List of impact structures in North America

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This list includes all 60 confirmed impact structures in North America in the Earth Impact Database (EID). These features were caused by the collision of large meteorites or comets with the Earth. For eroded or buried craters, the stated diameter typically refers to an estimate of original rim diameter, and may not correspond to present surface features.

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Canada

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! style="width:25%;"|Name

! style="width:20%;"|Location

! style="width:10%;"|Diameter (km)

! style="width:15%;"|Age (Ma/millions)

! style="width:25%;"|Coordinates

Brent

|Ontario

|3.8

|396 ± 20

|align=right| {{coord|46|5|N|78|29|W|name=Brent}}

Carswell

|Saskatchewan

|39

|115 ± 10

|align=right| {{coord|58|27|N|109|30|W|name=Carswell}}

Charlevoix

|Quebec

|54

|342 ± 15

|align=right| {{coord|47|32|N|70|18|W|name=Charlevoix}}

Couture

|Quebec

|8

|430 ± 25

|align=right| {{coord|60|8|N|75|20|W|name=Couture}}

Deep Bay

|Saskatchewan

|13

|99 ± 4

|align=right| {{coord|56|24|N|102|59|W|name=Deep Bay}}

Eagle Butte

|Alberta

|10

|< 65

|align=right| {{coord|49|42|N|110|30|W|name=Eagle Butte}}

Elbow

|Saskatchewan

|8

|395 ± 25

|align=right| {{coord|50|59|N|106|43|W|name=Elbow}}

Gow

|Saskatchewan

|4

|< 250

|align=right| {{coord|56|27|N|104|29|W|name=Gow}}

Haughton

|Nunavut

|23

|39

|align=right| {{coord|75|23|N|89|40|W|name=Haughton}}

Holleford

|Ontario

|2.35

|550 ± 100

|align=right| {{coord|44|28|N|76|38|W|name=Holleford}}

Île Rouleau

|Quebec

|4

|< 300

|align=right| {{coord|50|41|N|73|53|W|name=Île Rouleau}}

La Moinerie

|Quebec

|8

|400 ± 50

|align=right| {{coord|57|26|N|66|37|W|name=La Moinerie}}

Lac à l'Eau Claire Est
Clearwater East

|Quebec

|26

|460–470

|align=right| {{coord|56|04|N|74|06|W|name=Lac à l'Eau Claire Est}}

Lac à l'Eau Claire Ouest
Clearwater West

|Quebec

|36

|286.2 ± 2.6

|align=right| {{coord|56|13|N|74|30|W|name=Lac à l'Eau Claire Ouest}}

Manicouagan

|Quebec

|100

|214 ± 1

|align=right| {{coord|51|23|N|68|42|W|name=Manicouagan}}

Maple Creek

|Saskatchewan

|6

|< 75

|align=right| {{coord|49|48|N|109|6|W|name=Maple Creek}}

Mistastin

|Newfoundland and Labrador

|28

|36.4 ± 4

|align=right| {{coord|55|53|N|63|18|W|name=Mistastin}}

Montagnais

|Atlantic continental shelf

|45

|50.50 ± 0.76

|align=right| {{coord|42|53|N|64|13|W|name=Montagnais}}

Nicholson

|Northwest Territories

|12.5

|< 400

|align=right| {{coord|62|40|N|102|41|W|name=Nicholson}}

Pilot

|Northwest Territories

|6

|445 ± 2

|align=right| {{coord|60|17|N|111|0|W|name=Pilot}}

Pingualuit
formerly Chubb and Nouveau-Québec

|Quebec

|3.44

|1.4 ± 0.1

|align=right| {{coord|61|17|N|73|40|W|name=Pingualuit}}

Presqu'île

|Quebec

|24

|< 500

|align=right| {{coord|49|43|N|74|48|W|name=Presqu'île}}

Tunnunik

|Northwest Territories

|25

|~130-350

|align=right| {{coord|72|28|N|113|56|W}}July 25, 2012. [http://news.usask.ca/2012/07/25/researcher-discovers-new-impact-crater-in-the-arctic/ "Researchers discover new impact crater in the Arctic,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225195748/http://news.usask.ca/2012/07/25/researcher-discovers-new-impact-crater-in-the-arctic/ |date=2013-02-25 }} University of Saskatchewan, Accessed August 8, 2012. NOTE: Geographic coordinates are in the comments section.

