Indian Springs fire tower at Crane from February 2025
| Registry Numbers | US 1838, IN 18 (view other lookouts in United States, Indiana) |
| Date Registered | August 2, 2026 |
| Nominated by | Jason Johns |
| Location |
Naval Weapons Station Crane Martin County, Indiana |
| Coordinates |
N 38° 47.339' W 086° 47.473' (view using Google Maps) N 38° 47' 20" W 086° 47' 28" N 38.788980° W 086.791223° |
| Elevation | 782 ft (238 m) |
| Administered by | U.S. Navy |
According to Indianafiretowers.com. In the 1930s, this area in Martin County was being called the White River Land Utilization Project as a project between the USDA Soil Conversation Service and the Indiana Department of Conservation. This area in Martin County becomes a naval ammunition facility as WW2 begins.
The southern Crane tower is the only one that seems to have a name (or two.) Indian Springs and Trinity Springs are both town names near the southern tower. I think both of these names have been applied to this southern tower. There is an NGS mark named INDIAN SPRINGS LOOKOUT TOWER (JA1932) referring to the southern-most of the Crane towers. I think this is fairly solid evidence that the southern tower was primarily named Indian Springs.
The name “Trinity Springs” is mentioned in the text on a USDA flyer about Hickory Ridge Lookout Tower: “The CCC camp, located in Kurtz, not only built the lookout tower at Hickory Ridge and Dutch Ridge, but also one at Trinity Springs.”
I have not see any names associated with the other three towers.