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Tumble Buttes

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  • Last Known Eruption
  • 40.68°N
  • 121.55°W

  • 2,191 m
    7,188 ft

  • 323060
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The Global Volcanism Program has no activity reports available for Tumble Buttes.

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This compilation of synonyms and subsidiary features may not be comprehensive. Features are organized into four major categories: Cones, Craters, Domes, and Thermal Features. Synonyms of features appear indented below the primary name. In some cases additional feature type, elevation, or location details are provided.

Eruptive History

The Global Volcanism Program is not aware of any Holocene eruptions from Tumble Buttes. If this volcano has had large eruptions (VEI >= 4) prior to 12,000 years ago, information might be found on the Tumble Buttes page in the LaMEVE (Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions) database, a part of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).

Deformation History

There is no Deformation History data available for Tumble Buttes.

Emission History

There is no Emissions History data available for Tumble Buttes.

Photo Gallery

Devils Garden, part of which forms the jumbled blocky lava flows in the foreground, is part of the N-S-trending Tumble Buttes, a young volcanic field located north of Lassen Peak. The Tumble Buttes field contains some of the youngest volcanic features in this little known area partially within the Thousand Lakes Wilderness Area west of the Hat Creek Valley. The andesitic lava cone at the upper right is Logan Mountain, of Pleistocene age.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1998 (Smithsonian Institution).
Eiler Butte, the small flat-topped cinder cone at left-center just below the low point on the horizon, is the northermost of a chain of cinder cones forming the Tumble Buttes volcanic field. Eiler Butte, located within the Thousand Lake Wilderness Area, is seen here from Burney Mountain, with snow-capped Lassen Peak in the background to the south. The Tumble Buttes are a N-S-trending chain of cinder cones and lava flows that form some of the youngest volcanic features north of Mount Lassen.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1998 (Smithsonian Institution).
Bear Wallow Butte, the forested peak at the right, was the source of the youthful-looking unvegetated lava flows seen at the left-center. Bear Wallow Butte lies at the southern end of a N-S-trending chain of vents known as Tumble Buttes. Snow-capped Lassen Peak is visible to the south just beyond the summit of Bear Wallow Butte.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1998 (Smithsonian Institution).
A N-S-trending chain of vents extending across the center of the photo forms Tumble Buttes, a young volcanic field north of Lassen Volcanic National Park. A large area of unvegetated lava flows at the left margin originated from Bear Wallow Butte at the southern end of the chain. Other young unvegetated flows form the Devils Rock Garden at right-center, below Crater Mountain, the prominent snow-dappled peak on the horizon. This view looks to the NW across the Hat Creek valley from West Prospect Mountain.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1998 (Smithsonian Institution).
GVP Map Holdings

Maps are not currently available due to technical issues.

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Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

There are no samples for Tumble Buttes in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.

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