Saint Martin

|Manitoba

|40

|220 ± 32

|align=right| {{coord|51|47|N|98|32|W|name=Saint Martin}}

Slate Islands

|Ontario

|30

|about 450

|align=right| {{coord|48|40|N|87|0|W|name=Slate Islands}}

Steen River

|Alberta

|25

|91 ± 7

|align=right| {{coord|59|30|N|117|38|W|name=Steen River}}

Sudbury

|Ontario

|250

|1850 ± 3

|align=right| {{coord|46|36|N|81|11|W|name=Sudbury}}

Viewfield

|Saskatchewan

|2.5

|190 ± 20

|align=right| {{coord|49|35|N|103|4|W|name=Viewfield}}

Wanapitei

|Ontario

|7.5

|37.2 ± 1.2

|align=right| {{coord|46|45|N|80|45|W|name=Wanapitei}}

West Hawk

|Manitoba

|2.44

|351 ± 20

|align=right| {{coord|49|46|N|95|11|W|name=West Hawk}}

Whitecourt

|Alberta

|0.04

|<0.0011

|align=right| {{coord|54|00|N|115|36|W|name=Whitecourt}}

Mexico

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! style="width:25%;"|Name

! style="width:20%;"|Location

! style="width:10%;"|Diameter (km)

! style="width:15%;"|Age (Ma/millions)

! style="width:25%;"|Coordinates

Chicxulub

|Yucatan

|170

|64.98 ± 0.05

|align=right| {{coord|21|20|N|89|30|W|name=Chicxulub}}

United States

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! style="width:25%;"|Name

! style="width:20%;"|Location

! style="width:10%;"|Diameter (km)

! style="width:15%;"|Age (Ma/millions)

