Carey Dome Fire Lookout | |
Nearest city | Burgdorf, Idaho |
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Coordinates | 45°24′10″N115°54′12″W / 45.40278°N 115.90333°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built by | USDA Forest Service |
Architectural style | 7 x 7 steel tower |
NRHP reference No. | 94000268 [1] |
Added to NRHP | March 25, 1994 |
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]
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]