Correction: The dormant Aurora Bodie volcano’s most recent eruption was 110,000 years ago, not 25,000 years ago! Also, the odds of Aurora Bodie erupting again is NOT 1 in 55,000 each year, but rather 1 in 72,000 each year!
I live near the Santa Clara volcanic field, you can drive through the lava field in Santa Clara and as you continue to Veyo you will see some extinct cinder cones. The old airport in St. George was built on top of a lava field that filled out a valley and after thousands of years of erosion, became a flattop mountain(inverted valley). The thought that St. George and the surrounding areas can go through something similar like La Palma or Paracutin is pretty scary but at the same time can make an unforgettable, once-in-a-lifetime experience.
And then there is Grand Canyon which actually had one cider cone spill down basalt lavas and dammed up the river. Or that pumice/obsidian volcano in Northern California which is fairly young.
Luckily the odds of a La Palma (2021) like event are quite low. But they are still slightly above zero. A La Palma like event is far more likely in Idaho, statistically speaking.
@@haseo8244 The grand canyon eruption also wasn't a one off there are older examples as well as eruptions elsewhere along the western edge of the Colorado plateau
Several years ago, my brother-in-law and I hiked out to, up into, through the caldera to the opposite side, climbed up to the rim, and walked around to the other side again at the Amboy Crater. I was happy to see a picture of it again in your video. I'll never forget that little adventure. Thanks.
Thanks. There are so many volcanic fields in the Southwest United States! Due to the processes outlined in Nick Zenter's geology adventures, which include the mantle discontinuities and the weakening of Western North America's numerous accreted terranes, volcanic eruptions in the Southwestern United States might only grow more and more common. We need to be ready for a situation where a volcanic field comes back to life!
We are expecting massive pole shifts...Physically and perhaps magnetically as well...I think numberous volcanoes will erupt at the same time within a years...Our binary star system is here...
Yeah though I would note that the risk isn't the same everywhere as fields closer to the less dense hotter mantle discontinuities unsurprisingly seem to have higher likelihoods of an eruption and if you factor in the steady long term clockwise rotation of the western US some of those will be moving closer to these regions and thus more likely to erupt while others will be moving away and thus become less likely to erupt. Of course it is fascinating to realize just how little we know and the growing picture for a more complex deeper geologic history of the region based on the newer evidence, there are probably still eruptions that have yet to be precisely dated which may reveal unexpected surprises particularly in more remote and hard to access regions.
Was thinking about Lunar Crater - which you listed - as I watched this. That field is HUGE and recent flow looks new. The risk of Phreatic eruptions would raise the number even more. Fallon, Inyo Craters and Ubehebe comes to mind.
Really good video, but if you want to make it even better in retrospect keep your maps up longer than milliseconds and narrate each one at a minimum reading the pertinent names from each slide. that will make your videos more accessible to sighted people as well as people listening mainly.
He doesn't listen, he's taken to showing lava lamps for underground magma for crying out loud, he seems to be in a hurry. Like the video would be de-monetized if he goes over 5 minutes.
@@farhanatashiga3721 For some of us, that sadly seems to be the case. Despite it literally being (on PC) just hitting the space bar, or (on phone) double tapping your screen.
He was talking about dormant volcanoes from more than 11,000 years ago. I live near the several hundred square mile Potrillo volcanic field that has a 2 mile by 1 mile phreatic maar eruption crater that would be a VEI 5 eruption. MSH was a low VEI 5 eruption. Also has a shield volcano in there called Aden Crater, the maar is called Kilbourne hole and it is the biggest of several. It erupts every 15,000 years, it has been over 16,000 since the last one. Then of course there is the 2nd largest caldera here as well, called Valles Caldera. Most likely super volcano to erupt though is Long Valley Caldera in CA near Mammoth.
Actually, while the main eruption of Mt. St. Helens was on May 18, 1980, some sort or another of low-level volcanic activity did continue until 1986. Thus, more accurately, it should have said 1980-86.
Well it certainly would be an interesting show. The field in Portland reminds me a lot of the one in Auckland - the city is just built on top of it, and, at some point, it's going to be a big mess.
Well the one in Auckland last erupted in the 1500s forming Rangitoto Island, so I'd say they have somewhat greater odds of being in trouble. But odds mean nothing once something actually happens.
I've been mapping on google earth and thinking about these "forgotten" volcanoes for a few years. The amount of individual vents across the Basin and Range is large. If I had to guess, Utah or Arizona would be the most likely places for a eruption to occur just based off the large number of vents and volcanic fields. Another thing I've wondered about is the amount of hidden or lost volcanic eruptions which occurred recently in geologic terms. For example, how many volcanic flows/vents have been buried under large alluvial fans and other deposits and have been since eroded away, hiding and erasing that they ever occurred?
It was a Pleistocene event, so it wasn't all _that_ recent, but you might find the Tumalo volcanics -- tuffs around Bend, OR -- interesting, if you're not already familiar. VEI-6 eruption, but I think geologists still aren't quite certain where the eruption occurred.