! style="width:25%;"|Coordinates

Ames

|Oklahoma

|align=right|16

|align=right|470 ± 30

|align=right| {{coord|36|15|N|98|12|W|name=Ames}}

Avak

|Alaska

|align=right|12

|align=right|< 95

|align=right| {{coord|71|15|N|156|30|W|name=Avak}}

Barringer

|Arizona

|align=right|1.19

|align=right|0.049 ± 0.003

|align=right| {{coord|35|2|N|111|1|W|name=Barringer}}

Beaverhead

|Idaho, Montana

|align=right|60

|align=right|600

|align=right|{{coord|44|15|N|114|0|W|name=Beaverhead}}

Calvin

|Michigan

|align=right|8.5

|align=right|450 ± 10

|align=right| {{coord|41|50|N|85|57|W|name=Calvin}}

Chesapeake Bay

|Virginia

|align=right|90

|align=right|35.5 ± 0.3

|align=right| {{coord|37|17|N|76|1|W|name=Chesapeake Bay}}

Cloud Creek

|Wyoming

|align=right|7

|align=right|190 ± 30

|align=right| {{coord|43|7|N|106|45|W|name=Cloud Creek}}

Crooked Creek

|Missouri

|align=right|7

|align=right|320 ± 80

|align=right| {{coord|37|50|N|91|23|W|name=Crooked Creek}}

Decaturville

|Missouri

|align=right|6

|align=right|< 300

|align=right| {{coord|37|54|N|92|43|W|name=Decaturville}}

Des Plaines

|Illinois

|align=right|8

|align=right|< 280

|align=right| {{coord|42|3|N|87|52|W|name=Des Plaines}}

Flynn Creek

|Tennessee

|align=right|3.8

|align=right|360 ± 20

|align=right| {{coord|36|17|N|85|40|W|name=Flynn Creek}}

Glasford

|Illinois

|align=right|4

|align=right|< 430

|align=right| {{coord|40|36|N|89|47|W|name=Glasford}}

Glover Bluff

|Wisconsin

|align=right|8

|align=right|< 500

|align=right| {{coord|43|58|N|89|32|W|name=Glover Bluff}}

Haviland

|Kansas

|align=right|0.015

|align=right|< 0.001

|align=right| {{coord|37|35|N|99|10|W|name=Haviland}}

Kentland

|Indiana

|align=right|7.24

|align=right|< 97

|align=right| {{coord|40|45|N|87|24|W|name=Kentland}}

Manson

|Iowa

|align=right|35

|align=right|73.8 ± 0.3

|align=right| {{coord|42|35|N|94|33|W|name=Manson}}

Marquez

|Texas

|align=right|12.7

|align=right|58 ± 2

|align=right| {{coord|31|17|N|96|18|W|name=Marquez}}

Middlesboro

|Kentucky

|align=right|6

|align=right|< 300

|align=right| {{coord|36|37|N|83|44|W|name=Middlesboro}}

Newporte

|North Dakota

|align=right|3.2

|align=right|< 500

|align=right| {{coord|48|58|N|101|58|W|name=Newporte}}

Odessa

|Texas

|align=right|0.168

|align=right|< 0.050

|align=right| {{coord|31|45|N|102|29|W|name=Odessa}}

Red Wing

|North Dakota

|align=right|9

|align=right|200 ± 25

|align=right| {{coord|47|36|N|103|33|W|name=Red Wing}}

Rock Elm

|Wisconsin

|align=right|6

|align=right|< 505

|align=right| {{coord|44|43|N|92|14|W|name=Rock Elm}}

Santa Fe

|New Mexico

|align=right|6-13

|align=right|<1200

|align=right| {{coord|35|45|N|105|56|W|name=Santa Fe}}

Serpent Mound

|Ohio

|align=right|8

|align=right|< 320

|align=right| {{coord|39|2|N|83|24|W|name=Serpent Mound}}

Sierra Madera

|Texas

|align=right|13

|align=right|< 100

|align=right| {{coord|30|36|N|102|55|W|name=Sierra Madera}}

Upheaval Dome

|Utah

|align=right|10

|align=right|< 170

|align=right| {{coord|38|26|N|109|56|W|name=Upheaval Dome}}

Wells Creek

|Tennessee

|align=right|12

|align=right|200 ± 100

|align=right| {{coord|36|23|N|87|40|W|name=Wells Creek}}

Wetumpka

|Alabama

|align=right|7.6

|align=right|~83

|align=right| {{coord|32|31|N|86|10|W|name=Wetumpka}}{{cite encyclopedia|last=King Jr.|first=David T.|title=Wetumpka Crater|url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1035|date=April 23, 2010|encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Alabama|publisher=Alabama Humanities Foundation|access-date=February 7, 2013|archive-date=February 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216201429/http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1035|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Wetumpka's Coastal Impact Crater|url=http://www.cityofwetumpka.com/Default.asp?ID=145|publisher=City of Wetumpka|access-date=February 7, 2013}}

Unconfirmed impact structures

{{main|List of possible impact structures on Earth}}

The following craters are officially considered "unconfirmed" because they are not listed in the Earth Impact Database. Due to stringent requirements regarding evidence and peer-reviewed publication, newly discovered craters or those with difficulty collecting evidence generally are known for some time before becoming listed. However, entries on the unconfirmed list could still have an impact origin disproven.

