Carey Dome Fire Lookout Explained

Carey Dome Fire Lookout
Coordinates:45.4028°N -115.9033°W
Builder:USDA Forest Service
Architecture:7 x 7 steel tower
Added:March 25, 1994
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:94000268

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.

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).

The tower is an Aermotor Company steel tower assembled in 1934, which has a NaNfeet steel cab at the top. It is 85feet tall from ground level to top of the cab.

The log cabin was built in 1943.[1]

The weather station was installed in the 1950s or before.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=94000268}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Carey Dome Fire Lookout]. National Park Service. John F. Elliott . July 10, 1992 . September 17, 2017. With .