National Parks Well Represented In Volcanic Threats List

Above, Lassen Peak (No. 11 overall, very high threat). Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The U.S. Geological Survey has compiled a list of volcanic threats and many of them are in the national park system.

According to the National Park Traveler:

Have you visited Hawai'i National Park and gotten close to the Kīlauea Volcano, enjoyed Paradise at Mount Rainier National Park, climbed to the top of Lassen Peak in its namesake park, or hiked down to Crater Lake? If so, you've placed yourself in the midst of some of the country's most dangerous volcanoes in terms of the threats they pose, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. 

The latest U.S. Geological Survey National Volcanic Threat Assessment, an update to the 2005 assessment, places volcanoes into five threat categories: very low, low, moderate, high, and very high.

The list includes:

• Mount Rainier National Park

• Crater Lake National Park

• Lava Beds National Monument

• Lassen Volcanic National Park

• Devils Postpile National Monument

• Death Valley National Park

• Sunset Crater National Monument

• Valles Caldera National Monument

• Yellowstone National Park

• Craters of the Moon National Monument

• Lake Clark National Park and Preserve

• Katmai National Park and Preserve

• Aniakchak National Monument

• Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

• Haleakala National Park

• El Malpais National Monument

• Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve

Surprisingly, Crater Lake National Park is on the list as a "very high threat" at number 17.

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