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! style="width:25%;"|Name

! style="width:20%;"|Location

! style="width:10%;"|Diameter (km)

! style="width:10%;"|Age (years)

! style="width:15%;"|Coordinates

! style="width:15%;"|Probability

Alamo bolide impact

|Nevada

|unknown

|align=right|367 million

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Bow City

|Alberta

|align=right|8 km

|align=right|70 million

|align=right| {{coord|50|25|N|112|16|W|name=Bow City}}

|

Corossol

|Quebec

|align=right|4 km

|align=right|2.6 million

|align=right| {{coord|50|03|N|66|23|W|name=Corossol}}

|

Decorah crater

|Iowa

|align=right|5.6

|align=right|470 million

|align=right| {{coord|43|18|49.73|N|91|46|20.04|W|region:US}}

| 2 (probable){{cite news|last=Vastag|first=Brian|title=Crater found in Iowa points to asteroid break-up 470 million years ago|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/crater-found-in-iowa-points-to-asteroid-break-up-470-million-years-ago/2013/02/18/545131f8-76d5-11e2-aa12-e6cf1d31106b_story.html?wprss=rss_national|access-date=19 February 2013|newspaper=Washington Post|date=18 February 2013}}{{cite web|author=U.S. Geological Survey|title=Iowa Meteorite Crater Confirmed|url=http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3521|access-date=7 March 2013}}

Gatun structure

|Panama

|align=right|2.7–3.0

|align=right|20 million

|align=right| {{coord|09|06|N|79|47|W|name=Gatun structure}}

| 2 (probable){{Cite web | last = Rajmon | first = David | title = Impact Database 2009.2 | publisher = Impact Field Studies Group | date = October 10, 2009 | url = http://impacts.rajmon.cz/data/Impact_database_2009_2.xls | format = Excel | access-date = December 28, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Pantasma

|Nicaragua

|align=right|10

|align=right|1 million

|align=right| {{coord|13.37

85.95|name=Pantasma}}

| 4 (not probable)

Jeptha Knob

|Kentucky

|align=right|4.3

|align=right|425 million

|align=right| {{coord|38|11|N|85|07|W|name=Jeptha Knob}}

| 2 (probable)

Panther Mountain

|New York state

|align=right|10

|align=right|375 million

|align=right| {{coord|42|03|N|74|24|W|name=Panther Mountain}}

| 2 (probable)

Snows Island

|South Carolina

|align=right|11

|unknown

|align=right| {{coord|33|49|N|79|22|W|name=Snows Island}}

| 2 (probable)

Toms Canyon

|New Jersey

|align=right|22

|align=right|35 million

|align=right| {{coord|39|08|N|72|51|W|name=Toms Canyon}}

| 2 (probable)

Victoria Island structure

|California

|align=right|5.5

|align=right|37–49 million

|align=right| {{coord|37.889925

121.534672|name=Victoria Island structure}}{{cite gnis|237071|Victoria Island}}

| 2 (probable)

Weaubleau-Osceola

|Missouri

|align=right|15–20

|align=right|325.0 ± 15.0 million

|align=right| {{coord|37|59|N|93|38|W|name=Weaubleau-Osceola}}

| 2 (probable)

Brushy Creek Feature

|Louisiana

|align=right|2

|align=right|11,000 - 30,000 years

|align=right| {{coord|30.768

90.735|name=Brushy Creek Feature}}

| 2 (probable).Heinrich, P.V. (2003) [http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/documents/2003/heinrich/index.htm Possible Meteorite Impact Crater in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana.] Search and Discovery Article. no. 50006. American Association of Petroleum Geologist, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Retrieved March 27, 2011.Heinrich, P.V. (2003) [https://www.scribd.com/doc/19128408/Geology-of-Brushy-Creek-Impact-Crater-St-Helena-Parish-LA Origin of a Circular Depression and Associated Fractured and Shocked Quartz, St. Helena Parish, LA.] Transactions of the Gulf Association of Geological Societies. vol. 53, pp. 313-322.Anonymous, 2008, [http://www.enrg.lsu.edu/node/460 LGS Researcher Featured in Meteor Crater News Story.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321203607/http://www.enrg.lsu.edu/node/460 |date=2012-03-21 }} Center for Energy Studies, Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803. Retrieved March 27, 2011.

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