Carey Dome Fire Lookout

The Carey Dome Fire Lookout is a fire lookout tower complex located in Nez Perce National Forest, 9 miles north of United States Forest Service Burgdorf Guard Station, near Burgdorf in Idaho County, Idaho. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

Carey Dome Fire Lookout
Carey Dome Fire Lookout is located in Idaho
Carey Dome Fire Lookout
Carey Dome Fire Lookout is located in the United States
Carey Dome Fire Lookout
Nearest cityBurgdorf, Idaho
Coordinates45°24′10″N 115°54′12″W / 45.40278°N 115.90333°W / 45.40278; -115.90333
Arealess than one acre
Built byUSDA Forest Service
Architectural style7 x 7 steel tower
NRHP reference No.94000268[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 25, 1994

The listing included two contributing structures (a fire lookout tower and a weather station), one contributing building (a log cabin residence), and a non-contributing structure (a flagpole).[2]

The tower is an Aermotor Company steel tower assembled in 1934, which has a 7 by 7 feet (2.1 m × 2.1 m) steel cab at the top. It is 85 feet (26 m) tall from ground level to top of the cab.[2]

The log cabin was built in 1943.[2]

The weather station was installed in the 1950s or before.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d John F. Elliott (July 10, 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Carey Dome Fire Lookout". National Park Service. Retrieved September 17, 2017. With five photos from 1992.