Sutter Buttes: The lone volcano in California's Great Valley
Fact Sheet
2011-3024
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Abstract
The volcanic spires of the Sutter Buttes tower 2,000 feet above the farms and fields of California's Great Valley, just 50 miles north-northwest of Sacramento and 11 miles northwest of Yuba City. The only volcano within the valley, the Buttes consist of a central core of volcanic domes surrounded by a large apron of fragmental volcanic debris. Eruptions at the Sutter Buttes occurred in early Pleistocene time, 1.6 to 1.4 million years ago. The Sutter Buttes are not part of the Cascade Range of volcanoes to the north, but instead are related to the volcanoes in the Coast Ranges to the west in the vicinity of Clear Lake, Napa Valley, and Sonoma Valley.
Suggested Citation
Hausback, B., Muffler, L.P., Clynne, M.A., 2011, Sutter Buttes: The lone volcano in California's Great Valley: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2011-3024, 4 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20113024.
ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)
ISSN: 2327-6916 (print)
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Sutter Buttes: The lone volcano in California's Great Valley |
| Series title | Fact Sheet |
| Series number | 2011-3024 |
| DOI | 10.3133/fs20113024 |
| Year Published | 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributing office(s) | Volcano Science Center-Menlo Park |
| Description | 4 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Other Geospatial | Sutter Buttes |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |