List of impact craters in North America

This list of impact crater
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...

s in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

includes all confirmed impact craters as listed in the Earth Impact Database

Earth Impact Database

The Earth Impact Database is the authoritative source for information on confirmed impact structures or craters on Earth. It was initiated in 1955 by the Dominion Observatory, Ottawa, under the direction of Dr. Carlyle S. Beals...

. 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

Rim (craters)

The rim of a crater is the part that extends above the height of the local surface, usually in a circular or elliptical pattern. In a more specific sense, the rim may refer to the circular or elliptical edge that represents the uppermost tip of this raised portion...

diameter, and may not correspond to present surface features.

Canada

Name	Location	Diameter (km)	Age (Ma/millions)	Coordinates
Brent Brent crater The Brent crater is an impact crater in both the geographic township of Deacon, Unorganized South Nipissing District and the municipal township of Papineau-Cameron in Nipissing District, northeastern Ontario, Canada, located north of Cedar Lake in northern Algonquin Provincial Park. It is in...	Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....	3.8	396 ± 20	46°5′N 78°29′W
Carswell Carswell crater Carswell is an impact crater in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is in diameter and the age is estimated to be 115 ± 10 million years . The crater is exposed at the surface....	Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....	39	115 ± 10	58°27′N 109°30′W
Charlevoix Charlevoix crater The Charlevoix crater is a large eroded meteorite impact crater in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, Canada. Only part of the crater is exposed at the surface, the rest being covered by the Saint Lawrence River. The original crater is estimated to have been in diameter and the age is estimated to...	Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....	54	342 ± 15	47°32′N 70°18′W
Couture Couture crater Lac Couture is a lake in Northern Quebec, Canada. It is located in Baie d'Hudson in the Kativik territory.Most of the lake covers an 8 km in diameter impact crater. The crater is estimated to be 430 ± 25 million years old .-External links:*...	Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....	8	430 ± 25	60°8′N 75°20′W
Deep Bay Deep Bay crater Deep Bay is a bay near the south-western tip of Reindeer Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada. The bay is strikingly circular and very deep in an otherwise irregular and shallow lake....	Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....	13	99 ± 4	56°24′N 102°59′W
Eagle Butte Eagle Butte crater Eagle Butte is an impact crater in Alberta, Canada, named for a rural area west of the Cypress Hills.It is 10 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 65 million years . The crater is not exposed at the surface....	Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...	10	< 65	49°42′N 110°30′W
Elbow Elbow crater Elbow is a meteorite crater just north of the village of Riverhurst in Saskatchewan, Canada.The crater is in diameter with an age estimated to be 395 ± 25 million years . The crater is buried beneath younger sediments and is not exposed at the surface.- References :...	Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....	8	395 ± 25	50°59′N 106°43′W
Gow Gow crater Gow is an impact crater in Saskatchewan, Canada.It is 4 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 250 million years . The crater contains a classic crater lake with an island formed by the central uplift....	Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....	4	< 250	56°27′N 104°29′W
Haughton Haughton impact crater Haughton impact crater is located on Devon Island, Nunavut in far northern Canada. It is about in diameter and formed about 39 million years ago . The impacting object is estimated to have been approximately in diameter. Devon Island itself is composed of Paleozoic shale and siltstone overlying...	Devon Island Devon Island Devon Island , claimed to be the largest uninhabited island on Earth, is located in Baffin Bay, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is one of the larger members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the second-largest of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canada's sixth largest island, and the 27th... , Nunavut Nunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...	23	39	75°23′N 89°40′W
Holleford Holleford crater Holleford Crater is a meteorite crater near the community of Holleford, part of South Frontenac, Ontario, Canada. It is in diameter and the age is estimated to be 550 ± 100 million years...	Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....	2.35	550 ± 100	44°28′N 76°38′W
Île Rouleau Île Rouleau crater Île Rouleau is an impact crater in Baie-James, Quebec, Canada, located on a small, uninhabited island in Lake Mistassini in the centre of the province....	Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....	4	< 300	50°41′N 73°53′W
La Moinerie La Moinerie crater La Moinerie is an impact crater in Quebec, Canada. It is 8 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 400 ± 50 million years . The crater is exposed to the surface and filled with water, forming Lac La Moinerie. Glaciers have eroded many of La Moinerie crater's original physical features,...	Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....	8	400 ± 50	57°26′N 66°37′W
Lac à l'Eau Claire Est Clearwater Lakes The Lac à l'Eau Claire , also called the Clearwater Lakes in English, Wiyasakami in Cree and Allait Qasigialingat by the Inuit, are a pair of circular lakes on the Canadian Shield in Quebec, Canada, near Hudson Bay.The lakes are actually a single body of water with a sprinkling of islands forming a... Clearwater East	Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....	26	290 ± 20	56°04′N 74°06′W
