| Agency Name: | United States Geological Survey California Volcano Observatory |
| Headquarters: | Menlo Park, California, USA |
| Formed: | 2012 |
| Chief1 Name: | Dr. Andrew Calvert[1] |
| Chief1 Position: | Scientist-in-Charge (USGS) |
| Website: | https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/calvo |
The California Volcano Observatory (CalVO) is the volcano observatory that monitors the volcanic and geologic activity of California and Nevada. It is a part of the Volcano Hazards Program of the United States Geological Survey, a scientific agency of the United States government.[2]
Originally, the volcano observatory was known as the Long Valley Observatory which monitored volcanic activity east of the Sierra Nevada in Mono County, California which included Long Valley Caldera, Mammoth Mountain, and the Mono–Inyo Craters.
In 2012, the Long Valley Observatory was integrated into the new California Volcano Observatory based in Menlo Park, California which covers the entire states of California and Nevada, this includes the southern Cascade Range volcanoes in the state of California which were previously under the jurisdiction of the Cascades Volcano Observatory.[3]
These are the volcanoes monitored by the California Volcano Observatory, in order of highest to lowest risk assessment.
According to USGS risk assessment of the volcanoes in CalVO's region, the following volcanoes were ranked "very high threat potential".[4]
These were ranked "high threat potential":[4]
These were ranked "moderate threat potential":[4]
One was ranked "Low to Very Low Threat Potential":[4]
Other volcanoes in the region have not been assessed at one of these risk levels that warrant monitoring. Volcanoes which have not erupted during the Holocene were not included. USGS noted that though less probable it is still possible for volcanoes to erupt on longer intervals than that.[4]