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Official Name:
Mount Cleveland
Seismically Monitored:
Yes
Color Code:
GREEN
Alert Level:
NORMAL
Elevation:
1730m (5675ft)
Latitude:
52.8222
Longitude:
-169.945
Smithsonian VNum:
311240
Pronunciation:
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Nearby Towns:
Nikolski 46 mi (73 km)
NE
Unalaska 158 mi (255 km)
NE
Atka 184 mi (296 km)
SW
Akutan 194 mi (312 km)
NE
Saint George 262 mi (421 km)
NE
Distance from Anchorage: 945 mi (1521 km)
Description
From Miller and others (1998)
[1]
: "Mt. Cleveland is a stratovolcano that comprises the entire western half of Chuginadak Island, 40 km west of Umnak. Distinctively conical and symmetrical in form, Cleveland is about 8.5 km in diameter and is joined to the rugged, though lower, eastern half of the island by a low, narrow strip of land. Sekora (1973)
[2]
reports that this strip is dotted with "lava flow, cinder, and ash patches, and conical hills."
"Although it is the tallest member of the Four Mountains group, Mt. Cleveland is reported to lose snow more rapidly than neighboring peaks presumably from anomalous heat generation (Sekora, 1973
[2]
, p. 27). Hot springs were noted at the base of a volcano on Chuginadak Island in the 1800's
[3]
.
"Like many other Aleutian volcanoes, the lower flanks of Mt. Cleveland up to about the 300 m elevation are more irregular and dissected than the upper flanks. The cones on the eastern half of Chuginadak Island are dissected by broad valleys presumably eroded in part by glaciers; in contrast, the upper cone of Mt. Cleveland is virtually undissected."
Name Origin
Mount Cleveland was named in 1898 by John A. Flemer, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, possibly after Stephen Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th President of the United States (Orth, 1971).
References Cited
[1]
Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska
, 1998
Miller, T. P., McGimsey, R. G., Richter, D. H., Riehle, J. R., Nye, C. J., Yount, M. E., and Dumoulin, J. A., 1998, Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0582, 104 p.
title page PDF
52
intro and TOC PDF
268 KB
eastern part - Wrangell to Ukinrek Maars PDF
972 KB
central part - Chiginagak to Cleveland PDF
2,463 KB
western part - Carlisle to Kiska PDF
956 KB
references PDF
43 KB
[2]
Aleutian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Wilderness Study Report
, 1973
Sekora, P., 1973, Aleutian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Wilderness Study Report: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife.
[3]
Thermal springs of the United States and other countries of the world - a summary
, 1965
Waring, G. A., 1965, Thermal springs of the United States and other countries of the world - a summary: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper PP 0492, 383 p.
Current Activity
No new updates for Cleveland volcano since July 8, 2024, 1:06 pm.
Recent Updates
Activity at background, Aviation Color Code and Volcano Alert Level lowered to GREEN/NORMAL.
Jul 8th, 2024 01:06:48 PM
Aviation Color Code/Volcano Alert Level lowered to GREEN/NORMAL.
Jul 8th, 2024 12:54:04 PM
Seismicity is quiet. Weakly elevated surface temperatures observed in satellite data and weak steaming from the vent observed by web camera.
Jul 7th, 2024 10:45:30 AM
Seismicity was quiet over the last day. Nothing unusual observed in satellite images and steaming was seen in web camera images.
Jul 6th, 2024 12:26:45 PM
Sulfur dioxide emissions detected. Aviation Color Code/Volcano Alert Level upgraded to YELLOW/ADVISORY.
Jul 5th, 2024 02:54:00 PM
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Cleveland [CLCO, 449 ft]
Cleveland [NIKH, 653 ft]
Cleveland [CLES, 479 ft]
Cleveland Vis [CLNE, 1076 ft]
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Ashfall Forecast
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Ashfall Start Time
This map shows the modeled estimate of the time it would take for ashfall to begin following an eruption. It corresponds to the ashfall thickness forecast map shown above. This map uses the start time of either the twice-daily hypothetical model runs (time shown in the legend) or the actual eruption start time (if one were to occur). In the case of an actual eruption, the National Weather Service Anchorage Forecast Office will issue the official ashfall warning product that includes the ashfall start time and post them at
weather.gov/afc
THESE PRODUCTS MAY NOT BE CURRENT.
During an actual eruption, see National Weather Service forecasts of ashfall:
https://weather.gov/afc
.
Ashfall Start Times Forecast
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