Burney Mountain is a lava dome complex and small stratovolcano[3] 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.[4][5][6] Burney Mountain is the largest Quaternary dome in the Cascade Volcanic Arc, containing a volume of about 9 km3 (2.2 cu mi).[7]
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.[8]
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.
- ^ a b "Volcanoes on the Byway". Retrieved Apr 12, 2023.
- ^ "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.
