OKANOGAN COUNTY
KNOWLTON KNOB
Department of Natural Resources
31N-23E-24
31N-23E-24
November 20, 1936: "Leslie Clapp who has been stationed on Knowlton Lookout on Paradise Hill was a caller in town Tuesday. Mr. Clapp will soon close the station and depart for his home in Chilowist district." (The Herald-Reporter)
July 19, 1940: "Les Clapp, lookout on Knowlton Knob above Brewster, was in town Monday. Due to extreme dry weather it was Mr. Clapp's first trip out in five weeks." (Brewster Herald)
1966: A replacement lookout tower erected. (6th Biennial Report of the Washington Department of Natural Resources)
August 7, 1985: "A 1,300-acre fire raged across wheatfields in north central Washington near Indian Dan Creek Tuesday, threatening livestock and ranches.
Okanogan County Sheriff's dispatcher Mike Brewer said deputies evacuated several ranches in the area. Brewer said ranchers attempted to remove some livestock from the area before they were forced to leave.
The blaze grew from seven acres to 500 acres in its first hour and burned out of control about four miles north of Pateros. It overran a Department of Natural Resources fire lookout tower which first reported the fire at 2:39 p.m., Brewer said.
A wheat farmer reported that a catalytic converter on a vehicle he was driving through his wheat fields started the blaze.
Department of Natural Resources spokesman Bill Berrigan said dry conditions in the area helped the fire spread quickly. 'It hasn't had the rain that parts of eastern Washington have had.'
The fire burned on state and private land through wheat, grass, sagebrush and scattered pine, Berrigan said.
Winds to 10 mph fueled the flames northeast over Knowlton Knob, where the agency's lookout tower was located, he said." (Lewiston Morning Tribune)
August 2014: The tower was overrun by the Carlton Complex Fire, two of the legs were burned through. Even with this major damage the tower remained standing.
2014: Repairs made to stabilize the tower and return the structure to useable condition.
DESIGNATION - KNOWLTON
PID - TP1175
STATE/COUNTY- WA/OKANOGAN
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - KNOWLTON KNOB (1992)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1956
TO REACH FROM JCT. OF U.S. HWY. 97 AND SWAMP CREEK RD. IN
BREWSTER, DRIVE N. ON SWAMP CREEK RD. 0.1 MI TO RR. TRACKS,
CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD ABOUT 200 FT TO RD. FORKS AND ELECTRIC
SUBSTATION LEFT. TAKE LEFT FORK AND FOLLOW GRAVEL RD. 1.1 MI TO
TOP OF HILL AND BREWSTER CITY DUMP RIGHT, CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD
1.3 MI TO RD. FORKS AND SIGN SWAMP CREEK RD., CONTINUE STRAIGHT
AHEAD 1.2 MI TO RD. FORKS AND SIGN KNOWLTON LO. TAKE LEFT FORK
1.8 MI TO RD. FORKS AND SIGN JOHN KNOWLTON. TAKE RIGHT FORK 0.3
MI TO REVERSE Y AND SIGN KNOWLTON LO, CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD
0.9 MI TO RD. FORKS. TAKE RIGHT FORK 1.5 MI TO RD. FORKS AND
SIGN KNOWLTON LO. TAKE LEFT FORK 0.6 MI TO RD. FORKS AND
SIGN KNOWLTON LO 3. TAKE LEFT FORK 3.0 MI TO TOP AND STATION.
KNOWLTON KNOB LOH--A FS LOH INTERSECTED AND DESCRIBED.
NOTE--THE NGS COORDINATES DO
NOT AGREE WITH 1956 USGS OBSERVATIONS OF LOH.
DATA--TOP OF LOH IS 14.8 FT AND EAVES ARE 10.4 FT ABOVE
STATION MARK.