VALLEY COUNTY
PILOT PEAK
Payette National Forest
21N-8E-07
21N-8E-07
1932: A log lookout house constructed.
1954: A two-story cinder block and standard L-4 cabin constructed.
July 16, 1985: "In Idaho, some 600 people fought the 3,000-acre Savage Creek fire, which jumped lines over the weekend. The Pilot Peak lookout in the Payette Forest was ordered evacuated Monday when the fire jumped over Elk Creek. It was one of several fires in the state, most of which have been contained." (Ellensburg Daily Record)
DESIGNATION - PILOT PEAK LOOKOUT HOUSE
PID - QZ0703
STATE/COUNTY- ID/VALLEY
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - PILOT PEAK (1969)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (JEG)
THE STATION IS LOCATED, AIRLINE, ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF
YELLOWPINE, 10-1/2 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF BIG CREEK AND 8-1/2
MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF WARREN.
THE LOOKOUT IS A TWO STORY STRUCTURE ABOUT 14 FEET SQUARE AND 25
FEET HIGH TO THE PEAK OF THE ROOF. THE UPPER STORY IS OF WOOD
AND IS SURROUNDED BY A WALKWAY ABOUT 4 FEET WIDE WHILE THE LOWER
PART OF THE BUILDING IS OF CONCRETE. IT IS PAINTED WHITE AND
HAS A GREEN ROOF. IT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE U.S. FOREST
SERVICE. THE STATION IS 7.690 METERS, (25.20 FEET)
EAST-NORTHEAST OF TRIANGULATION STATION PILOT. THE POINT OF
INTERSECTION WAS THE PEAK OF THE ROOF AT THE CENTER.