I used to live in Yerington, NV in the late 1960s. It is a little cow town about 90 miles SE of Reno. About halfway to Reno there was a constantly flowing hot spring. An attempt was made to cap it decades prior to harness the energy but the project was abandoned. The pipe is still there, a right angle pipe about 20 cm in diameter. I haven't been back since, so I don't know it's activity now, but then the flow was quite large, shooting out of the pipe about 2 to 3 meters. Nevada is quite active geothermally.
As a former resident of that area (Dayton/Virginia City) I can confirm that the area’s residents and the local constabulary have no sense of humor about trespassers. Nevada ain’t California. Don’t go stomping around on someone else’s land; you might discover just how little the locals care about what outsiders think is “harmless hiking” or what an appropriate response to trespassers is.
Thanks as always! The probable link of these geothermal features and the recent wet winter that created a lake within Death Valley is quite fascinating. Geothermal systems like these are fascinating!
When I was a kid (now 70) these hills were so cool to see, steaming up in the winter, lots of water coming out of the hills. After they installed the geothermal plants, this all dried up.
"After they installed the geothermal plants"... I wonder, have the geothermal plants begun injecting treated wastewater to enhance thermal extraction? This common practice is a frequent cause of increased localized low magnitude earthquakes.
Saw this geyser over thirty years ago with my dad who was a geophysicist. Nothing new here but an effect of the aquifers getting water. Good reminder of the persistence of earths processes.
And just a few miles east of that is Virginia City, home of the famous Comstock Lode. The mines were 'famous' for the high heat levels as the mines got deeper. Working conditions were so hot that companies had to supply block ice down in the mine so miners would be able to cool off. Otherwise they couldn't stand to work a full shift. There were a couple of reported incidents where miners broke into water pockets with water so hot that it scalded miners to death. This is most likely the same geo-thermal complex as feeds Steamboat Springs
There is a map in Virginia City detailing what the mines look like, I could never live there knowing what a stack of cards those buildings are sitting on.
@@patriciahazeltine9986 I understand that. There has been more than one collapse that has occurred in and around town. The square-set timbers that held up the giant stopes are deteriorating. Many are under water.
Everybody in the Reno area knows exactly where this spot is, and how easy it is to get to. Literally park along the side of the road and walk for 15 seconds to the west. Hop the always damaged barbwire fence . . I think Ormat owns all of that land now. They have several huge geothermal power plants in that area; and even purchased the original Steamboat Springs Geothermal plant that had been active for decades with a single WW2 surplus steam turbine.
I like the weather and decreased groundwater usage theory is good. Some of these rainstorms events and snow storms that California and Nevada have seen over the past two years have been unprecedented and have likely added a significant amount of water to the water table.
Excellent coverage with clear explanations. Loved your elephant in the room clip and especially your careful protection of private property rights and urging lawful respectful behavior. Love this channel!
The fact that this channel is so popular now, that the owners themselves reached out to tell him is kind of amazing. I'm glad that he's reaching so many people to inform them, and is also very responsible about how he's handling it.
There used to be active vents all over the hillside there. Sometimes the steam plumes would be so thick they would obscure one's vison while driving across old Hwy 395, especially in the winter. Most of them ceased to be visible after they built the geothermal plant there. Happy to see a little resurgence. Thank you for sharing the video. Have you done anything about Diana's Punchbowl southeast of Austin, Nevada?
I lived in Reno 1991-93; NV ranks right after CA and AK for seismic activity. The newspaper had a list of all the earthquakes each Thursday. Half of Reno sits on warm ground, the snow melts faster than the other half, separated by an old fault line.
I live in Reno and I have wondered about this for quite some time very exciting to see something happening hopefully doesn't get too exciting and thank you so much for your awesome Channel I love being a member and supporting you
Having grown up in the Reno-Sparks area from the 50's to early 70's, I remember Steamboat hot springs well. Northwestern Nevada has many geothermal areas, some of which are being tapped for energy.
