[21] |
Juniper Buttes | 1905 | 6250 | 44°12′N 111°32′W / 44.20°N 111.53°W | - |
Menan Buttes | 1713 | 5619 | 43°36′N 111°30′W / 43.60°N 111.5°W | 10,000 years ago |
Split Butte | - | - | 44°15′N 111°44′W / 44.25°N 111.73°W | - |
The Great Rift | - | - | 43°27′42″N 113°33′46″W / 43.46167°N 113.56278°W | - |
Shoshone volcano | - | - | - | - |
Illinois
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
---|---|---|---|---|
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Hicks Dome[22] | 203 | 666 | 37°32′N 88°22′W / 37.53°N 88.37°W | 400-345 million years ago |
Louisiana
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
---|---|---|---|---|
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Door Point Volcano | -2200 | -7200 | - | 74-90 million years ago |
Michigan
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
---|---|---|---|---|
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Porcupine Mountains Central-Volcano | 595 | 1,958 | 46°46′52″N 89°40′51″W / 46.78111°N 89.68083°W | 1.093 billion years ago[23] |
Mississippi
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
---|---|---|---|---|
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Jackson Volcano | -880 (from surface) | -2900 | 32°18′0″N 90°10′19″W / 32.30000°N 90.17194°W | 65 million years ago |
Midnight Volcano | -1110 (from surface) | -3641 | 33°02′57″N 90°34′25″W / 33.04904°N 90.573494°W | 66 million years ago |
Missouri
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
---|---|---|---|---|
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Taum Sauk Caldera | 540 | 1772 | 37°31′44″N 90°47′10″W / 37.5288°N 90.7862°W | 1.485 billion years ago |
Nevada
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
---|---|---|---|---|
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Cottonwood Caldera | - | - | - | 15.70 million years ago |
Crater Flat (Southwest Nevada Volcanic Field) | - | - | 36°47′N 116°34′W / 36.783°N 116.567°W | 80,000 years ago |
Indian Peak-Caliente Caldera Complex | - | - | 38°00′00″N 114°00′00″W / 38.000°N 114.000°W | 18 million years ago |
Jessup area | - | - | 39°56′N 118°52′W / 39.933°N 118.867°W | Jurassic |
Lunar Crater volcanic field | - | - | 38°N 116°W / 38°N 116°W | 38,100 ± 10,000 years ago |
McDermitt Caldera | 2078 | 6816 | 42°00′05″N 117°59′48″W / 42.00139°N 117.99667°W | 16.39 ± 0.02 million years ago |
Steamboat Springs | 1415 | 4642 | 39°22′30″N 119°43′12″W / 39.375°N 119.72°W | 1.14 million years ago |
Soda Lakes | 1251 | 4104 | 39°53′N 119°27′W / 39.883°N 119.450°W | Holocene |
Virgin Valley Caldera | - | - | - | 16.38 million years ago |
Yucca Mountain | 2044 | 6707 | 36°56′N 116°29′W / 36.933°N 116.483°W | 80,000 years ago |
New Hampshire
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
---|---|---|---|---|
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Pawtuckaway Mountains | - | - | 43°06′39″N 71°11′11″W / 43.11083°N 71.18639°W | Cretaceous |
Ossipee Mountains | - | - | 43°44′37″N 71°16′26″W / 43.74361°N 71.27389°W | Cretaceous |
New Jersey
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
---|---|---|---|---|
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Rutan Hill | 310 | 1,020 | 41°14′43″N 74°40′35″W / 41.24528°N 74.67639°W | Ordovician |
New Mexico
Northern Mariana Islands
Oregon
Texas
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
---|---|---|---|---|
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Pilot Knob | 169 | 576 | 30°09′43″N 97°42′22″W / 30.162°N 97.706°W | 79 to 83 million years ago (late Cretaceous) |
Inge Mountain | 125 | 410 | 29°10′52″N 99°45′58″W / 29.181°N 99.766°W | Eocene or possibly Miocene |
Utah
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
---|---|---|---|---|
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Bald Knoll Volcanic Field | 2,135 | 7,005 | 37°19′41″N 112°24′29″W / 37.328°N 112.408°W | 300,000 years ago or later |
Black Rock Desert Volcanic Field | 1,800 | 5,904 | 38°58′12″N 112°30′00″W / 38.970°N 112.500°W | 1290 AD ± 150 years |
Fumarole Butte | 1,609 | 5,279 | 39°36′54″N 112°48′11″W / 39.615°N 112.803°W | 900,000 years ago |
Indian Peak-Caliente Caldera Complex | - | - | 38°00′00″N 114°00′00″W / 38.000°N 114.000°W | 18 million years ago |
Marysvale Volcanic Field | 3,694 | 12,137 | 38°30′00″N 112°30′00″W / 38.500°N 112.500°W | 19 million years ago |
Markagunt Plateau Volcanic Field | 2,840 | 9,318 | 37°37′01″N 112°49′30″W / 37.617°N 112.825°W | 1050 AD |
Santa Clara Volcanic Field | 1,465 | 4,806 | 37°15′25″N 113°37′30″W / 37.257°N 113.625°W | 32,000 years ago |
Virginia
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