Lac à l'Eau Claire Ouest Clearwater Lakes The Lac à l'Eau Claire , also called the Clearwater Lakes in English, Wiyasakami in Cree and Allait Qasigialingat by the Inuit, are a pair of circular lakes on the Canadian Shield in Quebec, Canada, near Hudson Bay.The lakes are actually a single body of water with a sprinkling of islands forming a... Clearwater West	Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....	36	290 ± 20	56°13′N 74°30′W
Manicouagan Manicouagan Reservoir Manicouagan Reservoir is an annular lake in central Quebec, Canada. The lake covers an area of 1,942 km², and its eastern shore is accessible via Route 389. The island in the centre of the lake is known as René-Levasseur Island, and its highest point is Mount Babel...	Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....	100	214 ± 1	51°23′N 68°42′W
Maple Creek Maple Creek crater Maple Creek is a subterranean meteorite crater in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is 6 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 75 million years . The crater is buried beneath younger sediments and cannot be seen at the surface....	Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....	6	< 75	49°48′N 109°6′W
Mistastin Mistastin crater Mistastin crater is a meteorite crater in Labrador, Canada which contains the roughly circular Mistastin Lake.The lake's arcuate central island is interpreted to be the central uplift of the complex crater structure. The target rocks were part of a batholith composed of adamellite, mangerite and...	Labrador Labrador Labrador is the distinct, northerly region of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It comprises the mainland portion of the province, separated from the island of Newfoundland by the Strait of Belle Isle...	28	36.4 ± 4	55°53′N 63°18′W
Montagnais Montagnais crater Montagnais is a meteorite crater located on the continental shelf south of Nova Scotia, Canada.It measures 45 km in diameter, and its age is estimated to be 50.50 ± 0.76 million years . The crater is under the sea and buried beneath marine sediments.- References :...	Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...	45	50.50 ± 0.76	42°53′N 64°13′W
Nicholson Nicholson crater Nicholson is a meteorite crater in the Northwest Territories, Canada.It is 12.5 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 400 million years . The crater is not exposed at the surface.- References :...	Northwest Territories Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...	12.5	< 400	62°40′N 102°41′W
Pilot Pilot crater Pilot crater is an impact crater in the Northwest Territories, Canada, just north of the Alberta border and near Fort Smith. It is 6 kilometres in diameter and the age is estimated to be 445 ± 2 million years ....	Northwest Territories Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...	6	445 ± 2	60°17′N 111°0′W
Pingualuit formerly Chubb and Nouveau-Québec	Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....	3.44	1.4 ± 0.1	61°17′N 73°40′W
Presqu'île Presqu'ile crater Presqu'île is a meteorite crater in the territory equivalent to a regional county municipality of Jamésie in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada, located about south of the city of Chapais....	Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....	24	< 500	49°43′N 74°48′W
Saint Martin Saint Martin crater Saint Martin is an impact crater in Manitoba, Canada.It is in diameter and its age is estimated at 220 ± 32 million years . The crater is not exposed at the surface.-Hypothetical multiple impact event:...	Manitoba Manitoba Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...	40	220 ± 32	51°47′N 98°32′W
Slate Islands Slate Islands (Ontario) The Slate Islands archipelago is formed of two main islands, five minor islands and numerous islets located in northern Lake Superior, 10 km south of the town of Terrace Bay. The islands were created by a meteorite impact which formed a crater about wide. In 1985, the Ontario government...	Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....	30	about 450	48°40′N 87°0′W
Steen River Steen River crater Steen River is an impact structure in Alberta, Canada.It is in diameter and the age is estimated to be 91 ± 7 million years . The crater is not exposed at the surface. The crater was partially eroded prior to burial, and lies under of sediments.-External links:*...	Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...	25	91 ± 7	59°30′N 117°38′W
Sudbury Sudbury Basin The Sudbury Basin, also known as Sudbury Structure or the Sudbury Nickel Irruptive, is a major geologic structure in Ontario, Canada. It is the second-largest known impact crater or astrobleme on Earth, as well as one of the oldest....	Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....	250	1850 ± 3	46°36′N 81°11′W
Viewfield Viewfield crater Viewfield is an impact crater in Saskatchewan, Canada.It is 2.5 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 190 ± 20 million years . The crater is not exposed at the surface.- References :...	Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....	2.5	190 ± 20	49°35′N 103°4′W
Wanapitei Lake Wanapitei Lake Wanapitei occupies a meteorite crater in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It is located near the large Sudbury meteorite crater but is not related to it....	Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....	7.5	37.2 ± 1.2	46°45′N 80°45′W
West Hawk West Hawk crater West Hawk is a meteorite crater in Manitoba, Canada.It is 2.44 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 351 ± 20 million years . The crater lies beneath the main central portion of West Hawk Lake and is not exposed at the surface....	Manitoba Manitoba Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...	2.44	351 ± 20	49°46′N 95°11′W