Shoot, if one of these popped up on my property I'd build a little rail fence around it and charge admission! Having something like this randomly pop up on your land is pretty rad
As I mentioned elsewhere, I visited Iceland in early December last year, and one of the places I stayed in was a small town called Hveragerdi ( forgive the spelling, it's not correct, but the closest approximation I can come to as my laptop won't make Icelandic letters). The town is built on and in a geothermal area with a small park that hosts pools and streams of hot water, hot water springs and a geyser. There were far more springs and so on some years back, but a recent earthquake has caused some to dry up, and what is left are completely dry holes that look like cave entrances. I was chatting with the man who runs the small information centre/ cafe at the park, who told me how the roped off 'cave mouths' came to be. He sounded quite disconsolate, or so I thought, so told him that what an earthquake took away, it might bring back. Looks like I was on to something there!
I live in Sparks, Nevada, and 2 miles from my house, in Spanish Springs, there are often swarms of earthquakes. I think if a large quake, in 1900, can change the geysers, a large quake, in my mind, can also change, for the worse. In a heartbeat.
I know where this in Steamboat Springs NV. One can observe the excess steam arising from the ground alongside old 395. Thankyou for this info re this geyser.
Although many think that the geothermal power plant caused the hot springs to stop flowing, this is unlikely. The plant injects all the water it produces so there is no consumptive use of geothermal water. A study conducted by the USGS found that the disappearance of the hot springs on the Steamboat terrace was more likely related to the extreme drop in ground water levels due to lack of recharge from rainfall. The area replaced farming where irrigation water recharged the groundwater seasonally with houses and developed paving the ground surface and reducing infiltration. Groundwater levels dropped more than 37 ft. The recent high rainfall years probably allowed enough infiltration to bring the water table up higher.
great warning on property rights. thank you. and thank you for clarification on what these are and the history of the area. I did not know that about Steamboat springs. Also, would make sense due to all the rain and snow the area has had recently
For anyone wondering, the title for the world's newest geyser (which has actually been seen in eruption and documented, and which we know when it opened up) would go to either GHG-17a or what the geyser gazers call the "snow globe" feature. Both opened up on geyser hill in the upper geyser basin during a series of unusual events known as a "disturbance" in the first few days of june 2023. They caused a temporary boardwalk closure as both are right next to it. I have seen both of these features erupt, neither more than 1 or 2 feet. Unfortunately, both seem to have quit as of september or october last year.
yeah process the onions using the steam--to the west across the calif line is lots of hot springs --owens valley,by bishop,benton,bridgeport--actually they are all over nevada--you can research them online--one of my fav is hot creek out of tonopah,smokey valley--then close to death valley at tecopa-there is probably 50 in nevada and eastern calif by nevada state line by the sierras--utah has bunch too,idaho also
@mtsky-tc6uw true all over the west but I believe the Beowawe geysers are more prominent or larger than those many hot springs. Similar features at Bumpass Hell in Lassen. Although I haven't been there in almost 50 years so they may have largely stopped
Did mad respect for you asking people to respect the land and their owners by not trespassing. You can always tell a Tourist in Wyoming when they think they can just wander into a field or or they think a bunch of pronghorns or mule deer 😸 °~•.☆.•~°
Fascinating but probably also tragic. Still I can't help but wonder that myself I can't help but notice that the location where this volcano is found is along the zone of rifting between the Sierra Nevada Great Valley Microplate and North America which has seen both basaltic and rhyolitic volcanism within the last 1000 years even if such activity hasn't occurred directly in this particular area of that larger rift valley complex. Many of these volcanic features based on both this channel and Shawn Willsey's on the ground coverage of them seem like they should warrant more active study of the region through mechanisms like seismic tomography to learn what subsurface structures are there. After all while long lasting magma bodies can stew for millions of years it only takes as little as one major fresh hot intrusion to cause rejuvenation within the likely rhyolitic melt which could lead to a very rapid transition to an eruptive state. I don't think this is likely at this time but the MOR like behavior here is probably quite telling of this areas eventual fate which offers a decent chance of reactivating this feature in principal should such extension continue unabated.
