Mageik 1954
Start: 1954 [1]
Event Type: Not an eruption
Description: Mount Mageik steamed intermittently during 1954. Such steaming does not constitute a volcanic eruption. A summary of reports given by military observers (on file at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute) is as follows:
-20 Jan: steam and light grey smoke bubbling actively from a small peak crater. There is some likelihood of fire within this crater. This was originally thought to be Mt. Cerberus but subsequent observations establish this to be Mageik which had at an earlier date been reported with a single whisp of steam.
-16 February 1954: steam rising from hole in peak to be blown eastward down slope. No smoke, no odor.
-25 June: Quantities of white smoke and steam. Molten sulphur pool in crater. Smoke rising approx. 1000ft. Dispersing to the west. 5 August: Light steam rising 500 feet.
-1 Oct: Small amount of steam coming out of two different vents: one at tip of peak with the other on east shoulder of peak about 500' from top.
-20 Jan: steam and light grey smoke bubbling actively from a small peak crater. There is some likelihood of fire within this crater. This was originally thought to be Mt. Cerberus but subsequent observations establish this to be Mageik which had at an earlier date been reported with a single whisp of steam.
-16 February 1954: steam rising from hole in peak to be blown eastward down slope. No smoke, no odor.
-25 June: Quantities of white smoke and steam. Molten sulphur pool in crater. Smoke rising approx. 1000ft. Dispersing to the west. 5 August: Light steam rising 500 feet.
-1 Oct: Small amount of steam coming out of two different vents: one at tip of peak with the other on east shoulder of peak about 500' from top.
References Cited
[1] Geology of the Mount Katmai area, Alaska, 1959
Keller, A. S., and Reiser, H. N., 1959, Geology of the Mount Katmai area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1058-G, p. 261-298, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
full-text PDF 4 MB
plate 29 PDF 32 MB [2] Volcano observations, 1954
Unknown, 1954, Volcano observations: Unpublished volcano observation sheets filled out by U.S. military and stored on file at the Geophyiscal Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, unpaged.Complete Eruption References
Volcano observations, 1954
Unknown, 1954, Volcano observations: Unpublished volcano observation sheets filled out by U.S. military and stored on file at the Geophyiscal Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, unpaged.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet
Geology of the Mount Katmai area, Alaska, 1959
Keller, A. S., and Reiser, H. N., 1959, Geology of the Mount Katmai area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1058-G, p. 261-298, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
full-text PDF 4 MB
plate 29 PDF 32 MB 
A summary of volcanic and seismic activity in Katmai National Monument, Alaska, 1967
Ward, P. L., and Matumoto, T., 1967, A summary of volcanic and seismic activity in Katmai National Monument, Alaska: Bulletin Volcanologique, v. 31, p.107-129.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet