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The ash created fertile soil around the area.
The lateral blast caused a crater that was 1 to 2 miles wide and 2,100 feet deep.

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The explosion went out the side of the mountain, so it was a lateral blast.
Mt. St. Helen's mud flows destroyed forests and homes. Debris had to be dredged out.

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The eruptive history of most stratovolcanoes is ignited by highly explosive Plinian eruptions (eruptions similar to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius). Straovolcanoes are known for their very large and destructive explosion.

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Mt. St. Helens has small tremors and ash and gas burps, but its last huge eruption was in 1980.

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It is located in Washington, United States.
It is part of the Cascade mountain range.

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A stratovolcano is a tall, conical volcano composed of layers of hardened lava, tephra, and volcanic ash.