I live about ¾ of a mile from this new geologic feature and have felt many of the “larger” earthquakes in the Damonte Ranch area as well. I also climb the hills in the area on a daily basis so it’s cool to know the history as well, even if it’s 1.14 million years old!
There is also an active geothermal outlet approx. 5 mi north of Steamboat Springs that has been consistent in historic times and has heated a local casino property's water as well as many older homes in the Moana Hot Springs area. Is that connected to this body, or is it a separate magma source? It is not on the trend that Steamboat Springs sits that you showed.
I lived 22 miles SE of Denver in a then rural area. We had natural warm springs below our homes.. to get a cool glass of water instead of letting the water run we had to drink the first water out of the faucet... otherwise it was 80 degrees and just not refreshing. I wondered if there was an ancient volcano below us.😊
It's feasible, as the La Garita Caldera exists within Colorado. However, I would not say it is for sure an ancient volcano and more so would chalk it up to higher levels of heat in the ground...or it could just be weird thermal anomalies. Either way, very cool.
@Techno_Idioto yes, that house had a year round warm basement. Our heating bills very low. I, in those days, just assumed we had a very well made well insulated house (1983) our next house, about 15 miles to the west (1995), was 50% larger but the heating bill was double or more... and the basement was cool in summer, cold in the winter.
Reno is the place where there are plenty of small quakes for years, decades maybe, probably the water that used to get out from geysers are now going underground in the faults causing those constant small earthquakes
Didn't they get a lot of rain over the past couple of years? Even Yellowstone's fumeroles/mud-pots fluctuate depending on how much moisture they've gotten. That hotspot could have just been there, but has only recently gotten enough water to show itself... It it's still there in a couple of years, then I'll believe it's a "new" geothermal feature.
anyone that wants to find these and has a bit of GIS ed use thermal anomalies in the 50 degree c range you will find them within 30 meters using landsat data free from USGS
There's tons of geothermal activity in Nevada. Valmy, Nightingale, and many many other areas where we have hot springs. Some way too hot to even think about getting in: Constantly boiling.
thermal is everywhere within 200/300 miles-idaho,utah--very nice hot springs all over nevada--many quakes hit this area all the time--you can see them online
The Steamboat Springs area has always been like this. Some years its calm, and then it heats up again and the hot water surfaces. Even with the giant geothermal plants there, the water temperature beneath ground hasn't seopped in temperature significantly. However, it is also the site of a messy volcanic eruption thousands of years ago. It vey well could happen again. Thet whole area is extremely geologically active. It was always interesting in the 1970's through the 1990's driving through that area in the winter. The localized fog was from the naturally occuring hot springs just to the west side of the road.
I saw from your video the area in question and it looks like it is under development. But looking closer on google maps looks like there is good reason people should not trespass on private property.
Just to the north is a newer apartment complex. To the northwest some land is getting readied for new households. Directly west is a geothermal plant. To the south is pleasant valley with ranch styles homes.
The entire NW is just one gigantic volcanic system. It is silly for us to think that it wont just erupt one day. Maybe not in our lifetime but maybe it will. Time is not on our side though and no one knows what the earth will decide to do. Until then I live in Idaho about 100 miles sw of Yellowstone.
Are any of these earthquakes related to volcanic activity or is it just caused by movement from plates? The Yellow Stone Super Volcano is very interesting and I would really like to know and understand more on its complex system. Do you know of some really good resources that I could access to study more on this volcano?
Not entirely true. When Virginis Foothills was developed one could still see a geyser erupting on the place on the map where you see the large buidings which now produce geothermal power. That facility killed the last geyser. Love your video tho, very informative.
Could these new "geyser" features be the result of that cooling million year old reservoir getting a new crack in it? The earthquakes from 2019 to 2024 could have re-exposed a weaker area of the reservoir increasing the radiant heat. Add to that the increase in ground water, and...new bubbling features. No, I know you are correct, it just seems there is something else also happening.
i have worked these areas for 45 years---45 years is nothing in geological terms--they change all the time and will continue to change--there is thermal areas all over nevada,eastern california,idaho,utah--they come and go--get hot/cold--we all know about yellowstone thermal(old faithful)--it even changes all the time--nobody knows why
There was an earthquake a few days ago in Greenville IL. We are on the edge of the New Madrid zone, so is this connected or related to local gas extraction?
