Carey Dome Fire Lookout

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.[1]

Carey Dome Fire Lookout
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Burgdorf, Idaho
Coordinates	45°24′10″N 115°54′12″W
Area	less than one acre
Built by	USDA Forest Service
Architectural style	7 x 7 steel tower
NRHP reference No.	94000268[1]
Added to NRHP	March 25, 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).[2]

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.[2]

The log cabin was built in 1943.[2]

The weather station was installed in the 1950s or before.[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. 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.