KOOTENAI COUNTY
CEDAR MOUNTAIN
Coeur d'Alene National Forest
52N-3W-1
52N-3W-1
c.1929: Crow's-nest. (Kresek)
c.1934: 20-foot pole tower with L-4 cab. (Kresek)
December 29, 1950: "Delivery is expected soon on high frequency radio equipment to aid the state forestry department in combating forest fires next summer.
State Forester Roger L. Guernsey said mobile sets had been ordered for the chief fire warden's office at Coeur d'Alene and district wardens at Sandpoint and Heyburn Lake; two portable sets, one of which will be kept at the district warden's office in Coeur d'Alene, one base station for Coeur d'Alene, and one mobile relay for location on Cedar Mountain, 16 miles northeast of Coeur d'Alene." (The Post-Register)
1959: Destroyed. (Kresek)
Removed
DESIGNATION - CEDAR MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - SV1568
STATE/COUNTY- ID/KOOTENAI
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - ATHOL (1961)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1940 (ANS)
CEDAR MOUNTAIN FOREST SERVICE LOOKOUT TOWER IS IN THE COEUR
D ALENE NATIONAL FOREST, 5 MILES ENE OF CHILCO, 15 MILES NNE
OF COEUR D ALENE AND 5 MILES NNE OF THE N OF HAYDEN LAKE. THE
TOP OF THE TOWER WAS INTERSECTED.