---|---|---|---|---|
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Mole Hill | 577 | 1,893 | 38°26′55″N 78°57′12″W / 38.44861°N 78.95333°W | 47 million years ago (early Eocene) |
Trimble Knob | 952 | 3,123 | 38°24′17″N 79°35′16″W / 38.40472°N 79.58778°W | 35 million years ago (late Eocene) |
Battle Mountain | 354 | 1,162 | 38°39′26″N 78°3′36″W / 38.65722°N 78.06000°W | 74 million years ago |
Washington
Wyoming
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
---|---|---|---|---|
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field | 2,805 | 9,203 | 44°28′16″N 110°30′07″W / 44.471031°N 110.501862°W | 70,000 years ago (magmatic) / 1350 BC ± 200 years (hydrothermal)[21] |
See also
- Geothermal energy in the United States
- List of Cascade volcanoes
- List of large volume volcanic eruptions in the Basin and Range Province
- List of volcanoes in Canada
- List of volcanoes in Mexico
- List of volcanoes in Russia
- List of volcanic craters in Alaska
- List of volcanic craters in Arizona
- List of lava flows in Arizona
- List of Yellowstone geothermal features
- National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System
- United States Geological Survey National Volcanic Threat Assessment
References
- ↑ "Capital – Historic eruptions". www.avo.alaska.edu. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ↑ "Cleveland – Introduction".
- ↑ "USGS DDS-40, Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands – Album". pubs.usgs.gov. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
- ↑ "gilbert – Introduction". avo.alaska.edu. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
- ↑ "Global Volcanism Program | Kialagvik". volcano.si.edu. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ↑ "Global Volcanism Program | Kukak". volcano.si.edu. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ↑ "Westdahl Peak description and information". www.avo.alaska.edu. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
- ↑ "Roundtop – Historic eruptions". www.avo.alaska.edu. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
- ↑ "Global Volcanism Program | Sergief". volcano.si.edu. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
- ↑ "Wide Bay cone – Introduction". www.avo.alaska.edu. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
- ↑ Jicha, Brian; Coombs, Michelle; T. Calvert, Andrew; Singer, Brad (May 1, 2012). "Geology and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the medium- to high-K Tanaga volcanic cluster, western Aleutians". Geological Society of America Bulletin. 124 (5–6): 842–856. Bibcode:2012GSAB..124..842J. doi:10.1130/B30472.1.
- ↑ "Tana". www.volcanodiscovery.com. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
- ↑ "Global Volcanism Program | Tlevak Strait-Suemez Is". volcano.si.edu. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
- ↑ Richter, D. H.; Moll-Stalcup, E. J.; Miller, T. P.; Lanphere, M. A.; Dalrymple, G. B.; Smith, R. L. (March 1994). "Eruptive history and petrology of Mount Drum volcano, Wrangell Mountains, Alaska". Bulletin of Volcanology. 56 (1): 29–46. Bibcode:1994BVol...56...29R. doi:10.1007/bf00279727. ISSN 0258-8900. S2CID 128820426.
- ↑ Harris, Ann G.; Tittle, Esther; Tittle, Sherwood D. (2004). Geology of National Parks. Kendall Hunt. ISBN 9780787299705.
- ↑ "Global Volcanism Program | Tutuila". Smithsonian Institution | Global Volcanism Program. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ↑ "San Francisco Peaks Geology". www.snowbowl.ski. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ↑ Muffler, L.J. Patrick; Clynne, Michael A. (2015). "Geologic Field-Trip Guide to Lassen Volcanic National Park and Vicinity, California" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. p. 21. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
- ↑ McKINNEY, JOHN (March 25, 2001). "Exploring Volcanic Remnants in the Bay Area" – via LA Times.
- ↑ "Global Volcanism Program | Tumble Buttes". volcano.si.edu. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
- 1 2 "Yellowstone". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved December 31, 2008.
- ↑ "Illinois State Geological Survey Formation of Hicks Dome in Southern Illinois | ISGS".
- ↑ "Latent Thermal Effects from Porcupine Volcanic Calderas Underlying the White Pine Straitform Copper Mineralization)". www.researchgate.net. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
- ↑ "Global Volcanism Program – Hood".
External links
- 2018 Update to the U.S. Geological Survey National Volcanic Threat Assessment - maps and ratings for each potentially active volcano
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