I would like to introduce another theory. Waste water injection sites and solar activity. If you look at the USGS and compare low level quakes, solar activity and the sites used for waste water extraction it shows a particular pattern.
Dear Hub, Thank you for your work producing your wonderful videos. Doesn't the land owner know they have a gold mine ? Seem they could get 3-5$ for adults, 1-2$ for children under 12
@@mikaelfoster9726 Google search term: 1,000 new faults usgs and top link is direct from usgs www.usgs.gov/publications/simplifying-complex-fault-data-systems-level-analysis-earthquake-geology-inputs-us Be safe out there!! 🫀🧲🫀💐🌻🪶
@@mikaelfoster9726 second time replying to your message. www.usgs.gov/publications/simplifying-complex-fault-data-systems-level-analysis-earthquake-geology-inputs-us
I used to live in Yerington, NV in the late 1960s. It is a little cow town about 90 miles SE of Reno. About halfway to Reno there was a constantly flowing hot spring. An attempt was made to cap it decades prior to harness the energy but the project was abandoned. The pipe is still there, a right angle pipe about 20 cm in diameter. I haven't been back since, so I don't know it's activity now, but then the flow was quite large, shooting out of the pipe about 2 to 3 meters. Nevada is quite active geothermally.
The Fulstone Hot Spring at the south end of Mason Valley has decreased, yet moved over the past few decades.
My dad also grew up in Yerington in the early '60's and has told me all about the spring in Mason Valley.
As a former resident of that area (Dayton/Virginia City) I can confirm that the area’s residents and the local constabulary have no sense of humor about trespassers. Nevada ain’t California. Don’t go stomping around on someone else’s land; you might discover just how little the locals care about what outsiders think is “harmless hiking” or what an appropriate response to trespassers is.
I love that area. We used to visit Jack’s Valley Ranch to see my aunt and uncle.
We loved that family style Basque restaurant. JT’s?
Thanks as always! The probable link of these geothermal features and the recent wet winter that created a lake within Death Valley is quite fascinating. Geothermal systems like these are fascinating!
That's probably closer to the truth of it.
When I was a kid (now 70) these hills were so cool to see, steaming up in the winter, lots of water coming out of the hills. After they installed the geothermal plants, this all dried up.
thats a pity, such places always have an invaluable natural beauty. just install a solar park and leave them be ffs
"After they installed the geothermal plants"... I wonder, have the geothermal plants begun injecting treated wastewater to enhance thermal extraction? This common practice is a frequent cause of increased localized low magnitude earthquakes.
Saw this geyser over thirty years ago with my dad who was a geophysicist. Nothing new here but an effect of the aquifers getting water. Good reminder of the persistence of earths processes.
And just a few miles east of that is Virginia City, home of the famous Comstock Lode. The mines were 'famous' for the high heat levels as the mines got deeper. Working conditions were so hot that companies had to supply block ice down in the mine so miners would be able to cool off. Otherwise they couldn't stand to work a full shift. There were a couple of reported incidents where miners broke into water pockets with water so hot that it scalded miners to death. This is most likely the same geo-thermal complex as feeds Steamboat Springs
Woah that's wild, if I'm understanding this right they straight up mined into the subterranean plumbing of a geothermal system then.
There is a map in Virginia City detailing what the mines look like, I could never live there knowing what a stack of cards those buildings are sitting on.
@@patriciahazeltine9986 I understand that. There has been more than one collapse that has occurred in and around town. The square-set timbers that held up the giant stopes are deteriorating. Many are under water.
Remember when the hole opened up near the high School?? It was so deep you could have set the Empire State Building in the hole. Wow!!
I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same magma chamber that is connected to the Yellowstone supervolcano
Thank you for being the diplomat with the property owners and getting the informative images and videos and passing them along for us.
