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This greatly depends on the size of the eruption. From Mt. Saint Helen the ash fall covered 22,000 miles and erupted some 1-2 cubic kilometers of ash. However from the eruption that happened in yellowstone 2.2 million years ago produced 2500 cubic kilometers and ash covered most of the US.

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