Oregon Complete

[John Kirk]

This concludes the listing of the 11 Mountainous Western Contiguous US States. In the process a new P2k and additional highest 100 peak were found in Oregon.

7700+ peaks, of which 4978 have 300'+ rise

http://listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/stmain.php?s=OR


We now know the following cutoffs for highest peaks in the contiguous US to the highest 11,199 peaks (with minimum 300' rise)

Highest 1,000: 12,866'
Highest 2,000: 12,077'
Highest 3,000: 11,360'
Highest 4,000: 10,808'
Highest 5,000: 10,382'
Highest 6,000: 10,022'
Highest 7,000: 9,706'
Highest 8,000: 9,420'
Highest 9,000: 9,185'
Highest 10,000: 8,974'
Highest 11,000: 8,780'

Guadalupe Peak in Texas is the next lower limit of ranking All contiguous US peaks, at 8749(-), ranked 11,199th in height.

Some interesting CO tidbits:
CO has 2943 of the highest 10,000 in the US (29.43%)
CO has 2092 of the highest 5,000 in the US (41.84%)
CO has 1264 of the highest 2,000 in the US (63.2%)
CO has 742 of the highest 1,000 in the US (74.2%)

[Layne Bracy]

Congratulations, John, and thank you for this work which will benefit so many! If there were a peak-bagging/listing Nobel Prize you would have earned it!

I've been amazed at how fast you churned out the last few states. I hope you give yourself a little time off!

[John Kirk]

Forgot to mention some other totals:
62,125 p300s in these 11 western states (around 10x more than can be ascended in a reasonable lifetime)

5,953 p1000s

[TWorth]

Great work again John. After the effort it took to list CO, I never thought the rest of the states would go this quickly.

So, are you seeing permanent contour lines in your field of vision? Don't think they've found a cure for that yet...

What's the p300/p1000 breakdown by state? Is there any easy way to get those figures w/o breaking the server?

[John Kirk]

What's the p300/p1000 breakdown by state? Is there any easy way to get those figures w/o breaking the server?

Showing rows 0 - 10 (11 total, Query took 0.3446 sec)
Easy enough - though you're forcing me to use a UNION query

Rank	State	#P300	#P1000
1	CA	10999	1003
2	AZ	7393	449
3	NV	6744	646
4	MT	5879	746
5	ID	5728	584
6	WA	5667	818
7	OR	4978	469
8	CO	4361	425
9	UT	4346	360
10	NM	3138	218
11	WY	3069	261

Total (not sum as some peaks are multiple states):
62125

[BobBolton]

Fantastic work John! WOW!!

Since your rankings don't take into account peak density by state, I'd like to add that little tidbit. Based on the square miles by state, Washington once again is shown to be the most mountainous state in terms of peak density. This fact has long been established for the P2Ks. Here are the P300 density rankings for the states you've completed. I'll shortly post the P1000 density rankings. BTW, I believe the area numbers include inland water, including salt water.

Rank State #P300 Sq Miles Sq Miles/P300
1 WA 5667 71,303 12.6
2 ID 5728 83,574 14.6
3 CA 10999 163,707 14.9
4 AZ 7393 114,006 15.4
5 NV 6744 110,567 16.4
6 UT 4346 84,904 19.5
7 OR 4978 98,386 19.8
8 CO 4361 104,100 23.9
9 MT 5879 147,046 25.0
10 WY 3069 97,818 31.9
11 NM 3138 121,593 38.7

[BobBolton]

And here are the P1K numbers...Go Washington!

Rank State #P1000 SQ Miles Sq Miles/P1K
1 WA 818 71,303 87.2
2 ID 584 83,574 143.1
3 CA 1003 163,707 163.2
4 NV 646 110,567 171.2
5 MT 746 147,046 197.1
6 OR 469 98,386 209.8
7 UT 360 84,904 235.8
8 CO 425 104,100 244.9
9 AZ 449 114,006 253.9
10 WY 261 97,818 374.8
11 NM 218 121,593 557.8

[John Kirk]

Yup
Another interesting extension of this would be density of counties. I'll see if I can put it together soon.

[BobBolton]

Yup
Another interesting extension of this would be density of counties. I'll see if I can put it together soon.

I'm guessing my birth county of Chelan (Washington of course) will be right up there on both the P300 and P1K lists. Okanogan County has greater numbers, but is a much larger county.

[Ryan Kowalski]

Wow, Congratulations John. This is a remarkable achievement to have finished. I have to ask....what's next? I think it's time I made a donation to the LOJ fund again!

[John Kirk]

Wow, Congratulations John. This is a remarkable achievement to have finished. I have to ask....what's next? I think it's time I made a donation to the LOJ fund again!

Thanks Ryan
I kind of committed to NY next. TX and SD will probably follow. Once the US is finished, if I still can't kick the habit, maybe Canada and Mexico.

[John Kirk]

P300 Density:


P1000 Density:

[Brian Kalet]

Congrats...it must feel great to accomplish a lofty goal in such a short period of time. How will you prioritize the country highpoints after you finish the US?

[BrianR]

I kind of committed to NY next. TX and SD will probably follow. Once the US is finished, if I still can't kick the habit, maybe Canada and Mexico.

I was going to ask about TX and SD, glad to see that they are in the pipeline (although only SD is relevant to me at the moment). I'd like to see MN since I've climbed 7 P300s there, but I'm guessing that's not a major priority for anyone else.

Anyway, congratulations on what you've completed so far. A few years ago I wouldn't have imagined so much would be completed by now.

[BobBolton]

Yeah, I started wondering about Skagit and Whatcom counties. Didn't realize that they were that much smaller than Chelan, but of course I knew well that they have plenty of prominences. Looking at San Juan County, CO, one can quickly see that it is very dense with prominence, with no appreciable flat space in its tiny area. Fascinating stuff! -Bob