Makushin

Project Details

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• Project ID:

  92

• Nickname/Abbreviation:

  Makushin

• Parent Project:

  Volcanology Section projects

• Status:

  Active

• Description:

  Eruptions from Makushin volcano pose a hazard to facilities and residents of Dutch Harbor/Unalaska, the most productive fishing port in the nation. Given the potential impacts to Dutch Harbor, especially from volcanic ash fall, the Alaska Volcano Observatory has prioritized scientific investigations at Makushin to better understand the three voluminous early Holocene eruptions and numerous small ash fall events that have impacted the Dutch Harbor/Unalaska region. AVO staff is converting unpublished digital data to the GeMS geodatabase model starting in 2020.

• Project Date(s):

  2000 - present

• Primary Contact:

  Cameron, Cheryl E.

• DGGS section:

  Geologic Hazards

• Alternate Url:

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• Project Participants:

  James E. Beget, Christopher J. Nye, Janet R. Schaefer, Kate F. Bull, Jessica F. Larsen

Publications

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RDF 2026-12

Larsen, J.F., Schaefer, J.R., Dietterich, H.R., Vallance, J.W., Rosenkrans, H.S., Van Eaton, Alexa, Wallace, K.L., Kleiner, Wil, and Hatfield, Virginia, 2026, Stratigraphic and electron microprobe data for Holocene tephra from Makushin Volcano, Alaska, and for interbedded tephra from other volcanoes located among or near the islands of the eastern Aleutians: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2026-12, 5 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/32059

IC 86 v. 2

Dietterich, H.R., Schaefer, J.R., Larsen, J.F., Vallance, J.W., Van Eaton, A.R., and Wallace, K.L., 2025, Makushin Volcano ash hazards: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Information Circular 86 v. 2, 2 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31684

IC 86

Schaefer, J.R.G., Perreault, J.M., Larsen, J.F., and Vallance, J.W., 2020, Makushin Volcano ash hazards: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Information Circular 86, 2 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30411

RI 2000-4

Beget, J.E., Nye, C.J., and Bean, K.W., 2000, Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Makushin Volcano, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2000-4, 22 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:100,000. https://doi.org/10.14509/2679

RI 97-20

McConnell, V.S., Beget, J.E., Roach, A.L., Bean, K.W., and Nye, C.J., 1998, Geologic map of the Makushin volcanic field, Unalaska Island, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 97-20, 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360. https://doi.org/10.14509/2576

Annual Reports

AR 2013-D

DGGS Staff, 2014, Volcanology FY14 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2013: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2013-D, p. 66-75. https://doi.org/10.14509/27004