Details It contains more than five times the glacier area of all the other Cascade volcanoes combined. usgs 12181110 south cascade glacier hut 1 near marblemount, wa PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION Available data for this site SUMMARY OF ALL AVAILABLE DATA Location map Time-series: Current/Historical Observations Time-series: Daily data Revisions South Cascade Glacier. Since the late 1950s, the USGS has maintained a long-term glacier mass-balance program at three North American glaciers. Glaciers have long been known to be sensitive to climate, and landscape features left by glaciers could be used as indicators of past climate.
Public domain.) In 1959 scientists with the USGS began collecting mass balance data on South Cascade Glacier, one of four "benchmark glaciers" in the US. Mount Rainier, Washington, at 14,410 feet (4,393 meters), the highest peak in the Cascade Range, is a dormant volcano whose glacier ice cover exceeds that of any other mountain in the conterminous United States. Detailed Description. Since the late 1950s, the USGS has maintained a long-term glacier mass-balance program at three North American glaciers. Top of photo is south. It is bordered on the east by 8,261-foot (2,518 m) Sentinel Peak, and is about 17 mi (27 km) north of Glacier Peak in the Glacier Peak Wilderness.Meltwater from the glacier flows directly into South Cascade Lake, which feeds the South Fork Cascade River, which is a tributary of the Skagit River. Thumbnail Medium Original. Abstract Historic hydrologic and meteorological data are compiled for South Cascade Glacier, Washington, USA, a site selected by the U.S. Geological Survey for long-term study of the response of a glacier to climate change and its effect on water resources. South Cascade Glacier is a large alpine glacier in the North Cascades of Washington, USA. (Credit: David Shean. The USGS began work on South Cascade Glacier in 1957 with the introduction of a research and monitoring program intended to observe the relationship between glaciers and climate (Meier, 1971). Measurements began on South Cascade Glacier, WA in 1958, expanding to Gulkana and Wolverine glaciers, AK in 1966, and later Sperry Glacier, MT in 2005. Measurements began on South Cascade Glacier, WA in 1958, expanding to Gulkana and Wolverine glaciers, AK in 1966, and later Sperry Glacier, MT in 2005. Mount Rainier has approximately 26 glaciers. The glacier spans nearly 660 m in elevation in the steep sided basin which forms the headwaters of the South Fork of the Cascade River.
Detailed Description 1958 black-and-white vertical aerial photo of South Cascade Glacier, northwestern Washington State.