Carey Dome Fire Lookout

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Carey Dome Fire Lookout
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Nearest city Burgdorf, Idaho
Coordinates 45°24′10″N115°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 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]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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.