Alaska Volcano Observatory - Send an ash report to AVO

Reports of ash fall are important to us; we use your observations to assess the character and size or of the eruption plume and report to the National Weather Service so they can keep their Ashfall Advisories current. Thank you for your participation in volcano science!

Ashfall Information

Date of ashfall:		(yyyy-mm-dd)
Time ashfall started:		(hh:mm:ss)
Time ashfall ended:		(hh:mm:ss)
Duration of ashfall:
Amount of ashfall:		trace: < 1/32 inch (0.8 mm) minor: 1/32 - 1/4 inch (0.8 - 6.4 mm) substantial: 1/4 - 1 inch (6.4 - 25.5 mm) heavy: 1 - 4 inches (25.5 to 100 mm)
Comments on amount of ashfall:
Weather conditions at time of ash fall:		Wind speed, wind direction, gusty or not, snowfall or rainfall during ash deposition, etc.
Comments:		Any extra information you'd like to send along

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Your contact information and location

First name:
Last name:
Email:
Phone:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip:

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Where did you experience ashfall?

Same as my location

Address:
City:
State:
Zip:
Location of ashfall (GPS Location, map location, general location, whatever you can provide -- more detail is better):

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Sample Information

If you collected an ash sample (directions here), please fill out as much of the following as you can. Otherwise, just submit the report to us!

What type of sample did you collect?		MPUA: Measured area sample (more info ...) bulk: bulk sample (more info ...) time_series: samples collected over a period of time(more info ...) multiple: multiple samples collected
What type of surface was the ash collected from?
Any extra information about the sample you'd like to send along:

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**No personally identifiable information will be distributed; all personally identifiable information will be used internally by the Alaska Volcano Observatory. If you provide your phone number, we may use the first three digits of your number as a location for geocoding ash fall accounts on a map. AVO scientists may use some of the information that you enter in qualitative description fields in publications; you would be identified as "an observer" and your location given in general terms. Parts of some first-person accounts may be reproduced as quotations in AVO publications.