List of volcanoes in the United States
Alaska
American Samoa
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Malumalu | Last 8,000 years | |||
Ta‘u- | 931 | 3054 | 14.23°S 169.454°W | 30,000 years ago[16] |
Ofu-Olosega | 639 | 2096 | 14.175°S 169.618°W | 1866 |
Tutuila | 653 | 2142 | 14.295°S 170.70°W | Holocene[17] |
Vailulu'u | -592 | -1842 | 14.295°S 170.70°W | 2003 |
Arizona
California
Colorado
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Dotsero | 2,230 | 7,316 | 39°39′40″N 107°03′22″W | 2200 BC ± 300 years |
La Garita Caldera | 4,274 | 14,022 | 37°43′36″N 106°46′28″W | 26.3 Ma |
Never Summer Mountains | 3,946 | 12,945 | 40°28′10″N 105°53′42″W | 24 to 29 million years ago |
Hawaii
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Diamond Head | 232 | 761 | 21°15′35″N 157°48′42″W | 400,000 to 500,000 years ago |
Haleakalā or East Maui Volcano | 3055 | 10,023 | 20.71°N 156.25°W | 1750 |
Hanauma Bay (Koko Head) | - | 642 | 21°16′17″N 157°41′40″W | 10,000 - 32,000 years ago |
Hualalai | 2521 | 8270 | 19.69°N 155.87°W | 1801 |
Ka'ena Point | - | 3,000 | 21°34′31″N 158°16′57″W | Pleistocene Epoch |
Kahoolawe | 450 | 1475 | 20.6°N 156.6°W | 1 million years ago |
Kawaikini | 1,598 | 5,243 | 22°03′24″N 159°29′48″W | 4 million years ago |
Kilauea | 1247 | 4091 | 19.452°N 155.292°W | 1983–2018 |
Kohala (mountain) | 1670 | 5480 | 20°5′10″N 155°43′2″W | 120,000 years ago |
Koko Guyot | - | - | 35°15′N 171°35′E | 50 million years ago |
Koko Crater | 368 | 1207 | 21.261585°N 157.702949°W | 10,000 years ago |
Koʻolau Range | 941 | 3149 | 21.37°N 157.80°W | 40,000 years ago |
Lanai | 1,026 | 3,366 | 20°50′N 156°56′W | 1.2 million years ago |
Loihi Seamount | -975 | -3199 | 18.92°N 155.25°W | 1996 |
Mahukona | - | - | 20.1°N 156.1°W | About 470,000 years ago |
Mauna Kea | 4208 | 13,796 | 19.8°N 155.5°W | 2460 BC ± 100 years |
Mauna Loa | 4169 | 13,679 | 19.5°N 155.6°W | 1984 |
Mount Waialeale | 1,544 | 5,066 | 22°04′26″N 159°29′55″W | - |
Punchbowl Crater | - | 546 | 21°18′45″N 157°50′46″W | 400,000 to 500,000 years ago |
Waianae Range | 1342 | 4,025 | 21°30′25″N 158°08′34″W | 2.6 million years ago |
West Maui Volcano | 1,764 | 5,788 | 20°53′37″N 156°35′22″W | 320,000 years ago |
Idaho
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Big Southern Butte | 2298 | 7540 | 43.24°N 113.01°W | 300,000 years ago |
Blue Creek | - | - | - | - |
Craters of the Moon | 2005 | 6578 | 43.42°N 113.50°W | 130 BC ± 50 years |
Henry's Fork Caldera | 2805 | 9203 | 44.33°N 111.33°W | 1.3 million years ago |
Island Park Caldera | 2805 | 9203 | 44.33°N 111.33°W | 2.1 million years ago |
Juniper Buttes | 1905 | 6250 | 44.20°N 111.53°W | - |
Menan Buttes | 1713 | 5619 | 43.60°N 111.5°W | 10,000 years ago |
Split Butte | - | - | 44.25°N 111.73°W | - |
The Great Rift | - | - | - | - |
Twin Peaks | - | - | - | - |
Illinois
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Hicks Dome[22] | 666 | 203 | 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 | 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 | 65 million years ago |
Midnight Volcano | -1110 (from surface) | -3641 | 33.04904°N 90.573494°W | 66 million years ago |
Missouri
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Taum Sauk Caldera | 540 | 1772 | 37.5288°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 | 80,000 years ago |
Indian Peak-Caliente Caldera Complex | - | - | 38°00′00″N 114°00′00″W | 18 million years ago |
Jessup area | - | - | 39°56′N 118°52′W | Jurassic |
Lunar Crater volcanic field | - | - | 38°N 116°W | 38,100 ± 10,000 years ago |
