AN INVENTORY OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY LOOKOUTS
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BALD MOUNTAIN
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Managing Agency: Siskiyou National Forest
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Constructed: 1929, a non standard two story (cathedral) lookout house
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Removed: ?
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Comments:
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BOLAN MOUNTAIN *
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Managing Agency: Siskiyou National Forest
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Constructed: c1913, a telephone lookout with camp
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Constructed: 1916, a 12x12 ground house
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Constructed: 1919, a cupola was added to the ground house
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Constructed: 1942, an AWS cabin
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Constructed: 1953, an L-4-36 ground house
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Removed: Still used in the rental program
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Comments:
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CANYON PEAK
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Managing Agency: Siskiyou National Forest
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Constructed: 1941, a L-4-36 ground house
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Removed: ? gone
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Comments:
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CHROME RIDGE *
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Managing Agency: Siskiyou National Forest
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Constructed: ?, a 14x14 pole frame, shake sided ground house
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Removed: ? gone
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Comments:
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HAYWARD MOUNTAIN
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Managing Agency: Siskiyou National Forest
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Constructed:
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Removed:
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Comments:
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HOBSON HORN *
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Managing Agency: Siskiyou National Forest
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Constructed: 1939, a 20 foot creosoted timber tower with an L-4-36 cab
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Removed:
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Comments:
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KERBY PEAK *
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Managing Agency: State
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Constructed: 1916, a cupola style lookout house
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Constructed: ?, a L-4-31 cab on short enclosed tower
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Removed: ? gone
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Comments: The Forest Service provided materials with the state providing the labor force.
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KINGS MOUNTAIN *
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Managing Agency: State
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Constructed: ?, an 8x8 cab on a 72 foot tower
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Constructed:
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Removed: ? gone
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Comments:
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LAKE MOUNTAIN *
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Managing Agency: Siskiyou National Forest
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Constructed: 1938, a 10x10 L-5 ground house
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Removed: 1954
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Comments: The house blown destroyed in a wind storm
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LITTLE GREYBACK MOUNTAIN *
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Managing Agency: Oregon Department of Forestry
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Constructed: 1980, a 14x14 Amort style ground house.
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Removed: Still in service
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Comments: Some of the materials for this lookout were salvaged from Waldo Hill lookout, for example the cedar tower legs from Waldo are cribbed under the lookout house.
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MT. RUEBEN
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Managing Agency: Siskiyou National Forest
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Constructed: 1931, a 30 foot tower with a R-1 cab
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Constructed: 1951, ? structure
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Removed: ? gone
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Comments:
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MANZANITA MOUNTAIN
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Managing Agency: Oregon Department of Forestry
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Constructed: 1961, a 30 foot timber tower with a 14x14 Amort cab
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Removed: Still standing
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Comments: The lookout was declared unsafe for use in 2006
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MEADOW CAMP
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Managing Agency: BLM?
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Constructed: ?, crow's nest
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Removed: was still standing in 2001
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Comments:
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ONION MOUNTAIN *
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Managing Agency: Siskiyou National Forest
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Constructed: 1915, a pole tower with open platform and camp
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Constructed: 1923, a D-6 cupola lookout house built upon @ 6 foot log cribbing.
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Constructed: 1952, a 10 foot treated timber tower with an L-4-36 cab
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Removed: Still in use as a rental.
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Comments: Was staffed by ODF during the 2007 fire season
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PEAVINE MOUNTAIN *
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Managing Agency: Siskiyou National Forest and Oregon Department of Forestry
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Constructed: 1914, "a sort of tower"
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Constructed: ?, a crow's nest
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Constructed: 1934, a round timber tower with a R-1 cab
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Constructed: 1961, a laminated timber tower with a 14x14 Amort Cab.
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Removed: 2006, after being declared unsafe for use.
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Comments: These lookout were located at three different locations on the same ridge. The original was more or less in the central part, the first tower was more westerly to cover National Forest, and the last tower easterly to cover state lands.
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SERPENTINE (NORTH) *
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Managing Agency: Siskiyou National Forest
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Constructed: 1934, a round timber tower with an L-4-31 cab
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Removed: ? gone
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Comments:
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SERPENTINE (SOUTH) *
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Managing Agency: Siskiyou National Forest
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Constructed: 1962, a 41 foot treated timber tower with an R-6 flat roof cab.
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Removed: ?
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Comments: The tower was pulled over and the main timbers salvaged, much of the cab is broken up on the ground.
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SEXTON MOUNTAIN *
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Managing Agency: Oregon Department of Forestry
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Constructed: c1911, ? structure
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Constructed: ?, a cupola lookout house
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Constructed: 1931, a cupola constructed on the roof of the government weather station, living quarters located in the old cupola building that was moved next to the new structure.
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Constructed: 1962, a 30 foot timber tower with a 14x14 Amort cab.
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Constructed: 2007, a steel tower with 14x14 cab.
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Removed: Still in service
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Comments: The 1962 tower was burned by vandals in 2006
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SILVER PEAK
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Managing Agency: Siskiyou National Forest
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Constructed: 1941, a L-4-36 ground house
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Removed: ?
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Comments:
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SQUAW MOUNTAIN *
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Managing Agency: Siskiyou National Forest
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Constructed: ?, crow's nest
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Removed: The remains were still standing in a decayed state in 2007
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Comments: Much of the crow's nest material has fallen to the ground and is scattered about the base of the tree.
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STEVE PEAK
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Managing Agency: Crater National Forest/Rogue River National Forest
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Constructed: 1916, a telephone lookout. The lookout used a 2" box compass and was 10 minutes from the phone.
. Constructed: 1933, a round timber tower with a 10x10 L-5 cab
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Removed: ?
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Comments:
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SWAN MOUNTAIN
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Managing Agency: Siskiyou National Forest
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Constructed:
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Removed.
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Comments:
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TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN
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Managing Agency: Siskiyou National Forest and Oregon Department of Forestry
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Constructed: 1931, ? emergency station
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Removed:
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Comments: Used for fire school and early in the season before the primary stations were opened. The state used this station in its last years.
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WALDO HILL *
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Managing Agency: Siskiyou National Forest and Oregon Department of Forestry
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Constructed: 1940, a 20 foot sawn Port Orfoed cedar tower with an L-4-36 cab
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Removed: 1980
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Comments: The cedar legs were flown to Little Greyback for construction of the new lookout at that point.
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WHISKEY PEAK
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Managing Agency: Crater National Forest/Rogue River National Forest
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Constructed: 1924, a d-6 cupola plan lookout house
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Constructed: 1930, an R-1 ground house
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Removed: ?, the salvaged material was taken to Sand Mountain on the Willamette for the reconstruction of that lookout.
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Comments: The original cupola was burned in 1929 when ashes were blown from the stove.
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YORK BUTTE *
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Managing Agency: Siskiyou National Forest
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Constructed:
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Removed:
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Comments:
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