It amazes me on how many volcanoes actually exist in the lower 48. And how a large portion of them are either classified as dormant or active. It really goes to show how geologically active the North American continent is. Apart from Oceania.
Awesome! I was hoping you'd cover extinct volcanos! Thank you! For a future video, could you possibly cover submerged volcanoes along coastlines and their potential threats if there are any? I know you've covered some active submerged volcanoes before but I'm specifically interested in those that are in close relative proximity to coastal areas, particularly California although I'm interested in other areas as well. I'm especially curious about which are capable of causing eruptions that might result in tsunamis or other issues. Thanks in advance. ✨
Oregon used to experience somewhat regular volcanic eruptions, but it has been strangely quiet for the last century. I think some geologist believe the big Cascadia earthquake could trigger more.
Well, there's Crater Lake, whose formation is oral history. Portland is proud of having volcanoes within city limits. But mainly the Cascade range is very much not boring.
I live in a huge impact crater in the last few weeks considered the largest on the planet in Australia. I didn't know that prior. Neither did a lot of geologists. This new fact has not changed my life and the lives of millions in this area.
@@supertoasting1011 I live in brightwood on Mount Hood. Every time I drive home I question what it looked like during its last eruption. I pray the fault doesn’t give until I’m long gone. That will be a scary few months
I had to laugh at the name of the Boring volcanic field. OK, so it hasn't been active since people moved into the area, but given all the volcanic landforms in the region, boring it certainly isn't!
IIRC, there's something of a northerly trend over time for the Boring field. Probably Clark County, north of the Columbia River, is a more likely populated area for an eruption than Portland proper, or the Portland metro area south of the river. Hmm, I suppose an eruption _in_ the Columbia is also not impossible. That would be, uh, interesting.
I grew up in a small town that is 30 miles northwest of the Ice Cave volcano in the Black Rock Desert of Utah (which we usually call the Flowell volcano locally). We used to take field trips in elementary school to visit the ice cave there, and I remember how recent the lava flow seemed - no plant colonization, no erosion, no dust blown in the cracks. I had heard it was only 800 years old, and it is nice to have that confirmed.
What about Yamsay mountain? It pretty closely represents Newberry but without a caldera, and may have the possibility to erupt again (information is scarce on its activity). Yet, it is about as obscure as a volcano can get.
As a random note, 1:30 the cima lava flow here is an excellent campsite if you have 4x4 and are doing the mojave trail. I think the cliffs from the flow are easily 40ft tall. There is a nice protected area towards the back with excellent tent/truck spots!
My geology class climbed Pisgah Crater east of Barstow, Calif. We also crawled through it's lava tubes. It's not open to the public. It's adjacent to a dangerous dry lakebed which some army tanks sank in. We had special permission.
I know there is a public area but perhaps that is further away, closer to the marine base? In the 80's my dad's friend belayed in there with some buddies and stayed down there for over a day.
Although not too close to populated areas, the Sunset Crater area just north of Flagstaff, Arizona, could cause issues for that city if it erupted. It last erupted in AD 1085.
I was a little surprised that you list of recent volcanic eruptions in the lower 48 did not include the major eruption of Mt St Helens in 1980 even though your list includes four other eruptions after 1980. Otherwise it was an interesting video.
Greetings! I would like to propose a future episode for this fine channel: “The Geological Oddity of Morro Rock”. If you are to research Morro Bay and the enormous and pronounced rock formation within the bay you will find it is volcanic in nature. Thank you for your consideration and outstanding content!
Texas, Austin in particular, has two volcanoes but I am south of there where the volcano in Smiley, Texas was a surprise but not makes more sense as I have dug up lava flows on my property at Salvage, Texas. Come see and stay here if you get near. Amazing world. Thanks. Love to more here. Ottine hot springs are 6 miles away.
Please make a video about cerro bravo in Colombia! It is presenting volcanic activity and it's last eruption was in the 1700 it's said that it is actually a super volcano.
The Rio Grande Rift Zone is a result of mantle divergent activity, a remnant of a spreading ridge subducted under the NA plate that continued under the NM @37MA to present.
There's one other smaller volcano in Portland, OR called mount Tabor. I can't remember if it's listed as dormant or extinct. Right in the heart of S.E Portland.
The Boring volcanic field is still nothing compared to the Auckland volcanic field, which is far more active and basically perfectly centered on Auckland, a city of over a million people.
I don't know what it's called but there's a really interesting park in Auckland. Basically part of an old eroded crater. You are basically just walking to the city and then turned to enter the park and walk down a trail that skirts a really steep hill or maybe even bordering on cliff. Can't remember exactly. And then you just climb down the bottom of this crater and there's like forested area in the middle of the city. Quite fascinating. And if I remember right you could walk it from downtown from really easily.
I just learned the Saturn moon, Titan, has Alluvial Fans. Can you do a video on Alluvial Fans, and compare and contrast the ones on Mars and Tian, to the ones formed on Earth.
