Burney Mountain
Burney Mountain in March 2017
Highest point
Elevation2,397 m (7,864 ft)[1]
Prominence873 m (2,864 ft)[2]
Coordinates40°48′23.59″N 121°37′39.98″W / 40.8065528°N 121.6277722°W / 40.8065528; -121.6277722
Geography
Burney Mountain is located in California
Burney Mountain
Burney Mountain
Location of Burney Mountain in California
LocationShasta County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeCascade Range
Topo mapUSGS Burney Mountain West
Geology
Mountain typeLava dome complex, stratovolcano[3]

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

  1. 1 2 "Burney Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  2. ↑ "Burney Mountain, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  3. 1 2 "Volcanoes on the Byway". Retrieved Apr 12, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Burney Mountain". Smithsonian Institution - Global Volcanism Program. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Hildreth, Wes (2007). Quaternary Magmatism in the Cascades—Geologic Perspectives. United States Geological Survey. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-4113-1945-5.
  8. ↑ "Eiler Fire". CAL FIRE. July 31, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2021.


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