Mexico

Name	Location	Diameter	Age (years)	Coordinates
Chicxulub Chicxulub Crater The Chicxulub crater is an ancient impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Its center is located near the town of Chicxulub, after which the crater is named...	Yucatan Yucatán Yucatán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 106 municipalities and its capital city is Mérida.... , Mexico	170 km	64.98 ± 0.05 million	21°20′N 89°30′W

United States

Name	Location	Diameter	Age (Ma/millions)	Coordinates
Ames Ames crater Ames crater is a meteorite crater in Major County, Oklahoma, United States.Ames Crater is 10 miles in diameter and the age is estimated to be 470 ± 30 million years . The crater is not exposed at the surface.-External links:...	Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...	16 km	470 ± 30	36°15′N 98°12′W
Avak Avak crater Avak is an impact crater centered approximately southeast of Barrow, Alaska, United States.Avak is a subcircular structure about in diameter and deep. In the structure, metamorphic basement rocks and regionally flat lying sedimentary rocks are uplifted and intensely deformed. The Avak...	Alaska Alaska Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...	12 km	< 95	71°15′N 156°30′W
Barringer Meteor Crater Meteor Crater is a meteorite impact crater located approximately east of Flagstaff, near Winslow in the northern Arizona desert of the United States. Because the US Department of the Interior Division of Names commonly recognizes names of natural features derived from the nearest post office, the...	Arizona Arizona Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...	1.19 km	0.049 ± 0.003	35°2′N 111°1′W
Beaverhead Beaverhead crater Beaverhead is an impact structure in central Idaho and western Montana in the United States.Estimated at in diameter, it is one of the largest impact craters on Earth...	Idaho Idaho Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state.... , Montana Montana Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...	60 km	600	44°15′N 114°0′W
Calvin Calvin crater Calvin is an impact crater located in Calvin Township, Cass County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It was discovered in 1987 by Randall Milstein of the Michigan Geological Survey while examining data from about 100 test wells drilled in the area....	Michigan Michigan Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....	8.5 km	450 ± 10	41°50′N 85°57′W
Chesapeake Bay Chesapeake Bay impact crater The Chesapeake Bay impact crater was formed by a bolide that impacted the eastern shore of North America about 35 million years ago, in the late Eocene epoch. It is one of the best-preserved "wet-target" or marine impact craters, and the largest known impact crater in the U.S...	Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...	90 km	35.5 ± 0.3	37°17′N 76°1′W
Cloud Creek Cloud Creek crater Cloud Creek crater is an impact crater in Wyoming, United States. The crater is located in Natrona County, about 48 miles northwest of Casper, near the center of a geological feature known as the Casper Arch. The Cloud Creek structure is circular with a current diameter of about 7 km, and it...	Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...	7 km	190 ± 30	43°7′N 106°45′W
Crooked Creek Crooked Creek crater Crooked Creek is an impact crater in Crawford County, Missouri, United States.It is 7 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 320 ± 80 million years . The crater is exposed to the surface....	Missouri Missouri Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...	7 km	320 ± 80	37°50′N 91°23′W
Decaturville Decaturville crater The Decaturville crater, also referred to as the Decaturville Dome, is an impact crater in Missouri, United States, and is one of the 38th parallel structures....	Missouri Missouri Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...	6 km	< 300	37°54′N 92°43′W
Des Plaines Des Plaines crater The Des Plaines crater or Des Plaines disturbance is recognized as an impact crater in Illinois, United States. It is located beneath the eastern part of the city of Des Plaines, which is a suburb of Chicago....	Illinois Illinois Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...	8 km	< 280	42°3′N 87°52′W
Flynn Creek Flynn Creek crater Flynn Creek crater, is an impact crater situated in Jackson County, approximately 8 km south of Gainesboro, Tennessee, USA. It was formed approximately 360 million years ago as a shallow, saucer-shaped crater, 3.8 km in diameter and about 150 m deep. A large central hill, highly deformed rim...	Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...	3.8 km	360 ± 20	36°17′N 85°40′W
Glasford Glasford crater The Glasford crater is a buried impact crater in southern Peoria County, Illinois in the United States.It is in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 430 million years ....	Illinois Illinois Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...	4 km	< 430	40°36′N 89°47′W
Glover Bluff Glover Bluff crater Glover Bluff is a meteorite crater located about south of Coloma, Wisconsin in the United States.It is 8 kilometers in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 500 million years...	Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...	8 km	< 500	43°58′N 89°32′W