Its probably worth nothing that the volcanic field at lake Tahoe during the early 2000's produced a deep magmatic intrusion which obviously failed to reach the surface which goes to show that for every eruption there are numerous magmatic intrusions that fail to breach the surface.
I'm in that Portland area. Currently I think Mt. Hood is probably more likely to erupt sooner, but when that "big one" happens, several vents could open up. Or so I've heard. Anyone with more expertise, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
Really fascinating to know about these, yet no one talks about them. I remember flying over to Arizona and im pretty sure ive seen some ancient lava fields while looking out the window. I know all of us won't witness it, but many generations later will. If we're not all dead by then from our own extinction.
Let me just say that I live in the southwest. Particularly arizona particularly concho area. And at night past several months i feel rumblings under me while laying in bed at night. And nooo i don’t live near any highway. So. Something is up.
As someone who lives in the Portland Metro, we have much more interesting volcanoes nearby. Boring volcanic field is, in relative terms, quite boring. I mean, it's competing with Mount Saint Helens (often visible from Portland).
The city of Kagoshima, in Japan, is slap up against a live and active volcano, Sakurashima. It has erupted twice this year, and attracted international attention when it erupted late last year. People have been living there for centuries, in apparent defiance of the gods themselves. Japanese in other areas think the people of Kagoshima must all be thrill-seekers, enjoying the knowledge that total destruction is imminent every hour of every day.
The crust spreads apart as a result of the offshore collisions between the Juan De Fuca and North American plates. Since the crust is thinner, magma has an easier time rising to the surface. These types of volcanoes scare me lol
In addition to what the other commenter mentioned, hot spots are really not that uncommon. It's just that there are a few famous ones which get talked about all the time and the rest go largely unmentioned.
There's a lot of different reasons these volcanos exist. All pertaining to weakpoints in the crust that can be found all over the basin and range province
Pretty simple answer -- it drains an area with a lot of gold. And there are high erosion rates with the big spring floods, so gold gets moved along the tributaries. Probably quite a lot of gold gets eroded out of bedrock right _in_ the river as well.
The list of the last 10 lower 48 volcanic eruptions is missing the 1980 Mt. St. Helens eruption. It was a pretty big deal .. in all the newspapers. smh
Not really. As far as I know, the current thinking is that a broken-off piece of the old Farallon plate obstructed magmas from the Yellowstone hotspot for, 13 million years? -- something like that, from the end of the Tillamook volcanics, to the breakout of the flood basalts (and KABOOM rhyolitic hotspot track) ~17 million years ago. The idea used to be that the Columbia basalts represented the initial plume head, but now it seems very likely that the hotspot is much older than that, at least 57 million years old, with the initial effusive eruptions producing the Siletzia large igneous province (which is much more voluminous than the Columbia River Basalt Group). I don't know if the Columbia basalts were supposed to have cooked their way through the slab, or if made their way through a window, or something, but at any rate, seems to be related to the YHS.
@@cacogenicist so, the YHS created the Siletzia LIP and then the broken piece of the Farallon plate put a lid on it until the CRB 13 m years later. And 17 million years after that the YHS is in its current location? That accounts for 30 million years, right? So, where are the missing 27 million years to get us to the 57 million years from the YHS initial appearance?
@@TheDanEdwards odd question.... Why WOULDN'T you hate what has happened to such a beautiful area ?? Let me guess, you vote D, and now you feel ashamed and defensive about the utter failure of your "liberal utopias".....like Portland.
I could be wrong. But I believe I heard that Once a year on average a volcano erupts on Planet Earth that has not erupted in 10,000 or more years. Like I said, I could be wrong. But if I am right than is there really such a thing as a "Dormant" volcano? Remember a few years back when a volcano destroyed a town in Chile? Ans it had not erupted for about 900 years?
Do they sell homeowners insurance policy for volcano damage? Yrs ago my neighbor's brick fireplace was hit by lighting, the debris landed on my nice fence, knocking down a large section. Ins company declared my claim an "act-of-god" no money!
Aren't parboiled teenagers a sign of a pending eruption? There is a popular hot spring near the black rock desert in Utah that is an excellent candidate for this.
The connection to increased volcanic activity because of climate change can only be realistically linked to volcanoes which have large glaciers sitting on top of them. The huge mass of a glacier can suppress volcanic activity, but climate change is causing to retreat and melt back around the world thus increasing the likelihood of eruptions at those particular volcanoes.
@@michaeldeierhoi4096 Are there not active volcanoes in Antarctica? In Greenland? I was thinking more in terms of any kind of studies regarding records over glacial cycles in the past along side of volcanic activity. I very much doubt a mantle plume would be affected. It might be interesting to also examine the tectonic plate activity over the course of such cycles. I'm thinking of rate of movement.
Uhhhh... Broken Top hasn't erupted for more than 100,000 years. It's extinct volcano. (Oregon) And also Mt McLoughlin hasn't erupted for 40,000 years, not 25,000.
