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The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO) is a consortium of nine state and federal agencies who provide timely monitoring and hazard assessment of volcanic, hydrothermal, and earthquake activity in the Yellowstone Plateau region. The USGS arm of YVO is also responsible for monitoring and reporting on volcanic activity in the intermountain west U.S. states.

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Benchmarking benchmarks

Benchmarking benchmarks

So, when will the next eruption at Yellowstone happen?

So, when will the next eruption at Yellowstone happen?

West Thumb Geyser Basin: Diverse and Exceptional Hot Springs, Mud Pots, Geysers, and Hydrothermal Explosions

West Thumb Geyser Basin: Diverse and Exceptional Hot Springs, Mud Pots, Geysers, and Hydrothermal Explosions

Publications

Volcano crisis response at Yellowstone volcanic complex - after-action report for exercise held at Salt Lake City, Utah, November 15, 2011

A functional tabletop exercise was run on November 14-15, 2011 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to test crisis response capabilities, communication protocols, and decision-making by the staff of the multi-agency Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO) as they reacted to a hypothetical exercise scenario of accelerating volcanic unrest at the Yellowstone caldera. The exercise simulated a rapid build-up of sei
Authors
Thomas C. Pierson, Carolyn L. Driedger, Robert I. Tilling

History of surface displacements at the Yellowstone Caldera, Wyoming, from leveling surveys and InSAR observations, 1923-2008

Modern geodetic studies of the Yellowstone caldera, Wyoming, and its extraordinary tectonic, magmatic, and hydrothermal systems date from an initial leveling survey done throughout Yellowstone National Park in 1923 by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. A repeat park-wide survey by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the University of Utah during 1975-77 revealed that the central part of the cal
Authors
Daniel Dzurisin, Charles W. Wicks, Michael P. Poland

Water chemistry and electrical conductivity database for rivers in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Chloride flux has been used to estimate heat flow in volcanic environments since the method was developed in New Zealand by Ellis and Wilson (1955). The method can be applied effectively at Yellowstone, because nearly all of the water discharged from its thermal features enters one of four major rivers (the Madison, Yellowstone, Snake, and Falls Rivers) that drain the park, and thus integration of
Authors
Laura E. Clor, R. Blaine McCleskey, Mark A. Huebner, Jacob B. Lowenstern, Henry P. Heasler, Dan L. Mahony, Tim Maloney, William C. Evans

Multimedia

Obsidian a valuable commodity Obsidian: Not just a valuable commodity in Minecraft. (Yellowstone Monthly Update - November 2024)
Obsidian: Not just a valuable commodity in Minecraft. (Yellowstone Monthly Update - November 2024)
Graphic showing how InSAR detects ground deformation
Graphic showing how InSAR detects ground deformation
Graphic showing how InSAR detects ground deformation
Bathymetric map of the West Thumb Basin, Yellowstone National Park
Bathymetric map of the West Thumb Basin, Yellowstone National Park
Bathymetric map of the West Thumb Basin, Yellowstone National Park
Plot showing frequency of rhyolite eruptions in the Yellowstone region over the past 1.3 million years
Schematic summary of rhyolite eruptions in the Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field over the past 1.3 million years
Schematic summary of rhyolite eruptions in the Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field over the past 1.3 million years
Biscuit Basin Update, Hydrothermal Explosion on July 23, 2024 Biscuit Basin Hydrothermal Explosion Update (Yellowstone Monthly Update — October 2024)
Biscuit Basin Hydrothermal Explosion Update (Yellowstone Monthly Update — October 2024)
A brass-disk benchmark set in the top of a concrete post.  Mark is stamped "C9 1923 7337.580"
Benchmark C9, near Apollinaris Spring in Yellowstone National Park
Benchmark C9, near Apollinaris Spring in Yellowstone National Park
Is there oil in Yellowstone? Is there oil in Yellowstone? (Yellowstone Monthly Update - September 2024)
Is there oil in Yellowstone? (Yellowstone Monthly Update - September 2024)
Satellite images of a small lake in April and August 2024. The lake is surrounded by trees and, on one side, a geyser basin.
Satellite images of Nupahr Lake, Norris Geyser Basin, in 2024
Satellite images of Nupahr Lake, Norris Geyser Basin, in 2024
Dead lodgepole pine trees along the shoreline of a small lake.  Live trees are present away from the shore.
Dead trees along the edge of Nuphar Lake, Yellowstone National Park, in summer 2024
Dead trees along the edge of Nuphar Lake, Yellowstone National Park, in summer 2024
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