Everybody in the Reno area knows exactly where this spot is, and how easy it is to get to. Literally park along the side of the road and walk for 15 seconds to the west. Hop the always damaged barbwire fence . . I think Ormat owns all of that land now. They have several huge geothermal power plants in that area; and even purchased the original Steamboat Springs Geothermal plant that had been active for decades with a single WW2 surplus steam turbine.
I posit that the water table of the local Aquifer has been getting refilled from the weird Winter....So, this is basically a recurring happening.....
Wouldn't the Carson Sink be part of that aquafer?
@WolfRoss I doubt it, the sink is 50 miles east of here
I like the weather and decreased groundwater usage theory is good. Some of these rainstorms events and snow storms that California and Nevada have seen over the past two years have been unprecedented and have likely added a significant amount of water to the water table.
They both have something in common
I live in the area - been monitoring the swarm and I’m so glad you made a video referencing it!!
Excellent coverage with clear explanations. Loved your elephant in the room clip and especially your careful protection of private property rights and urging lawful respectful behavior. Love this channel!
The fact that this channel is so popular now, that the owners themselves reached out to tell him is kind of amazing. I'm glad that he's reaching so many people to inform them, and is also very responsible about how he's handling it.
There used to be active vents all over the hillside there. Sometimes the steam plumes would be so thick they would obscure one's vison while driving across old Hwy 395, especially in the winter. Most of them ceased to be visible after they built the geothermal plant there. Happy to see a little resurgence. Thank you for sharing the video. Have you done anything about Diana's Punchbowl southeast of Austin, Nevada?
It'll be pretty neat if that geyser field eventually re-emerges out there.
NIMBY
@Codysdab I wish you luck in combating naturally evolving geology?
@@justanotherjezebeI I shall write a stern letter to the planning committee! 🤣
@@Codysdab 😂😂😂 I'll sign in support!
Unless it happens to be in your basement
That area has been experiencing numerous earthquakes the last 6 months. The last one was like a 3.6 a month ago
Things may be heating up.
I lived in Reno 1991-93; NV ranks right after CA and AK for seismic activity. The newspaper had a list of all the earthquakes each Thursday. Half of Reno sits on warm ground, the snow melts faster than the other half, separated by an old fault line.
I live in Reno and I have wondered about this for quite some time very exciting to see something happening hopefully doesn't get too exciting and thank you so much for your awesome Channel I love being a member and supporting you
Thanks for all of your hard work man!
Having grown up in the Reno-Sparks area from the 50's to early 70's, I remember Steamboat hot springs well. Northwestern Nevada has many geothermal areas, some of which are being tapped for energy.
Shoot, if one of these popped up on my property I'd build a little rail fence around it and charge admission! Having something like this randomly pop up on your land is pretty rad
As I mentioned elsewhere, I visited Iceland in early December last year, and one of the places I stayed in was a small town called Hveragerdi ( forgive the spelling, it's not correct, but the closest approximation I can come to as my laptop won't make Icelandic letters). The town is built on and in a geothermal area with a small park that hosts pools and streams of hot water, hot water springs and a geyser. There were far more springs and so on some years back, but a recent earthquake has caused some to dry up, and what is left are completely dry holes that look like cave entrances.
I was chatting with the man who runs the small information centre/ cafe at the park, who told me how the roped off 'cave mouths' came to be. He sounded quite disconsolate, or so I thought, so told him that what an earthquake took away, it might bring back. Looks like I was on to something there!
I live in Sparks, Nevada, and 2 miles from my house, in Spanish Springs, there are often swarms of earthquakes.
I think if a large quake, in 1900, can change the geysers, a large quake, in my mind, can also change, for the worse. In a heartbeat.
I work there..geothermal is all around n nv..🤠
Very informative...thank you
I know where this in Steamboat Springs NV. One can observe the excess steam arising from the ground alongside old 395. Thankyou for this info re this geyser.