PLEASE … please, please, please stop quoting prediction statistics out to 4 decimal places. I may be old school (1959), but I have especially noted the recent 'fad' (for that is only what it is) of quoting all statistics out to two decimal places. For statistics that barely merits ZERO decimal places. Lemme say, quoting 68.19384% chance in the time from now until AD3,000 is absurd. It may fill the fad of pointless precision, but the actual, factual quote would really be either ⅔ chance by the year 3000 AD, or if you need to, a 68% chance. After all (in case you're still reading), the limit-of-precision is based on fine mathematical science: none of the eruptions your video posted are actually known to better than ±3% precision (and even if a few are, it still makes no where-abouts), so adding up the inverse-of-probabilities and aggregating a one-of-among them probability cannot be better than about ±5%. And that definitely takes the wind out of 4 extra decimal digits of false precision. Please? Even a reply saying you'll try … would be good. Your long-time viewer, who hasn't missed a single post in years. ⋅-⋅-⋅ Just saying, ⋅-⋅-⋅ ⋅-=≡ GoatGuy ✓ ≡=-⋅
@leschatssuperstars1741 Right you are … when measuring alternating layers of oxidized-and-reduced iron deposits in billion-year deposits in Australia or the northern tundras of Canada and Russia, or when measuring the thickness of breccia in Utah, or the Andes, or Northern China's wastes, or when trenching coastal bogs in Oregon, or Scotland, or Chile … you are definitely right. Tenths of a millimeter count, as well as those same tenths of a millimeter to the whole kilometer-scale deposits. Yet … the well made point of yours fails to counter what I wrote originally. That coming up with 5 decimal places of projective 'odds of having an eruption' in the next 977 years is absolutely (statistically) unconscionable. 0 digits of precision is AT BEST warranted. Given the randomness of the data, the imprecision of the data points, and the almost un-researched un-knowable cyclic frequencies of the volcanoes involved. Just saying … the author missed the mark, and your comment didn't really rebuff my points. Materially. Statistically. Mathematically. Systematically. ⋅-⋅-⋅ Just saying, ⋅-⋅-⋅ ⋅-=≡ GoatGuy ✓ ≡=-⋅
Correction: The dormant Aurora Bodie volcano’s most recent eruption was 110,000 years ago, not 25,000 years ago! Also, the odds of Aurora Bodie erupting again is NOT 1 in 55,000 each year, but rather 1 in 72,000 each year!
If the Boring volcano goes off - will they have to rename it?
I burst out laughing at this comment, LOL
That highly depends on how exciting the eruption is
Waka, Waka Waka!
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The marginally interesting volcano might not be an increase in status.
Meh, would be an interesting name though.
I live near the Santa Clara volcanic field, you can drive through the lava field in Santa Clara and as you continue to Veyo you will see some extinct cinder cones. The old airport in St. George was built on top of a lava field that filled out a valley and after thousands of years of erosion, became a flattop mountain(inverted valley).
The thought that St. George and the surrounding areas can go through something similar like La Palma or Paracutin is pretty scary but at the same time can make an unforgettable, once-in-a-lifetime experience.
And then there is Grand Canyon which actually had one cider cone spill down basalt lavas and dammed up the river. Or that pumice/obsidian volcano in Northern California which is fairly young.
Don't live there .DANGER!
Luckily the odds of a La Palma (2021) like event are quite low. But they are still slightly above zero. A La Palma like event is far more likely in Idaho, statistically speaking.
@@haseo8244 The grand canyon eruption also wasn't a one off there are older examples as well as eruptions elsewhere along the western edge of the Colorado plateau
Several years ago, my brother-in-law and I hiked out to, up into, through the caldera to the opposite side, climbed up to the rim, and walked around to the other side again at the Amboy Crater. I was happy to see a picture of it again in your video. I'll never forget that little adventure. Thanks.
Thanks. There are so many volcanic fields in the Southwest United States! Due to the processes outlined in Nick Zenter's geology adventures, which include the mantle discontinuities and the weakening of Western North America's numerous accreted terranes, volcanic eruptions in the Southwestern United States might only grow more and more common. We need to be ready for a situation where a volcanic field comes back to life!
We are expecting massive pole shifts...Physically and perhaps magnetically as well...I think numberous volcanoes will erupt at the same time within a years...Our binary star system is here...
@@marcgottlieb9579go take your meds
@@marcgottlieb9579how much cocaine have you been smoking lately?
Yeah though I would note that the risk isn't the same everywhere as fields closer to the less dense hotter mantle discontinuities unsurprisingly seem to have higher likelihoods of an eruption and if you factor in the steady long term clockwise rotation of the western US some of those will be moving closer to these regions and thus more likely to erupt while others will be moving away and thus become less likely to erupt. Of course it is fascinating to realize just how little we know and the growing picture for a more complex deeper geologic history of the region based on the newer evidence, there are probably still eruptions that have yet to be precisely dated which may reveal unexpected surprises particularly in more remote and hard to access regions.
@@Dragrath1 Thanks.
Was thinking about Lunar Crater - which you listed - as I watched this. That field is HUGE and recent flow looks new.
