GARFIELD COUNTY
CLEARWATER
Umatilla National Forest
8N-42E-5
8N-42E-5
DESIGNATION - CLEARWATER LOT USFS 1936
PID - RZ1674
STATE/COUNTY- WA/GARFIELD
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - STENTZ SPRING (1995)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY US FOREST SERVICE 1936
THIS OCCUPIED STATION IS THE CENTER OF THE U.S.F.S. LOOKOUT
TOWER, A 90-FOOT STEEL STRUCTURE, SITUATED ABOUT 28 MILES
OF POMEROY AND 0.5 MILE NW OF CLEARWATER RANGER STATION. RZ1675' RZ1675'STATION MARK IS A DISK SET IN A BURIED BOULDER UNDER THE EXACT
CENTER OF THE TOWER.
TO REACH FROM POMEROY, DRIVE S 28 MILES ON CLEARWATER ROAD
TO LOOKOUT, WHICH IS ABOUT 300 FEET W OF JUNCTION OF CLEARWATER
AND IRON SPRINGS ROADS.
STATION RECOVERY (1963)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1963 (JCC)
THE STATION WAS NOT OCCUPIED BY AN OBSERVING PARTY.
THE INSTRUMENT SUPPORT IS THE TOP OF THE ALIDADE IN LOOKOUT
TOWER.
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DAYTON,
19 MILES SOUTH OF POMEROY AND 0.5 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE CLEARWATER
GUARD STATION, IN THE CLEARWATER LOOKOUT.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN POMEROY, GO EASTERLY
ON U.S. HIGHWAY 410 FOR 0.45 MILE TO JUNCTION WITH STATE
HIGHWAY 3K. TURN RIGHT AND GO SOUTHERLY ON HIGHWAY 3K FOR 7.8
MILES TO FORKS WHERE HIGHWAY 3K TURNS LEFT. CONTINUE SOUTHERLY
ON A GRAVELED ROAD (ROUTE N 911) AS PER SIGNS TO CLEARWATER
GUARD STATION FOR 15.7 MILES TO ROAD FORKS ABOUT 100 YARDS
EAST OF THE CLEARWATER LOOKOUT TOWER. TURN RIGHT ABOUT 100
YARDS TO THE TOWER AND STATION.