The Active Volcano in Washington; Mount Rainier

Mount Rainier is the second most likely volcano in the lower 48 U.S. states to erupt again. And, statistically speaking, it is the most dangerous of the group, as more than 150,000 people live on top of destructive lahar deposits this volcano emplaced in the last 10,000 years. Included in Rainier's potential danger zone are large swaths of Puyallup, Sumner, Orting, Enumclaw, Greenwater, and National. This video will discuss everything you need to know about this potentially dangerous volcano, including its famed Osceola lahar and where it covered.

Note: While this video's thumbnail image says that Mount Rainier last erupted in 1894, this assertion has not yet been proven. While in my opinion, I interpret the details of reports made involving Mount Rainier in 1894 as evidence that a small phreatic eruption occurred that year, no ash deposits from this reported eruption were ever found. If this eruption, and other reported 19th century eruptions did not occur, then Mount Rainier last erupted around the year 1500. Also, Mount Rainier's danger zone per this video's description is defined by the shaded bounds of this linked map: https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/mou...

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Sources/Citations:
[1] U.S. Geological Survey
[2] Brown, S.K., Jenkins, S.F., Sparks, R.S.J. et al. Volcanic fatalities database: analysis of volcanic threat with distance and victim classification. J Appl. Volcanol. 6, 15 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13617-017-00..., CC BY 4.0.
Note: The approximate number of fatalities lahars have caused since 1500 as mentioned in the video was cited from this source.
[3] Source of Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) methodology and criteria: Newhall, C. G., and Self, S. (1982), The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) an estimate of explosive magnitude for historical volcanism, J. Geophys. Res., 87(C2), 1231–1238, doi:10.1029/JC087iC02p01231. Accessed / Read by    / geologyhub   on Oct 5th, 2022.
[4] J. Ewert, A. Diefenbach, D. Ramsey, "2018 Update to the U.S. Geological Survey National Volcanic
Threat Assessment", U.S. Geological Survey, Accessed October 22, 2022. https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2018/5140/s...
[5] VEIs, dates/years, eruption plume heights, and bulk tephra volume estimates for volcanic eruptions shown in this video which were assigned a VEI 4 or larger without an asterisk after their name are sourced from the LaMEVE database (British Geological Survey © UKRI), https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/vogripa/view/c..., Used with Permission.
[6] USGS Denver Library Photographic Collection
[7] Alaska Volcano Observatory

0:00 Mount Rainier
1:37 Lahar Hazard Map
3:09 Geologic History
4:44 Largest Holocene Eruption
5:29 Volcano Hazard Rating