Although many think that the geothermal power plant caused the hot springs to stop flowing, this is unlikely. The plant injects all the water it produces so there is no consumptive use of geothermal water. A study conducted by the USGS found that the disappearance of the hot springs on the Steamboat terrace was more likely related to the extreme drop in ground water levels due to lack of recharge from rainfall. The area replaced farming where irrigation water recharged the groundwater seasonally with houses and developed paving the ground surface and reducing infiltration. Groundwater levels dropped more than 37 ft. The recent high rainfall years probably allowed enough infiltration to bring the water table up higher.
That's really cool. Thanks for showing me this. I'd love to vacation there sometime.
This area has been studied since the 19th Century, by the USGS.♥️
Thanks -- this area is of great interest to me.
Hey cool some geology hub right in my back yard
Somehow I think that "cool" is the wrong word to use in this context.
GH always interesting !
Built-in hot water heater
great warning on property rights. thank you. and thank you for clarification on what these are and the history of the area. I did not know that about Steamboat springs.
Also, would make sense due to all the rain and snow the area has had recently
For anyone wondering, the title for the world's newest geyser (which has actually been seen in eruption and documented, and which we know when it opened up) would go to either GHG-17a or what the geyser gazers call the "snow globe" feature. Both opened up on geyser hill in the upper geyser basin during a series of unusual events known as a "disturbance" in the first few days of june 2023. They caused a temporary boardwalk closure as both are right next to it. I have seen both of these features erupt, neither more than 1 or 2 feet. Unfortunately, both seem to have quit as of september or october last year.
So, no boiled teenagers yet. We're safe.
Well, we need to get a move on with that!
Good reporting and good job respecting the owner's wishes !!
Beowawe Nevada about 250 miles east on I80 has geysers.
yeah process the onions using the steam--to the west across the calif line is lots of hot springs --owens valley,by bishop,benton,bridgeport--actually they are all over nevada--you can research them online--one of my fav is hot creek out of tonopah,smokey valley--then close to death valley at tecopa-there is probably 50 in nevada and eastern calif by nevada state line by the sierras--utah has bunch too,idaho also
@mtsky-tc6uw true all over the west but I believe the Beowawe geysers are more prominent or larger than those many hot springs.
Similar features at Bumpass Hell in Lassen. Although I haven't been there in almost 50 years so they may have largely stopped
HAD geysers....completely dried up since the construction of a geothermal plant in the 1980's......
THANKS FOR SHOWING US.
Ten miles south of Reno?
Wouldn’t doubt it.
Reno is so close to Hell you can see Sparks!
🤣😂😅
Did mad respect for you asking people to respect the land and their owners by not trespassing.
You can always tell a Tourist in Wyoming when they think they can just wander into a field or or they think a bunch of pronghorns or mule deer 😸
°~•.☆.•~°
Wow! Very interesting I love new geysers!
Went to nice public thermal pools and baths in Carson years ago. Plenty of natural hot springs all around there.
Great video
I cannot be the only one who thinks it would be fascinating if you were wrong and a volcano erupted there. Why should Iceland have all the fun?
Fascinating but probably also tragic. Still I can't help but wonder that myself I can't help but notice that the location where this volcano is found is along the zone of rifting between the Sierra Nevada Great Valley Microplate and North America which has seen both basaltic and rhyolitic volcanism within the last 1000 years even if such activity hasn't occurred directly in this particular area of that larger rift valley complex. Many of these volcanic features based on both this channel and Shawn Willsey's on the ground coverage of them seem like they should warrant more active study of the region through mechanisms like seismic tomography to learn what subsurface structures are there. After all while long lasting magma bodies can stew for millions of years it only takes as little as one major fresh hot intrusion to cause rejuvenation within the likely rhyolitic melt which could lead to a very rapid transition to an eruptive state.
I don't think this is likely at this time but the MOR like behavior here is probably quite telling of this areas eventual fate which offers a decent chance of reactivating this feature in principal should such extension continue unabated.
Lake Tahoe’s water level has been pushed below its natural rim for the first time in five years, cutting off flows into the Truckee River.
