Volcanologists just ranked the most threatening volcanoes in the United States

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Post by extraterra » Fri, Oct 26, 2018, 9:52 PM UTC

Volcanologists just ranked the most threatening volcanoes in the United States
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Re: Volcanologists just ranked the most threatening volcanoes in the United States

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Post by rdtsc » Fri, Oct 26, 2018, 10:49 PM UTC

The actual report:

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20185140

Top ten from the table in the PDF since it was very slow loading:

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1 Kilauea HI 48 263 19.425 -155.292

2 Mount St. Helens WA 59 235 46.2 -122.18

3 Mount Rainier WA 37 203 46.87 -121.758

4 Redoubt Volcano AK 48 201 60.485 -152.742

5 Mount Shasta CA 39 178 41.42 -122.2

6 Mount Hood OR 30 178 45.374 -121.694

7 Three Sisters OR 30 165 44.133 -121.767

8 Akutan Island AK 47 161 54.134 -165.986

9 Makushin Volcano AK 47 161 53.891 -166.923

10 Mount Spurr AK 48 160 61.299 -152.251

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First number is aviation threat score [0-60]

Second is a general threat score [0-300]

The next pair is lat/lon coordinates with decimal degrees.

Re: Volcanologists just ranked the most threatening volcanoes in the United States

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Post by grizzles » Fri, Oct 26, 2018, 11:04 PM UTC

rdtsc wrote: post #2

The actual report: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20185140 Top ten from the table in the PDF since it was very slow loading: --- 1 Kilauea HI 48 263 19.425 -155.292 2 Mount St. Helens WA 59 235 46.2 -122.18 3 Mount Rainier WA 37 203 46.87 -121.758 4 Redoubt Volcano AK 48 201 60.485 -152.742 5 Mount Shasta CA 39 178 41.42 -122.2 6 Mount Hood OR 30 178 45.374 -121.694 7 Three Sisters OR 30 165 44.133 -121.767…

I was pretty shocked that Yellowstone wasn't at #1 or #2. Apparently it's #21, based on their assessment.

Re: Volcanologists just ranked the most threatening volcanoes in the United States

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Post by rdtsc » Fri, Oct 26, 2018, 11:09 PM UTC

grizzles wrote: post #3

rdtsc wrote: post #2

The actual report: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20185140 Top ten from the table in the PDF since it was very slow loading: --- 1 Kilauea HI 48 263 19.425 -155.292 2 Mount St. Helens WA 59 235 46.2 -122.18 3 Mount Rainier WA 37 203 46.87 -121.758 4 Redoubt Volcano AK 48 201 60.485 -152.742 5 Mount Shasta CA 39 178 41.42 -122.2 6 Mount Hood OR 30 178 45.374 -121.694 7 Three Sisters OR 30 165 44.133 -121.767…

I was pretty shocked that Yellowstone wasn't at #1 or #2. Apparently it's #21, based on their assessment.

Yeah me too. And I am kind of surprised how high Mt. Rainier is in the list.