United States historic place
| Carey Dome Fire Lookout | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Nearest city | Burgdorf, Idaho |
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| Coordinates | 45°24′10″N 115°54′12″W / 45.40278°N 115.90333°W / 45.40278; -115.90333 |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built by | USDA Forest Service |
| Architectural style | 7 x 7 steel tower |
| NRHP reference No. | 94000268 |
| Added to NRHP | March 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.
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 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.
The log cabin was built in 1943.
The weather station was installed in the 1950s or before.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ 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.
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