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Pisgah Crater, or Pisgah Volcano, is a young volcanic cinder cone rising above a lava plain in the Mojave Desert, between Barstow and Needles, California in San Bernardino County, California. The volcanic peak is around 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of historic U.S. Route 66-National Old Trails Highway and of Interstate 40, and west of the town of ...
The Long Valley Caldera, which includes Mammoth Lakes area, has been having seismic activity, which can precede a volcanic eruption. Scientists say not to worry. One of California's riskiest ...
The volcano is credited with the creation of the High Valley through repeated eruptions the last of which is thought to have occurred 8,500–10,000 years ago. The result was an elevated valley at approximately 1,600 ft (490 m) in elevation with distinct ridgelines reaching up to 3,000 ft (910 m). [3]
A Sight "Fearfully Grand"—Eruptions of Lassen Peak, California, 1914 to 1917: Fact Sheet 2014–3119. National Park Service, Lassen Association, and the United States Forest Service. Foxworthy, B. L.; Hill, M. (1982). Volcanic Eruptions of 1980 at Mount St. Helens: The First 100 Days (U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1249).
The most recent eruption was approximately 10,000 years ago. [4] The crater is 944 ft (288 m) above sea level, about 250 ft (76 m) above the surrounding basalt lava plains. The scenic and solitary Amboy Crater was a popular sight and stop for travelers on U.S. Route 66 in California before the opening of Interstate 40 in 1973.
Some of these volcanic rocks bear traces of hydrothermal alteration. In some places the layers of volcanic rocks are as thick as 100 m (330 ft). [27] There may be other volcanoes buried in the sediment pile; [28] at least four separate aeromagnetic anomalies have been found at the Salton Buttes, and these may be signs of buried volcanoes. [11]
Map of Long Valley Caldera Early winter in Long Valley, 2017. Long Valley Caldera is a depression in eastern California that is adjacent to Mammoth Mountain.The valley is one of the Earth's largest calderas, measuring about 20 mi (32 km) long (east-west), 11 mi (18 km) wide (north-south), and up to 3,000 ft (910 m) deep.
The volcano is classified as a "Moderate Threat" volcano in the USGS volcanic threat assessment. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] An incomplete [ 68 ] circular 10-kilometre-wide (6.2 mi) volcano hazard zone has been defined for the Ubehebe Craters, which reaches Scotty's Castle , within which pyroclastic surges and steam blasts could be expected in case of ...