McDermitt Caldera | 2078 | 6816 | 42°00′05″N 117°59′48″W | 16.39 ± 0.02 million years ago |
Steamboat Springs | 1415 | 4642 | 39.375°N 119.72°W | 1.14 million years ago |
Soda Lakes | 1251 | 4104 | 39°53′N 119°27′W | Holocene |
Virgin Valley Caldera | - | - | - | 16.38 million years ago |
Yucca Mountain | 2044 | 6707 | 36°56′N 116°29′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 | Cretaceous |
Ossipee Mountains | - | - | 43°44′37″N 71°16′26″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 | Ordovician |
New Mexico
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Albuquerque volcanic field | 1,840 | 6,030 | 35°8′29″N 106°46′19″W | 70,000-170,000 years ago |
Capulin Volcano | 2,494 | 8,182 | 36°47′20″N 103°57′42″W | 58,000–52,000 years ago |
Carrizozo Malpais | 1,731 | 5,679 | 33°47′N 105°56′W | 3,250 BC ± 500 years ago |
Cerros del Rio | 664 | 2,178 | 35°42′N 106°12′W | 2.2 million years ago |
Jemez Mountains | 3,525 | - | 35°53′N 106°32′W | 60,000-50,000 years ago |
Jornada del Muerto Volcano | 1,565 | 5,136 | 33°32′N 106°52′W | 760,000 years ago |
Kilbourne Hole | 1,555 | 4,240 | 31°58′N 106°58′W | 80,000 years ago |
Mount Taylor | 2,445 | 11,300 | 35°14′19″N 107°36′30″W | 1,500,000 years ago |
Shiprock | 2,188 | 7,177 | 36°41′15″N 108°50′10″W | 27 million years ago |
Sierra Blanca | 3,652 | 11,981 | 33°22′27″N 105°48′31″W | 26 million years ago |
Valles Caldera | 3,430 | 11,253 | 35°52′N 106°34′W | 50,000 to 60,000 years ago |
Zuni-Bandera volcanic field | 2,550 | 8,366 | 34°48′N 108°00′W | 1,170 BC ± 300 years |
Northern Mariana Islands
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Agrigan | 965 | 3165 | 18.8°N 145.7°E | - |
Ahyi Seamount | -137 | -449 | 20.42°N 145.03°E | 2001 |
Alamagan | 744 | 2441 | 17.60°N 145.83°E | 1887 |
Anatahan | 788 | 2592 | 16.35°N 145.67°E | 2006 |
Asuncion Island | 857 | 2810 | 19.7°N 145.4°E | - |
Esmeralda Bank | -43 | -141 | 15.00°N 145.25°E | - |
Farallon de Pajaros | 360 | 1,180 | 20.5°N 144.9°E | 1967 |
Guguan | 287 | 942 | 17.32°N 145.83°E | 1883 |
Maug Islands | 227 | 745 | 20.02°N 145.22°E | Pleistocene |
Mount Tapochau | 474 | 1554 | 15.19°N 145.74°E | - |
Northwest Rota-1 | -517 | -1696 | 14.601°N 144.775°E | 2004 |
Pagan Island | 570 | 1870 | 18.10°N 145.76°E | 1993 |
Mount Rodondi Island | ||||
Sarigan | 538 | 1765 | 16.708°N 145.78°E | - |
Supply Reef | -8 | -26 | 20.13°N 145.10°E | 1989 |
Oregon
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Mount Bachelor | 2,763 | 9,064 | 43°58′45.90″N 121°41′18.63″W | 5800 BC ± 750 years |
Bald Mountain Caldera | - | - | 43°25′N 121°25′W | 3.4 to 4.6 million years ago |
Mount Bailey | 2,551 | 8,368 | 43°9′18.52″N 122°13′11.98″W | 11,000 to 100,000 years ago |
Belknap Crater | 2,095 | 6,873 | 44°17′05.80″N 121°50′32.04″W | 480 AD |
Black Butte | 1,962 | 6,436 | 44°23′59.0″N 121°38′07.7″W | About 1,430,000 years ago |
Blue Lake Crater | 1,230 | 4,035 | 44°24′40″N 121°46′26″W | 680 AD ± 200 years |
Broken Top | 2,800 | 9,185 | 44°04′58″N 121°41′59″W | About 100,000 years ago |
Brown Mountain | - | - | 42°22′N 122°16′W | 12,000 to 60,000 years ago |
Cinnamon Butte | 1956 | 6417 | 43°14′28″N 122°06′29″W | 4855 BC to 9,000 BC |
Columbia River Basalt Group | - | - | - | 6.0 million years ago |
Crater Lake (Mount Mazama) | 2,487 | 8,159 | 42°56′N 122°07′W | 2850 BC |
Crooked River caldera | - | - | 44°18′N 120°54′W | 29.5 million years ago |
Diamond Craters | 1,450 | 4,750 | 43°06′N 118°42′W | 5610 BC ± 470 years |
Diamond Peak | 2,665 | 8,744 | 43°31′14.5″N 122°08′58.5″W | 11,000 to 100,000 years ago |