Haviland Haviland Crater The Haviland Crater, also called the Brenham Crater, is a meteorite crater in Kiowa County, Kansas.The oval-shaped crater is 50 feet in diameter, making it one of the smallest impact craters in the world. Its age is estimated to be less than 1000 years...	Kansas Kansas Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...	0.015 km	< .001	37°35′N 99°10′W
Kentland Kentland crater The Kentland crater, also known as the Kentland structure or the Kentland disturbed area, is an impact crater located near the town of Kentland in Newton County, Indiana, United States....	Indiana Indiana Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...	13 km	< 97	40°45′N 87°24′W
Manson Manson crater The Manson impact crater is near the site of Manson, Iowa where an asteroid or comet nucleus struck the Earth during the Cretaceous Period, 74 Ma...	Iowa Iowa Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...	35 km	73.8 ± 0.3	42°35′N 94°33′W
Marquez Marquez crater Marquez is a meteorite crater located in Leon County, Texas near the small town of Marquez about northeast of Austin, Texas, United States.It is 12.7 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 58 ± 2 million years . The crater is not exposed at the surface.- References :...	Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...	12.7 km	58 ± 2	31°17′N 96°18′W
Middlesboro Middlesboro crater The Middlesboro crater is a meteorite crater in Kentucky, United States. It is named after the city of Middlesborough , which today occupies much of the crater....	Kentucky Kentucky The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...	6 km	< 300	36°37′N 83°44′W
Newporte Newporte crater Newporte is a meteorite crater in North Dakota, United States.It is 3.2 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 500 million years . The crater is not exposed at the surface.- References :...	North Dakota North Dakota North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....	3.2 km	< 500	48°58′N 101°58′W
Odessa Odessa Meteor Crater The Odessa Meteor Crater is a meteorite crater in the southwestern part of Ector County, southwest of the city of Odessa, Texas, United States. It is located approximately 3 miles south of I-20 at FM 1936 south...	Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...	0.168 km	< 0.050	31°45′N 102°29′W
Red Wing Red Wing crater Red Wing or Red Wing Creek structure is a meteor crater located inMcKenzie County, North Dakota, about southwest of Watford City, North Dakota, United States....	North Dakota North Dakota North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....	9 km	200 ± 25	47°36′N 103°33′W
Rock Elm Rock Elm Disturbance The Rock Elm Disturbance is an impact crater in Wisconsin, United States, roughly 40 kilometers Southwest of Menomonie. The disturbance is named for Rock Elm, Wisconsin, a nearby community....	Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...	6 km	< 505	44°43′N 92°14′W
Santa Fe Santa Fe impact structure The Santa Fe impact structure is an eroded remnant of a bolide impact crater in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains northeast of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The discovery was made in 2005 by a geologist who noticed shatter cones in the rocks in a decades-old road cut on New Mexico State Highway 475 between...	New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...	unknown	1500 ± 100	39°2′N 83°24′W
Serpent Mound Serpent Mound crater Serpent Mound crater, also known as the Serpent Mound Disturbance, is an eroded meteorite impact crater in Ohio, United States. It lies largely in Adams County, with the northern part mostly in Highland County, except for a small northeast part in Pike County.It is classified as a complex crater...	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...	8 km	< 320	39°2′N 83°24′W
Sierra Madera Sierra Madera crater Sierra Madera crater is a meteorite crater in southwestern Pecos County, Texas, United States. The central peak of the rebound structure of the impact crater rises 793 feet above the surrounding land. The peak is visible from U.S. Highway 385 between Fort Stockton, Texas and Marathon, Texas...	Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...	13 km	< 100	30°36′N 102°55′W
Upheaval Dome Upheaval Dome Upheaval Dome is an impact structure, the deeply eroded remnants of an impact crater, in Canyonlands National Park near the town Moab, Utah, in the United States....	Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...	10 km	< 170	38°26′N 109°56′W
Wells Creek Wells Creek crater Wells Creek is an impact crater in Tennessee, United States.It is 7.46 miles in diameter and the age is estimated to be 200 ± 100 Ma , placing it in the Jurassic or a neighboring period. The crater is exposed to the surface. The center of the crater contains some of the finest shatter cones in the...	Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...	12 km	200 ± 100	36°23′N 87°40′W
Wetumpka Wetumpka crater The Wetumpka impact crater is the only confirmed impact crater in Alabama, United States. It is located east of downtown Wetumpka in Elmore County. The crater is 7.6 km in diameter and its age is estimated to be about 83 million years old based on fossils found in the youngest disturbed deposits,...	Alabama Alabama Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...	6.5 km	81.0 ± 1.5	32°31′N 86°10′W

