Warren Peak (California)

Warren Peak is a 9,710-foot-elevation (2,960 meter) mountain summit located in Modoc County, California, United States.[4]

Warren Peak
North aspect
Highest point
Elevation9,710 ft (2,960 m)[1]
Prominence1,110 ft (338 m)[2]
Parent peakPeak 9795[3]
Isolation5.82 mi (9.37 km)[3]
Coordinates41°22′43″N 120°13′13″W[4]
Naming
EtymologyGouverneur K. Warren
Geography
Warren Peak is located in California
Warren Peak
Warren Peak
Location in California
Warren Peak is located in the United States
Warren Peak
Warren Peak
Warren Peak (the United States)
LocationSouth Warner Wilderness
CountryUnited States of America
StateCalifornia
CountyModoc
Parent rangeWarner Mountains
The Great Basin Ranges
Topo mapUSGS Warren Peak
Geology
Age of rockMiocene[5]
Type of rockAndesite, Basalt[5]

Description

Warren Peak ranks as the third-highest summit in the Warner Mountains which are located in the northeast corner of California.[2] The summit is set within the South Warner Wilderness on land managed by Modoc National Forest. The remote peak is situated 20 miles east-southeast of Alturas, California, and four miles west of Surprise Valley. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 5,100 feet (1,600 meters) above the valley. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains west into Pine Creek which is a tributary of the South Fork Pit River, and east to Middle Alkali Lake via Owl Creek and Cottonwood Creek.

Patterson Lake from summit

The Summit Trail traverses the east slope of the peak and provides an approach option. The trail also leads to the most popular destination in the wilderness, Patterson Lake, which lies directly below the summit in the north cirque.[6] Whitebark pine covers some of the peak's slopes which are composed of volcanic rock.[7]

The landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names and the name has appeared in publications since at least 1884.[4][8][9] The mountain has also been known as "Warren's Peak" and Buck Mountain.

See also

References
  1. United States Geological Survey topographical map - Warren Peak
  2. "Warren Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  3. "Warren Peak - 9,710' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  4. "Warren Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  5. Dr. Anne E. Egger (2010), Geologic map of the Warner Range and surrounding region
  6. Tom Stienstra, Ann Marie Brown (2020), Moon Northern California Hiking, Avalon Publishing, ISBN 9781640499027
  7. William N. Orr, Elizabeth L. Orr (2018), Geology of the Pacific Northwest, Third Edition, Waveland Press, ISBN 9781478638834, p. 145
  8. George Montague Wheeler (1885), Tables of Geographic Positions, Azimuths, and Distances, U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 76
  9. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, (1884), U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 177
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