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Mount Rainier: Living with perilous beauty

Kevin M. Scott·Edward W. Wolfe·Carolyn L. Driedger
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Mount Rainier is an active volcano reaching more than 2.7 miles (14,410 feet) above sea level. Its majestic edifice looms over expanding suburbs in the valleys that lead to nearby Puget Sound. USGS research over the last several decades indicates that Mount Rainier has been the source of many volcanic mudflows (lahars) that buried areas now densely populated. Now the USGS is working cooperatively with local communities to help people live more safely with the volcano.

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90° N90° S · 180° W ← longitude → 180° E
Source-reported bounding extent: 46.606° to 47.333° latitude; -122.55° to -121.442° longitude. This indicates report coverage, not an exact sampling location. View area on OpenStreetMap.

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Kevin M. Scott, Edward W. Wolfe, Carolyn L. Driedger. 1998. Mount Rainier: Living with perilous beauty. https://doi.org/10.3133/fs06597

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