Volcano · United States (Alaska)
Spurr
About 130 km from Anchorage; restless in recent years.
Status right now
No current reports
Spurr is not in the latest Smithsonian weekly report, the USGS list of volcanoes on alert or the GDACS volcano alerts. That usually means it is quiet, but not every change is reported straight away. For official alerts, follow the local volcano observatory.
Checked 4 Nov 2026, 22:36 UTC.
Key facts
- Country
- United States (Alaska)
- Region
- North America
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Summit
- 3,374 m (11,070 ft)
- Coordinates
- 61.299° N, 152.251° W
- Smithsonian number
- 313040
- USGS page
- usgs.gov/volcanoes/mount-spurr
What kind of volcano is it?
Spurr is a stratovolcano. A stratovolcano is a tall, steep cone built from layers of lava, ash and rock from many eruptions. Its sticky magma traps gas, so eruptions are often explosive, with ash columns and fast-moving pyroclastic flows.
Eruption history
| Date | VEI | Deaths | Also |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Sept 1992 | 4 | 1 | – |
1 significant eruption near Spurr in NOAA's Global Significant Volcanic Eruptions Database, which lists eruptions that caused deaths, damage or a tsunami, or were VEI 6 or larger. VEI is the Volcanic Explosivity Index, from 0 to 8.
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