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Before that year, Mount Rainier held the American record for snow accumulation at Paradise in 1978.
This gets the year of Paradise's record snowfall wrong. Mount Rainier's Paradise station set its famous 1,122-inch seasonal snowfall record in the 1971–72 season, not in 1978.
Full reasoning
The National Park Service page for Annual Snowfall Totals at Mount Rainier states that Paradise "once held the world record for measured snowfall in single year in 1971-1972: 1,122 inches" and lists 1971–72: 1,122 (high) in its year-by-year table. That directly contradicts the article's statement that the record at Paradise was "in 1978." NOAA's documentation on Mount Baker's later 1,140-inch season also identifies Paradise's prior record as 1,122 inches in 1971–72, not 1978. So the claim is incorrect because it misdates the Paradise snowfall record by several years.
2 sources
- Annual Snowfall Totals - Mount Rainier National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
Paradise once held the world record for measured snowfall in single year in 1971-1972: 1,122 inches... 1971-72: 1,122 (high).
- Evaluation of a National Seasonal Snowfall Record (NOAA/NCDC)
Mount Baker exceeded Mount Rainier by 96 inches... the previous record at Paradise on Mount Rainier was 1,122 inches during the 1971-72 season.
None have erupted since St. Helens
As written, this is false: Mount St. Helens erupted again from 2004 to 2008. So it is not true that no Cascade volcano has erupted since the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption.
Full reasoning
U.S. Geological Survey sources document a renewed eruption of Mount St. Helens from 2004 to 2008. USGS explicitly describes a "2004-2008 eruption" and a "2004-2008 dome-building eruption at Mount St. Helens" that ended in early 2008. That directly conflicts with the unqualified statement "None have erupted since St. Helens." If the sentence was meant to refer only to other long-dormant Cascade volcanoes besides Mount St. Helens, it needs that qualifier; as written, it is factually incorrect because Mount St. Helens itself erupted again after 1980.
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- 2004-2008 Renewed Volcanic Activity | U.S. Geological Survey
The 2004-2008 eruption was notable in its lack of explosive events... During the 3+ years of the eruption...
- The 2004–2008 dome-building eruption at Mount St. Helens, Washington: Epilogue | U.S. Geological Survey
The 2004–2008 dome-building eruption at Mount St. Helens ended during winter 2007–2008...
Together, these sequences of fluid volcanic rock form the 200,000-square-mile (520,000 km2) Columbia Plateau in eastern Washington, Oregon, and parts of western Idaho.
The area given for the Columbia Plateau is far too large. USGS sources put the Columbia Plateau at a little over 60,000 square miles, and the basalt province at about 160,000 km²—roughly 62,000 square miles, not 200,000.
Full reasoning
This sentence appears to overstate the size of the Columbia Plateau by roughly a factor of three. A USGS fact sheet says "The Columbia Plateau covers more than 60,000 square miles" in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Another USGS overview says the Columbia River Basalt Group covers about 160,000 km², and identifies that area as the Columbia Plateau or Columbia Basin. Converting 160,000 km² gives about 61,800 square miles, which aligns with the USGS fact sheet. By contrast, 200,000 square miles would be about 518,000 km², far larger than the official USGS figures. The article likely confused square kilometers with square miles.
2 sources
- Ground-Water Availability Assessment for the Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer System, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho | U.S. Geological Survey
The Columbia Plateau covers more than 60,000 square miles within the Columbia River Basin in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
- Pacific Northwest Geologic Mapping: Northern Pacific Border, Cascades and Columbia | U.S. Geological Survey
The Columbia River Basalt Group (CRBG) ... covers an area of ~160,000 km2, mostly in eastern Washington and Oregon, and western Idaho. Within this area, known as the Columbia Plateau or Columbia Basin...