Mountain in California, United States
Burney Mountain is a lava dome complex located in the Cascade Range of eastern Shasta County, California , next to the slightly larger Crater Peak and slightly smaller Magee Peak . It stands at 2,397 m (7,854 ft)[ 1] and is around 8.9 km (5.5 mi) south-southeast of Burney, California .
Burney Mountain last erupted about 230,000 years ago during the Pleistocene epoch. It is composed of two craters, which open to the east.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Burney Mountain is the largest Quaternary dome in the Cascade Volcanic Arc , containing a volume of about 9 km3 (2.2 cu mi).[ 6]
The eastern side of the mountain was burned in the Eiler Fire in 2014, ultimately destroying 21 structures and injuring 11 people, mostly in Hat Creek .[ 7]
References
^ a b "Burney Mountain" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2021-07-22 .
^ "Burney Mountain, California" . Peakbagger.com . Retrieved 2021-07-22 .
^ "Burney Mountain" . Smithsonian Institution - Global Volcanism Program . Retrieved 30 January 2019 .
^ Wood, Charles A.; Kienle, Jurgen (November 27, 1992). Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada (illustrated, reprint ed.). Cambridge University Press . p. 222. ISBN 9780521438117 . Retrieved 30 January 2019 .
^ Sulpizio, Roberto; Costa, Antonio; Wadge, Geoffrey (October 10, 2017). Stress Field Control of Eruption Dynamics . Frontiers Media . pp. 115–127. ISBN 978-2889452774 . Retrieved 30 January 2019 .
^ Hildreth, Wes (2007). Quaternary Magmatism in the Cascades—Geologic Perspectives . United States Geological Survey . p. 45. ISBN 978-1-4113-1945-5 .
^ "Eiler Fire" . CAL FIRE . July 31, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2021 .