The soils at Sandfell, which is closest to the Öræfajökull volcano and where the tephra was thickest, probably never recovered from the intensified soil erosion following the eruption.
Við Sandfell, sem er næst eldstöðinni í Öræfajökli og gjóskan var þykkust, hefur vistkerfið sennilega aldrei náð sér eftir gosið 1362.