Medicine Lake, United States
Medicine Lake is a shield volcano in the United States, 2,412 m (7,913 ft) high. Its last known eruption: aD 1 to 1499. NOAA records no significant eruption here.
Medicine Lake on the map
Medicine Lake 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
Now
From the USGS Volcano Hazards Program, read 19:25 UTC. USGS threat ranking: High Threat.
Normal / Green California Volcano Observatory rates Medicine Lake at alert level Normal, aviation color code Green.
The volcano
- Type
- Shield volcano
- Elevation
- 2,412 m (7,913 ft)
- Country
- United States
- Region
- US-California
- Summit
- 41.611° N, 121.554° W
- Last known eruption
- AD 1 to 1499
- Holocene activity known from
- Radiocarbon
- Smithsonian volcano number
- 323020
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 Medicine LakeAsh advisories and webcams 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.