The risk of Phreatic eruptions would raise the number even more. Fallon, Inyo Craters and Ubehebe comes to mind.
Really good video, but if you want to make it even better in retrospect keep your maps up longer than milliseconds and narrate each one at a minimum reading the pertinent names from each slide. that will make your videos more accessible to sighted people as well as people listening mainly.
He doesn't listen, he's taken to showing lava lamps for underground magma for crying out loud, he seems to be in a hurry. Like the video would be de-monetized if he goes over 5 minutes.
I take screenshots 🤷🏻♀️
Are we really at a point where pressing the pause button is too much work now
@@farhanatashiga3721 Are you really that pathetic?
@@farhanatashiga3721 For some of us, that sadly seems to be the case. Despite it literally being (on PC) just hitting the space bar, or (on phone) double tapping your screen.
(0:25) I noticed the 1980 eruption of MSH was omitted.
Was it considered dormant prior to that pop?
He was talking about dormant volcanoes from more than 11,000 years ago. I live near the several hundred square mile Potrillo volcanic field that has a 2 mile by 1 mile phreatic maar eruption crater that would be a VEI 5 eruption. MSH was a low VEI 5 eruption. Also has a shield volcano in there called Aden Crater, the maar is called Kilbourne hole and it is the biggest of several. It erupts every 15,000 years, it has been over 16,000 since the last one. Then of course there is the 2nd largest caldera here as well, called Valles Caldera. Most likely super volcano to erupt though is Long Valley Caldera in CA near Mammoth.
@@MountainFisher , MSH was listed on there multiple times. The 1980 eruption was missing.
@@rh5563 Did I once say he didn't list it? I pointed out what his focus was.
Actually, while the main eruption of Mt. St. Helens was on May 18, 1980, some sort or another of low-level volcanic activity did continue until 1986. Thus, more accurately, it should have said 1980-86.
Thanks!
I just searched through every video you have made, and failed to find a dedicated video of Nevado del Ruiz. May i suggest it as the next topic?
I love this, fascinating! Wonderful description!
Well it certainly would be an interesting show. The field in Portland reminds me a lot of the one in Auckland - the city is just built on top of it, and, at some point, it's going to be a big mess.
Well the one in Auckland last erupted in the 1500s forming Rangitoto Island, so I'd say they have somewhat greater odds of being in trouble. But odds mean nothing once something actually happens.
I was thinking of Auckland when he was talking about Portland.
I've been mapping on google earth and thinking about these "forgotten" volcanoes for a few years. The amount of individual vents across the Basin and Range is large. If I had to guess, Utah or Arizona would be the most likely places for a eruption to occur just based off the large number of vents and volcanic fields. Another thing I've wondered about is the amount of hidden or lost volcanic eruptions which occurred recently in geologic terms. For example, how many volcanic flows/vents have been buried under large alluvial fans and other deposits and have been since eroded away, hiding and erasing that they ever occurred?
It was a Pleistocene event, so it wasn't all _that_ recent, but you might find the Tumalo volcanics -- tuffs around Bend, OR -- interesting, if you're not already familiar. VEI-6 eruption, but I think geologists still aren't quite certain where the eruption occurred.
@@cacogenicist Thanks, I will have to look into that.
It amazes me on how many volcanoes actually exist in the lower 48. And how a large portion of them are either classified as dormant or active. It really goes to show how geologically active the North American continent is. Apart from Oceania.
Awesome! I was hoping you'd cover extinct volcanos! Thank you!
For a future video, could you possibly cover submerged volcanoes along coastlines and their potential threats if there are any? I know you've covered some active submerged volcanoes before but I'm specifically interested in those that are in close relative proximity to coastal areas, particularly California although I'm interested in other areas as well. I'm especially curious about which are capable of causing eruptions that might result in tsunamis or other issues. Thanks in advance. ✨
I have lived near boring Oregon my whole life and I never knew it had any volcanic activity in the last millions of years. So wild to learn that
Oregon used to experience somewhat regular volcanic eruptions, but it has been strangely quiet for the last century. I think some geologist believe the big Cascadia earthquake could trigger more.
Well, there's Crater Lake, whose formation is oral history.
Portland is proud of having volcanoes within city limits.
But mainly the Cascade range is very much not boring.
I live in a huge impact crater in the last few weeks considered the largest on the planet in Australia. I didn't know that prior. Neither did a lot of geologists. This new fact has not changed my life and the lives of millions in this area.
@@supertoasting1011 I live in brightwood on Mount Hood. Every time I drive home I question what it looked like during its last eruption.
I pray the fault doesn’t give until I’m long gone. That will be a scary few months
I always wonder about Mount Tabor in Portland.
I had to laugh at the name of the Boring volcanic field. OK, so it hasn't been active since people moved into the area, but given all the volcanic landforms in the region, boring it certainly isn't!
IIRC, there's something of a northerly trend over time for the Boring field. Probably Clark County, north of the Columbia River, is a more likely populated area for an eruption than Portland proper, or the Portland metro area south of the river.
