I'm being besieged by volcanos

[Teraku]

So out of nowhere, a volcano appeared about 300 blocks from my base. I thought "Oh well", and continued doing my business as usual.

However, when I started up my world today, another volcano had popped up WAY too close. Another 20 blocks and I'd have lost a portion of my base. I used some chunk resetting stuff to get the volcano away, and it worked. However, every time I load my world again, the volcano is back.

Is there any way to prevent this from happening?

[plowmanplow]

Just edit it out of existence?

[Teraku]

Thanks for reading. I already did that, works up to the moment I start the world again.

[xtrasyn]

Your server hates you. I suggest making up by sending flowers or chocolates.

[plowmanplow]

I don't mean "chunk resetting". I mean using something like WorldEdit to simply remove the blocks.

[Teraku]

Didn't work either. It's like the chunks the volcano is in just reset automatically.

[theprolo]

They spawn over lava pools don't they? Track it down and fill it in. Not certain if it'll work, but it'll be interesting to find out.

[Teraku]

Ah, that actually worked! Guess that explains why they respawned even when I reset the chunks, the lava pool was part of the standard generation.

Thanks for the suggestion.