No latest activity reported for Indian Heaven.

Below is a summary of eruption dates and Volcanic Explosivity Indices (VEI).

The following references are the sources used for data regarding this volcano. References are linked directly to our volcano data file. Discussion of another volcano or eruption (sometimes far from the one that is the subject of the manuscript) may produce a citation that is not at all apparent from the title. Additional discussion of data sources can be found under Volcano Data Criteria.

Hammond P E, 1984. Indian Heaven, S. Washington Cascade Range a basaltic volcanic field supplied by a central magma system? (abs). {Geol Soc Amer Abs Prog}, 16: 528

Hammond P E, Pedersen S A, Hopkins K D, Aiken D, Harle D S, Danes Z F, Konicek D L, Stricklin C R, 1976. Geology and gravimetry of the Quaternary basaltic volcanic field, southern Cascade Range, Washington. {In}: {Proc 2nd United Nations Symp Devel Use Geotherm Resour, San Francisco}, Washington D C: U S Government Printing Office, 1: 397-405

Hildreth W E, 2007. Quaternary magmatism in the Cascades--geologic perpectives. {U S Geol Surv Prof Pap}, 1744: 1-125

Korosec M A, 1987. Geologic map of Mount Adams. {Wash Div Geol Earth Sci}, 1:100,000 geol map

Sherrod D R, Smith J G, 1990. Quaternary extrusion rates of the Cascade Range, northwestern United States and southern British Columbia. {J Geophys Res}, 95: 19,465-19,474

Smith R L, Shaw H R, 1975. Igneous-related geothermal systems. {U S Geol Surv Circ}, 726: 58-83

Swanson D A, Cameron K A, Evarts R C, Pringle P T, Vance J A, 1989. Excursion 1A: Cenozoic volcanism in the Cascade Range and Columbia Plateau, southern Washington. {New Mexico Bur Mines Min Resour Mem}, 47: 1-50

Wise W S, 1970. Cenozoic volcanism in the Cascade Mountains of southern Washington. {Wash Dept Nat Resour Bull}, 60: 1-45

Wood C A, Kienle J (eds), 1990. {Volcanoes of North America}. Cambridge, England: Cambridge Univ Press, 354 p

The Pleistocene-to-Holocene Indian Heaven volcanic field, located midway between Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams, is an area of low overlapping shield volcanoes with flank vents primarily oriented along a N-S line. Small shield volcanoes topped by cinder and spatter cones dominate the volcanic field, which also contains subglacial vents. The shield volcanoes extend from Sawtooth Mountain on the north to Red Mountain on the south; the high point of the field is 1806-m-high Lemei Rock shield volcano. Basasltic-to-andesitic lava flows blanket much of the field; individual lava flows, many of which display extensive lava tubes, traveled up to 46 km. The youngest eruption about 8200 years ago produced the voluminous Big Lava Bed, a 0.9 cu km basaltic lava flow that traveled nearly 25 km south of its source, an unnamed cinder cone SE of Red Mountain, to within 8 km of the Columbia River.