Black Rock Desert, United States

Volcanic field · 1,800 m (5,906 ft) · US-Utah

Black Rock Desert is a volcanic field in the United States, 1,800 m (5,906 ft) high. Its last known eruption: aD 1 to 1499. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Black Rock Desert on the map

Black Rock Desert and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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Now

From the USGS Volcano Hazards Program, read 15:32 UTC. USGS threat ranking: Moderate Threat.

Unassigned / Unassigned Yellowstone Volcano Observatory rates Black Rock Desert at alert level Unassigned, aviation color code Unassigned.

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The volcano

Type: Volcanic field
Elevation: 1,800 m (5,906 ft)
Country: United States
Region: US-Utah
Summit: 38.970° N, 112.500° W
Last known eruption: AD 1 to 1499
Holocene activity known from: Radiocarbon
Smithsonian volcano number: 327050

Significant eruptions

NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.

None on record.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

Earthquakes near Black Rock Desert Volcanic ash advisories on the live map

Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Alert levels, color codes and notices from the USGS Volcano Hazards Program and its observatories, public domain. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.