IDAHO COUNTY
COTTONWOOD BUTTE
Payette National Forest
23N-14E-31
23N-14E-31
DESIGNATION - COTTONWOOD LOOKOUT
PID - QZ0619
STATE/COUNTY- ID/IDAHO
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - COTTONWOOD BUTTE (1977)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1945 (JCT)
COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS--
THE STATION IS ON THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE IDAHO AND
SALMON NATIONAL FORESTS, 8 MILES S BY W OF THE PACK BRIDGE
ACROSS THE SALMON RIVER AT HORSE CREEK, AND 7-1/2 MILES E OF THE
COLD MEADOW RANGER STATION, ON THE SUMMIT OF COTTONWOOD BUTTE.
IT IS AN UNPAINTED, SQUARE, LOG, PYRAMIDAL ROOFED LOOKOUT
HOUSE. IT IS NO LONGER USED BY THE FOREST SERVICE.
IT WAS LOCATED BY TRAVERSE FROM STATION COTTONWOOD.
THE POINT LOCATED WAS THE COMPUTED CENTER OF THE LOOKOUT HOUSE.