Hmm, I suppose an eruption _in_ the Columbia is also not impossible. That would be, uh, interesting.
I grew up in a small town that is 30 miles northwest of the Ice Cave volcano in the Black Rock Desert of Utah (which we usually call the Flowell volcano locally). We used to take field trips in elementary school to visit the ice cave there, and I remember how recent the lava flow seemed - no plant colonization, no erosion, no dust blown in the cracks. I had heard it was only 800 years old, and it is nice to have that confirmed.
What about Yamsay mountain? It pretty closely represents Newberry but without a caldera, and may have the possibility to erupt again (information is scarce on its activity). Yet, it is about as obscure as a volcano can get.
How is the 1980 mt st hellens eruption not on that list? Did I miss something?
Yeah, I was wondering about this
As a random note, 1:30 the cima lava flow here is an excellent campsite if you have 4x4 and are doing the mojave trail. I think the cliffs from the flow are easily 40ft tall. There is a nice protected area towards the back with excellent tent/truck spots!
My geology class climbed Pisgah Crater east of Barstow, Calif. We also crawled through it's lava tubes. It's not open to the public. It's adjacent to a dangerous dry lakebed which some army tanks sank in. We had special permission.
I know there is a public area but perhaps that is further away, closer to the marine base? In the 80's my dad's friend belayed in there with some buddies and stayed down there for over a day.
Thanks!
I would like to hear about the ones in new mexico.
Although not too close to populated areas, the Sunset Crater area just north of Flagstaff, Arizona, could cause issues for that city if it erupted. It last erupted in AD 1085.
You need to do a tribute to Jimmy Buffet. He passed away yesterday.
Use his song “I don’t know where I am gonna go when the volcano blows”.
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I was a little surprised that you list of recent volcanic eruptions in the lower 48 did not include the major eruption of Mt St Helens in 1980 even though your list includes four other eruptions after 1980. Otherwise it was an interesting video.
the video was focused on dormant volcanos over 11 thousand years
@@OdinsChosen208 They're talking about the list in the beginning at 0:25
it did include it, that eruption lasted until 1986. So, 1980-1986
@@sevdarastrix6413 I hate to belabor a point, but go back and look at the list again at .25 there is no mention of the 1980 eruption .
Greetings! I would like to propose a future episode for this fine channel: “The Geological Oddity of Morro Rock”. If you are to research Morro Bay and the enormous and pronounced rock formation within the bay you will find it is volcanic in nature. Thank you for your consideration and outstanding content!
Texas, Austin in particular, has two volcanoes but I am south of there where the volcano in Smiley, Texas was a surprise but not makes more sense as I have dug up lava flows on my property at Salvage, Texas. Come see and stay here if you get near. Amazing world. Thanks. Love to more here. Ottine hot springs are 6 miles away.
I understand that Boring has a sister city relationship with Bland, Scotland.
I think Bland is in Austrialia, Dull is a town in Scotland. I dont think Dull has any dormant volcanic systems so not even as interesting as Boring.
Bland Shire, Australia; Dull, Scotland; and Boring, Oregon form the Trinity of Tedium (Bland, Dull, and Boring) 😂
Please make a video about cerro bravo in Colombia! It is presenting volcanic activity and it's last eruption was in the 1700 it's said that it is actually a super volcano.
Could you do a video on Nevada's Valley of Fire, northeast of Las Vegas?
I could be wrong, but Big Bear in CA is atop an old volcano, and of course the biggie is the Yellowstone super-volcano.
The Rio Grande Rift Zone is a result of mantle divergent activity, a remnant of a spreading ridge subducted under the NA plate that continued under the NM @37MA to present.
Curious about Mt Baker in Washington state - eruptions in 1860, 1863, 1870, 1880 and yet no mention about possible future eruptions?
There's one other smaller volcano in Portland, OR called mount Tabor. I can't remember if it's listed as dormant or extinct. Right in the heart of S.E Portland.
Cima is my pick, only because I live relatively close by, and could go see it!
The Boring volcanic field is still nothing compared to the Auckland volcanic field, which is far more active and basically perfectly centered on Auckland, a city of over a million people.
I don't know what it's called but there's a really interesting park in Auckland. Basically part of an old eroded crater. You are basically just walking to the city and then turned to enter the park and walk down a trail that skirts a really steep hill or maybe even bordering on cliff. Can't remember exactly. And then you just climb down the bottom of this crater and there's like forested area in the middle of the city. Quite fascinating. And if I remember right you could walk it from downtown from really easily.
I just learned the Saturn moon, Titan, has Alluvial Fans. Can you do a video on Alluvial Fans, and compare and contrast the ones on Mars and Tian, to the ones formed on Earth.
At 2:51, is Steamboat Springs not the one in COL? The state listed is NV. EDIT: Guess not. Didn't know there was one in NV also!
Its probably worth nothing that the volcanic field at lake Tahoe during the early 2000's produced a deep magmatic intrusion which obviously failed to reach the surface which goes to show that for every eruption there are numerous magmatic intrusions that fail to breach the surface.