I live about ¾ of a mile from this new geologic feature and have felt many of the “larger” earthquakes in the Damonte Ranch area as well. I also climb the hills in the area on a daily basis so it’s cool to know the history as well, even if it’s 1.14 million years old!
There is also an active geothermal outlet approx. 5 mi north of Steamboat Springs that has been consistent in historic times and has heated a local casino property's water as well as many older homes in the Moana Hot Springs area. Is that connected to this body, or is it a separate magma source? It is not on the trend that Steamboat Springs sits that you showed.
The sinter terraces are also home to an endangered plant that only grows here and is protected by state law.
note the rainfall rates of that area vs. the avg
Amazing coverage! Thanks for the cool video
I lived 22 miles SE of Denver in a then rural area. We had natural warm springs below our homes.. to get a cool glass of water instead of letting the water run we had to drink the first water out of the faucet... otherwise it was 80 degrees and just not refreshing.
I wondered if there was an ancient volcano below us.😊
It's feasible, as the La Garita Caldera exists within Colorado. However, I would not say it is for sure an ancient volcano and more so would chalk it up to higher levels of heat in the ground...or it could just be weird thermal anomalies. Either way, very cool.
@Techno_Idioto yes, that house had a year round warm basement. Our heating bills very low. I, in those days, just assumed we had a very well made well insulated house (1983) our next house, about 15 miles to the west (1995), was 50% larger but the heating bill was double or more... and the basement was cool in summer, cold in the winter.
Turn it into an onsen right now ♨️
Trespassing issues could be resolved by getting a permit (probably) and setting up entrance fees.
🎉there is a geothermal power plant in that same area
Reno is the place where there are plenty of small quakes for years, decades maybe, probably the water that used to get out from geysers are now going underground in the faults causing those constant small earthquakes
Used to go to Steamboat hot springs in the 60s when I still lived in Tahoe.
Good assessment. Subterranean water flows being redirected rather than rising magma. We have plenty here in New Zealand.
Fascinating
Didn't they get a lot of rain over the past couple of years? Even Yellowstone's fumeroles/mud-pots fluctuate depending on how much moisture they've gotten. That hotspot could have just been there, but has only recently gotten enough water to show itself...
It it's still there in a couple of years, then I'll believe it's a "new" geothermal feature.
anyone that wants to find these and has a bit of GIS ed use thermal anomalies in the 50 degree c range you will find them within 30 meters using landsat data free from USGS
@ASMR Geographica, cool goings-on in your neck of the woods 😮
There's tons of geothermal activity in Nevada. Valmy, Nightingale, and many many other areas where we have hot springs. Some way too hot to even think about getting in: Constantly boiling.
What is this film? Is it any good or just cliche?
thermal is everywhere within 200/300 miles-idaho,utah--very nice hot springs all over nevada--many quakes hit this area all the time--you can see them online
"Dante's Peak" (1997) That you haven't heard of it suggests that it was not a blockbuster.
Depends, if its Dante's Peak it's great. if it's volcano not so much
The Steamboat Springs area has always been like this. Some years its calm, and then it heats up again and the hot water surfaces. Even with the giant geothermal plants there, the water temperature beneath ground hasn't seopped in temperature significantly.
However, it is also the site of a messy volcanic eruption thousands of years ago. It vey well could happen again. Thet whole area is extremely geologically active. It was always interesting in the 1970's through the 1990's driving through that area in the winter. The localized fog was from the naturally occuring hot springs just to the west side of the road.
I saw from your video the area in question and it looks like it is under development. But looking closer on google maps looks like there is good reason people should not trespass on private property.
Just to the north is a newer apartment complex. To the northwest some land is getting readied for new households. Directly west is a geothermal plant. To the south is pleasant valley with ranch styles homes.
so would this return be attributed to the heavy rainfall spring of 2023? that would have refilled the heating source
There's a Geothermal plant east of Reno near Fernley.
Remember the movie Dantes peak
The entire NW is just one gigantic volcanic system. It is silly for us to think that it wont just erupt one day. Maybe not in our lifetime but maybe it will. Time is not on our side though and no one knows what the earth will decide to do. Until then I live in Idaho about 100 miles sw of Yellowstone.
