USGS Volcano

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USGS Volcano Hazards Program — alert levels and notices for ~170 US volcanoes. Sister to usgs-earthquake. No auth.

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0msauth
free tier50 calls/day

Tools

list_volcanoes

List every US volcano monitored by USGS with current alert level (Normal/Advisory/Watch/Warning) and aviation color code (Green/Yellow/Orange/Red). Filter optionally by observatory.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
observatoryoptstringAVO | CVO | YVO | HVO | CalVO (optional)
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list_elevated

List only the volcanoes currently above Normal/Green status (i.e., elevated unrest or eruption). Smallest practical fingerprint of "what's happening right now."

No parameters required.

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list_notices

Recent USGS volcano notices and reports — observatory updates, VAN (Volcano Activity Notice) and VONA (Volcano Observatory Notice for Aviation) text. Filter by volcano slug.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
volcano_slugoptstringUSGS volcano slug (optional)
limitoptnumberCap (default 50)
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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/usgs-volcano/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/usgs-volcano/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"list_volcanoes","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("list_volcanoes", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("usgs volcano hazards program — alert levels and notices for ~170 us volcanoes");