Fort Rock | 1,716 | 5,628 | 43°22′27″N 121°04′08″W | 13,500 to 18,000 years ago |
Gorda Ridge | -3,000 | -9,842 | 42°40′N 126°47′W | 1996 |
Gray Butte | - | - | 44°30′N 121°18′W | 29.5 million years ago |
Mount Hood | 3,426 | 11,237 | 45°22′24.65″N 121°41′45.31″W | 1866 [24] |
Jackies Butte | 1,418 | 4,652 | 42°36′22″N 117°35′20″W | Holocene |
Mount Jefferson | 3199 | 10,492 | 44°42′N 121°48′W | 950 AD |
Jordan Craters | 1400 | 4600 | 43°08′49″N 117°27′36″W | 1250 BC or later |
Maiden Peak | 2,380 | 7,810 | 43°37′37″N 121°57′50″W | Pleistocene |
McDermitt Caldera | 2,078 | 6,816 | - | 16.39 ± 0.02 million years ago |
Mahogany Mountain | - | - | 43°14′06″N 117°15′21″W | 15.5 million years ago |
Mount McLoughlin | 2,894 | 9,492 | 42°26′40.10″N 122°18′56.23″W | 20,000 to 30,000 years ago |
Middle Sister | 3,063 | 10,050 | 44°09′N 121°47′W | 14,000 years ago |
Newberry Caldera | 2,434 | 7,986 | 43°42′N 121°30′W | 690 AD ± 100 years |
North Sister | 3,075 | 10,090 | 44°10′N 121°46′W | 46,000 years ago |
Olallie Butte | 2,200 | 7,219 | 44°49′18.1″N 121°45′50.2″W | 11,000 years ago or earlier |
Pelican Butte | - | - | 42°31′N 122°04′W | 60,000 years ago or earlier |
Rocky Butte | - | - | 45°32′48″N 122°33′57″W | 30,000 to 90,000 years ago |
Round Butte | - | - | 44°30′N 121°00′W | - |
Saddle Butte | 1,700 | - | 43°00′N 117°48′W | 430,000 ± 90,000 years ago |
South Sister | 3,158 | 10,360 | 44°06′N 121°46′W | 50 BC |
Strawberry Volcanics | - | - | 44°12′N 118°48′W | 12.5 to 16.2 million years ago |
Mount Tabor | - | 636 | 45°30′46″N 122°35′33″W | 300,000 years ago or earlier |
Mount Thielsen | 2,800 | 9,184 | 43°09′10.21″N 122°03′59.45″W | 290,000 years ago |
Three Fingered Jack | 2,390 | 7,840 | 44°28′42″N 121°50′29″W | 40,000 to 80,000 years ago |
Tower Mountain (Oregon) | - | - | - | 22.0 million years ago |
Mount Washington | 2,376 | 7,790 | 44°19′55″N 121°50′13″W | 700 AD |
Wildcat Mountain Caldera | - | - | - | 36.0 million years ago |
South Dakota
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Tomahawk Volcano | 5,472 | 1,668 | 44°15′58″N 103°41′05″W | - |
Texas
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Pilot Knob | 169 | 554 | 30°09′43″N 97°42′22″W | 79 to 83 million years ago (late Cretaceous) |
Inge Mountain | 125 | 410 | 29°10′52″N 99°45′58″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 | 300,000 years ago or later |
Black Rock Desert Volcanic Field | 1,800 | 5,904 | 38°58′12″N 112°30′00″W | 1290 AD ± 150 years |
Fumarole Butte | 1,609 | 5,279 | 39°36′54″N 112°48′11″W | 900,000 years ago |
Indian Peak-Caliente Caldera Complex | - | - | 38°00′00″N 114°00′00″W | 18 million years ago |
Marysvale Volcanic Field | 3,694 | 12,137 | 38°30′00″N 112°30′00″W | 19 million years ago |
Markagunt Plateau Volcanic Field | 2,840 | 9,318 | 37°37′01″N 112°49′30″W | 1050 AD |
Santa Clara Volcanic Field | 1,465 | 4,806 | 37°15′25″N 113°37′30″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 | 47 million years ago (early Eocene) |
Trimble Knob | 952 | 3,123 | 38°24′17″N 79°35′16″W | 35 million years ago (late Eocene) |
Battle Mountain | 354 | 1,162 | 38°39′26″N 78°3′36″W | 74 million years ago |
Washington
Wyoming
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Yellowstone Caldera | 2,805 | 9,203 | 44°26′N 110°40′W | 70,000 years ago (magmatic) / 1350 BC ± 200 years (hydrothermal)[25] |
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
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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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