Is it in the part of Nevada that is, or was, rifting?
Thanks.
Rainfall having an effect?
Sounds like "Steamboat Springs" was aptly named
I should go re-watch Reno 911 sometime.
There were geothermal waters near Eastgate, Nevada where people placed cattle water tanks to relax in…..
Are any of these earthquakes related to volcanic activity or is it just caused by movement from plates? The Yellow Stone Super Volcano is very interesting and I would really like to know and understand more on its complex system. Do you know of some really good resources that I could access to study more on this volcano?
Not entirely true. When Virginis Foothills was developed one could still see a geyser erupting on the place on the map where you see the large buidings which now produce geothermal power. That facility killed the last geyser. Love your video tho, very informative.
I really miss your 'Thanks for watching' sign off.
Could these new "geyser" features be the result of that cooling million year old reservoir getting a new crack in it? The earthquakes from 2019 to 2024 could have re-exposed a weaker area of the reservoir increasing the radiant heat. Add to that the increase in ground water, and...new bubbling features. No, I know you are correct, it just seems there is something else also happening.
i have worked these areas for 45 years---45 years is nothing in geological terms--they change all the time and will continue to change--there is thermal areas all over nevada,eastern california,idaho,utah--they come and go--get hot/cold--we all know about yellowstone thermal(old faithful)--it even changes all the time--nobody knows why
how can i get one one my property.. drill baby drill?? no magma needed..
Wow!
I was just thinking to myself last night before seeing this video that I might make a trip to the steamboat bathhouse to soak in the hot water....
I’ve seen hot springs around the base of Donner Pass.
There was an earthquake a few days ago in Greenville IL. We are on the edge of the New Madrid zone, so is this connected or related to local gas extraction?
no science for that--quakes been going on for millions of years and millions more
Nevada can go Green with geyser power electricity.
Hmm which movie, Volcano or Dante's Peak? Well Im sure people in NV will have special tires that wont melt. 😏
Dante’s peak is Mount St. Helens
Pity it's on private property, I'd love to take my thermal camera out there and look at it.
This is a bubbler, not a geiser. A Geiser bubbles and sprays past the ground level and has a conical design, not cracks and bubbles at ground.
I would like to introduce another theory. Waste water injection sites and solar activity. If you look at the USGS and compare low level quakes, solar activity and the sites used for waste water extraction it shows a particular pattern.
Im pretty sure there has NOT been a significant reduction in groundwater usage in that area… could be wrong, but 🤷♂️
I would keep an eye on that new geyser and check out Mount Reineer as well. I believe they are connected. Or I could be wrong.
Named after Rudolph?
Rainier.
very interesting
Whoa!
Free power. Wish I had one of those in my back yard.
If the narrator gets anymore excited in his voice; I might wake up from napping while watching this video.
Dear Hub,
Thank you for your work producing your wonderful videos.
Doesn't the land owner know they have a gold mine ?
Seem they could get 3-5$ for adults, 1-2$ for children under 12
Increase tectonic pressure is not a good sign
Good, now let’s protect these features before industrial activity destroys them again.
Tap that geothermal!
I wonder if this area was a Continental Margins " at one time back in the Pleistocene!
Please do NOT trespass, folks!
Keep in mind they've found over 200 NEW faults in America within the past few years...
I can't find anything, can you share what you've found? Lol
@@mikaelfoster9726 Google search term: 1,000 new faults usgs and top link is direct from usgs www.usgs.gov/publications/simplifying-complex-fault-data-systems-level-analysis-earthquake-geology-inputs-us
Be safe out there!! 🫀🧲🫀💐🌻🪶
@@mikaelfoster9726 second time replying to your message. www.usgs.gov/publications/simplifying-complex-fault-data-systems-level-analysis-earthquake-geology-inputs-us
www.usgs.gov/publications/simplifying-complex-fault-data-systems-level-analysis-earthquake-geology-inputs-us
@@mikaelfoster9726 did you get the link I dropped a few days ago?