Please be one underneath Tucson too
I'm in that Portland area. Currently I think Mt. Hood is probably more likely to erupt sooner, but when that "big one" happens, several vents could open up. Or so I've heard. Anyone with more expertise, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
I Cant believe you Left Sunset crater out AZ. Last eruption around 1,000 years ago,in the san Francisco peaks feild.
That is considered to be active. He is discussing the volcanoes considered dormant.
Interestingly, MSH is showing more activity these days too. Perhaps you could go over some of the increasing frequency of earthquakes in its vicinity?
It's amazing how these channels are always finding some new "terrifying" one-in-a-billion chance thing happening in our lifetime.
Really fascinating to know about these, yet no one talks about them. I remember flying over to Arizona and im pretty sure ive seen some ancient lava fields while looking out the window. I know all of us won't witness it, but many generations later will. If we're not all dead by then from our own extinction.
Let me just say that I live in the southwest. Particularly arizona particularly concho area. And at night past several months i feel rumblings under me while laying in bed at night. And nooo i don’t live near any highway. So. Something is up.
Aww, that's not a boring volcanic field! It's quite interesting! Oh wait... 😆
As someone who lives in the Portland Metro, we have much more interesting volcanoes nearby. Boring volcanic field is, in relative terms, quite boring. I mean, it's competing with Mount Saint Helens (often visible from Portland).
Raton-Clayton volcanic field, is in
New Mexico NOT WASHINGTON STATE!
When did he say Raton-Clayton is in Washington?
The city of Kagoshima, in Japan, is slap up against a live and active volcano, Sakurashima. It has erupted twice this year, and attracted international attention when it erupted late last year. People have been living there for centuries, in apparent defiance of the gods themselves. Japanese in other areas think the people of Kagoshima must all be thrill-seekers, enjoying the knowledge that total destruction is imminent every hour of every day.
I thought volcanoes either have Hot Spots, or line up along a Subduction Zone. What is the cause of the volcanoes in these areas?
The crust spreads apart as a result of the offshore collisions between the Juan De Fuca and North American plates. Since the crust is thinner, magma has an easier time rising to the surface. These types of volcanoes scare me lol
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I would like to hear about this topic as well; perhaps it's related to weak areas of the crust and fault lines?
In addition to what the other commenter mentioned, hot spots are really not that uncommon. It's just that there are a few famous ones which get talked about all the time and the rest go largely unmentioned.
There's a lot of different reasons these volcanos exist. All pertaining to weakpoints in the crust that can be found all over the basin and range province
Crazy to me how people think dormant and extinct is the same.
Uninformed I guess 😊
Will any of these volcanoes have chance as dramatic as Dante's Peak (1997)?
Thank you
Apparently Edinburgh Castle in Scotland is built on top of an extinct volcano.
How come the Fraser river holds so many gold.
Pretty simple answer -- it drains an area with a lot of gold. And there are high erosion rates with the big spring floods, so gold gets moved along the tributaries. Probably quite a lot of gold gets eroded out of bedrock right _in_ the river as well.
Because like other Canadians it holds on to it gold because its so cheap.
@@cacogenicist Thanks i'm always thinking with fault lines thats keeping the gold,but i dont have a map fore that to see.
The list of the last 10 lower 48 volcanic eruptions is missing the 1980 Mt. St. Helens eruption. It was a pretty big deal .. in all the newspapers. smh
Is the increasing #, size and density of rift zones in the US similar to the conditions that predated the Columbia Flood Basalts?
Not really. As far as I know, the current thinking is that a broken-off piece of the old Farallon plate obstructed magmas from the Yellowstone hotspot for, 13 million years? -- something like that, from the end of the Tillamook volcanics, to the breakout of the flood basalts (and KABOOM rhyolitic hotspot track) ~17 million years ago. The idea used to be that the Columbia basalts represented the initial plume head, but now it seems very likely that the hotspot is much older than that, at least 57 million years old, with the initial effusive eruptions producing the Siletzia large igneous province (which is much more voluminous than the Columbia River Basalt Group).
I don't know if the Columbia basalts were supposed to have cooked their way through the slab, or if made their way through a window, or something, but at any rate, seems to be related to the YHS.
@@cacogenicist so, the YHS created the Siletzia LIP and then the broken piece of the Farallon plate put a lid on it until the CRB 13 m years later. And 17 million years after that the YHS is in its current location? That accounts for 30 million years, right? So, where are the missing 27 million years to get us to the 57 million years from the YHS initial appearance?
Cima!! That’s my thesis area.
So sad that the Portland area may be wiped out at some point !!!!
NOT ! 😂
Why are you filled with hate?
@@TheDanEdwards odd question....
Why WOULDN'T you hate what has happened to such a beautiful area ??
Let me guess, you vote D, and now you feel ashamed and defensive about the utter failure of your "liberal utopias".....like Portland.
I could be wrong. But I believe I heard that Once a year on average a volcano erupts on Planet Earth that has not erupted in 10,000 or more years. Like I said, I could be wrong. But if I am right than is there really such a thing as a "Dormant" volcano? Remember a few years back when a volcano destroyed a town in Chile? Ans it had not erupted for about 900 years?
