What damage has Lassen Peak produced?

Answer 1

The most recent eruptive activity occurred at Lassen Peak in 1914-1917 A.D.. This eruptive episode began on May 30, 1914, when a small phreatic eruption occurred at a new vent near the summit of the peak. More than 150 explosions of various sizes occurred during the following year. By mid-May 1915, the eruption changed in character; lava appeared in the summit crater and subsequently flowed about 100 meters over the west and probably over the east crater walls. Disruption of the sticky lava on the upper east side of Lassen Peak on May 19 resulted in an avalanche of hot rock onto a snowfield. A lahar was generated that reached more than 18 kilometers down Lost Creek. On May 22, an explosive eruption produced a pyroclastic flow that devastated an area as far as 6 kilometers northeast of the summit. The eruption also generated lahars that traveled more than 20 kilometers down Lost Creek and floods that went down Hat Creek. A vertical eruption column resulting from the pyroclastic eruption rose to an altitude of more than 9 kilometers above the vent and deposited a lobe of pumiceous tephra that can be traced as far as 30 kilometers to the east-northeast The fall of fine ash was reported as far away as Elko Nevada, more than 500 kilometers east of Lassen Peak. Intermittent eruptions of variable intensity continued until about the middle of 1917.

Answer 2

Lassen Peak, located in California, has produced ash plumes, pyroclastic flows, lahars, and debris flows during its volcanic eruptions. The most recent eruption occurred in 1915, resulting in ashfall, a large volcanic blast, and avalanches. The volcanic activity has also formed a large caldera and created unique volcanic landscapes in Lassen Volcanic National Park.