Lookout Details

Registry Numbers	US 579, CA 59 (view other lookouts in United States, California)
Date Registered	June 1, 2004
Nominated by	Mark V. Thornton
Location	Butte County, California
Coordinates	N 39° 31.425' W 121° 18.001' (view using Google Maps) N 39° 31' 25" W 121° 18' 00" N 39.523750° W 121.300020°
Elevation	3,298 ft (1,005 m)
Built	1972
Administered by	California Dept. of Forestry
Cooperators	California Dept. of Forestry

Description

USFS Plan No. L-801 cab built in 1930s by CCC, which was replaced with a CDF cab design in 1972. 18'x18' concrete slab base, 30' battered open steel tower has a concrete pier foundation and supports a 196 square foot wood frame cab. A steel stairway extends up inside the tower to a landing located below the cab and the ascends up the forth face of the tower to the catwalk. The cab's nearly flat gable roof is covered with corrugated metal. Eaves feature a plain fascia.