As event can be A Sun superflare or a Sun recurrent micronova, this can be by cascade every 12.000 years.
Portland? Would be an improvement.
Of course, the volcano otherwise known as Auckland, New Zealand* would say - "12,000 years? Meh"
*He's done a video on this
Do they sell homeowners insurance policy for volcano damage? Yrs ago my neighbor's brick fireplace was hit by lighting, the debris landed on my nice fence, knocking down a large section. Ins company declared my claim an "act-of-god" no money!
why bother with blinking graphics"
Aren't parboiled teenagers a sign of a pending eruption? There is a popular hot spring near the black rock desert in Utah that is an excellent candidate for this.
Queary: Does volcanic activity rise with global temperature rise?
Actually, volcanic activity can cause global temperatures to rise or fall, not the other way around
The connection to increased volcanic activity because of climate change can only be realistically linked to volcanoes which have large glaciers sitting on top of them. The huge mass of a glacier can suppress volcanic activity, but climate change is causing to retreat and melt back around the world thus increasing the likelihood of eruptions at those particular volcanoes.
@@michaeldeierhoi4096 Are there not active volcanoes in Antarctica? In Greenland? I was thinking more in terms of any kind of studies regarding records over glacial cycles in the past along side of volcanic activity. I very much doubt a mantle plume would be affected. It might be interesting to also examine the tectonic plate activity over the course of such cycles. I'm thinking of rate of movement.
@@foxymacadoo I'm aware of the one, but I'm still wondering about the other. There are plenty of events that can do more than one thing.
@@RichardRoy2 That is true lol
The Malpais of NM are 800- 1400 years old aren't they?
Thanks.
Dotsero??!!
Who woulda thunk it?
now a hole along I70 by a trailer park, they mined that cone out for cinders years ago
Not just in the states tho
Uhhhh... Broken Top hasn't erupted for more than 100,000 years. It's extinct volcano. (Oregon)
And also Mt McLoughlin hasn't erupted for 40,000 years, not 25,000.
Just waiting for a volcano in the south easy😢
If the Cascadia fault slips could any of these volcanos erupt
Not likely. Earthquakes don’t cause eruptions. Volcanos can cause earthquakes though
Hopefully I won't be around in 3,000 years, or even 2,000 years.
A volcanic eruption in Portland would actually be a massive improvement to the State of Oregon.
I would like to place bets.
Do a video discussing the possibility of the Florida Volcano's existence.
Rainier🤞
Presented too fast, I think.
Boring may not stay boring :)
If you cant have real people providing your input then this channel is not for me
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i think volcanoes are less and less likely to erupt over time
PLEASE … please, please, please stop quoting prediction statistics out to 4 decimal places. I may be old school (1959), but I have especially noted the recent 'fad' (for that is only what it is) of quoting all statistics out to two decimal places. For statistics that barely merits ZERO decimal places.
Lemme say, quoting 68.19384% chance in the time from now until AD3,000 is absurd. It may fill the fad of pointless precision, but the actual, factual quote would really be either ⅔ chance by the year 3000 AD, or if you need to, a 68% chance.
After all (in case you're still reading), the limit-of-precision is based on fine mathematical science: none of the eruptions your video posted are actually known to better than ±3% precision (and even if a few are, it still makes no where-abouts), so adding up the inverse-of-probabilities and aggregating a one-of-among them probability cannot be better than about ±5%. And that definitely takes the wind out of 4 extra decimal digits of false precision.
Please?
Even a reply saying you'll try … would be good.
Your long-time viewer, who hasn't missed a single post in years.
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precision is not pointless in fields such as geology
@leschatssuperstars1741 Right you are … when measuring alternating layers of oxidized-and-reduced iron deposits in billion-year deposits in Australia or the northern tundras of Canada and Russia, or when measuring the thickness of breccia in Utah, or the Andes, or Northern China's wastes, or when trenching coastal bogs in Oregon, or Scotland, or Chile … you are definitely right. Tenths of a millimeter count, as well as those same tenths of a millimeter to the whole kilometer-scale deposits.
Yet … the well made point of yours fails to counter what I wrote originally. That coming up with 5 decimal places of projective 'odds of having an eruption' in the next 977 years is absolutely (statistically) unconscionable. 0 digits of precision is AT BEST warranted. Given the randomness of the data, the imprecision of the data points, and the almost un-researched un-knowable cyclic frequencies of the volcanoes involved.
Just saying … the author missed the mark, and your comment didn't really rebuff my points. Materially. Statistically. Mathematically. Systematically.
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sorry. next time i'll remember not everyone is like me and likes hyper-precise statistics._.@@robertlynch7520
Of coors when you ear # like 11
6 millions years ago that makes it really valuable and credible like 😂😂😂yeah carbon 14 is the way to go😂
Nobody would miss portland
I would. Family there.
Have you been trained to hate Portland?
Aren’t you nice . Not