Bloomer Hill Lookout
US 1308, CA 131
Bloomer Hill Lookout

Bloomer Hill Lookout - courtesy of Brad Eells

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 1308, CA 131 (view other lookouts in United States, California)
Date Registered October 15, 2019
Nominated by Brad Eells
Location Plumas National Forest
Butte County, California
Coordinates N 39° 39.114' W 121° 27.786' (view using Google Maps)
N 39° 39' 07" W 121° 27' 47"
N 39.651907° W 121.463107°
Elevation 3,005 ft (916 m)
Built 1925
Administered by California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Cooperators Plumas National Forest, Butte County

Description

Financed and built cooperatively between the US Forest Service, The California Division of Forestry and Butte County. The tower, an Aermotor Company product, is believed to have been erected in 1925. The cab modification took place in 1959. The CCC era BC-201 residence was replaced by the CDF in 1973. The house's planning number is 660. There are nine, 60' Aermotor Company towers in the CDF&FP fire detection system. All of CDF&FP's Aermotor Company cabs have had catwalks added, windows replaced and catwalk access doors installed.

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Photos

Ron Kemnow Photo

Ron Kemnow Photo

1939 Newspaper Article

1939 Newspaper Article