Unconfirmed impact craters

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.

Name	Location	Diameter	Age	Coordinates	Probability
Alamo bolide impact Alamo bolide impact The Alamo bolide impact occurred 367 million years ago, when one or more hypervelocity objects from space slammed into shallow marine waters at a site that is now the Devonian Guilmette Formation of the Worthington Mountains and Schell Creek Range of southeastern Nevada; the event is named for...	Nevada, USA Nevada Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...	unknown	367 million		0 (confirmed)
Gatun structure Gatun structure The Gatun structure is a possible eroded impact crater. It is named after the nearby Gatun Lake in Panama. It was first discovered in 1972 by geologist Bob Stewart and later studied by Livio L. Tornabene from the University of South Florida Department of Geology.The structure is estimated to have...	Panama Panama Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...	2.7–3.0 km	20 million	09°06′N 79°47′W	2 (probable)
Jeptha Knob Jeptha Knob Jeptha Knob is the highest point in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky. It is located in Shelby County, Kentucky, about eight miles east of Shelbyville near the hamlet of Clay Village and rises some 300 ft higher than the surrounding rolling farmland...	Kentucky, USA Kentucky The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...	4.3 km	425 million	38°11′N 85°07′W	2 (probable)
Panther Mountain Panther Mountain (New York) Panther Mountain is one of the Catskill High Peaks, located in the Town of Shandaken in Ulster County, New York. At approximately 3,720 feet in elevation, it is the 18th highest in the range...	New York, USA New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...	10 km	375 million	42°03′N 74°24′W	2 (probable)
Snows Island Snows Island Crater The Johnsonville Impact Crater or the Snows Island Crater is a circular geophysical feature that has been interpreted by some scientists as an impact crater, situated at the junction of Lynches River and the Pee Dee River in South Carolina. Snows Island, at that point, is believed to be the...	South Carolina, USA South Carolina South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...	11 km	Unknown	33°49′N 79°22′W	2 (probable)
Toms Canyon Toms Canyon impact crater The Toms Canyon impact crater is the site where one or more meteors struck the Atlantic continental shelf, about east of Atlantic City, New Jersey....	New Jersey, USA New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...	22 km	35 million	39°08′N 72°51′W	2 (probable)
Victoria Island structure Victoria Island structure The Victoria Island structure is a 5.5 km bowl-shaped structure buried in the shale sediments of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, west of Stockton, California...	California, USA California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...	5.5 km	37–49 million	37.8899253°N 121.5346722°W	2 (probable)
Weaubleau-Osceola Weaubleau-Osceola structure The Weaubleau-Osceola structure is thought to be a meteorite impact site in western Missouri near the towns of Osceola and Weaubleau. It is believed to have been caused by a 1200-ft meteoroid between 310 and 340 million years ago during the late Mississippian period.It is listed by the Impact...	Missouri, USA Missouri Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...	15–20 km	325.0 ± 15.0 million	37°59′N 93°38′W	2 (probable)

External links

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