PACIFIC COUNTY
TRAP CREEK
Washington Forest Fire Association
12N-8W-7
12N-8W-7
1960-62: "The lookout construction work is performed by the Department's own carpentry crew. In the past two years, the crew completed nine lookouts at a cost averaging $8,000 apiece, one of which is located at Trap Creek, Pacific County." (3rd Biennial Report Washington Department of Natural Resources)
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STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1953 (RAG)
THE STATION IS ABOUT 9 MILES (AIRLINE) SOUTH OF RAYMOND, 5 MILES
(AIRLINE) SOUTHWEST OF HOLCOMB, IS NEAR THE HEAD OF TRAP CREEK, AND
IS ON THE SUMMIT OF THE SAME HILL THE STATE FOREST SERVICE LOOKOUT
TOWER IS ON. THE TOP OF THE HILL IS BRUSH-COVERED AND HAS BEEN
LOGGED-OFF.
TO REACH FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 101 AND STATE HIGHWAY
12, AT THE SOUTH END OF THE BUSINESS DISTRICT IN RAYMOND. GO
SOUTHEAST ON STATE HIGHWAY 12 FOR 6.3 MILES TO STORE AND POST
OFFICE IN MENLO. CONTINUE ON STATE HIGHWAY 12 FOR 5.3 MILES TO A
ROAD RIGHT, AT BUILDINGS ON RIGHT AND 0.05 MILE BEFORE REACHING
BRIDGE OVER TRAP CREEK. TURN RIGHT, GO 1.4 MILES TO A FORK.
KEEP RIGHT FORK, GO 0.6 MILE TO A LOCKED GATE. (STATE FOREST
SERVICE LOCK), PASS THROUGH GATE AND CONTINUE 3.5 MILES TO A
FORK. KEEP LEFT FORK, GO 0.7 MILE TO A FORK. KEEP RIGHT FORK,
GO 0.2 MILE TO A FORK. KEEP LEFT FORK, GO 0.2 MILE TO A FORK.
KEEP RIGHT FORK, GO 1.1 MILES TO A FORK. KEEP RIGHT FORK, GO
0.1 MILE TO THE LOOKOUT TOWER AND STATION.
REFERENCE MARK 1, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED TRAP CREEK NO 1 1953, IS
IN THE SOUTHEAST CONCRETE FOOTING WHICH SUPPORTS THE LOOKOUT
TOWER. THE CONCRETE FOOTING IS ABOUT 18 INCHES SQUARE AND PROJECTS
6 INCHES.
A TRAVERSE CONNECTION WAS MADE TO THE TRAP CREEK LOOKOUT TOWER, DISTANCE BEING 15.750 METERS (51.67 FEET) NORTH-NORTHEAST OF
STATION TO CENTER OF LOOKOUT TOWER. THE LOOKOUT TOWER IS A WOODEN STRUCTURE SUPPORTED BY 4 LEGS AND IS 42 FEET IN HEIGHT.
STATION RECOVERY (1967)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1967 (HJS)
PREVIOUS DESCRIPTION IS ON PAGE 2 OF BOOK NO. 1152.
THE STATION MARK AND THE AZIMUTH MARK WERE RECOVERED IN GOOD
CONDITION. THE LOOKOUT TOWER HAS BEEN TORN DOWN AND REBUILT SOUTH
OF THE STATION MARK AND BOTH REFERENCE MARKS WERE DESTROYED DURING CONSTRUCTION. TWO NEW REFERENCE MARKS WERE ESTABLISHED, AND A
POSITION OF THE NEW LOOKOUT TOWER DETERMINED.
STATION RECOVERY (1976)
THE STATION IS ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF RAYMOND, 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF HOLCOMB AND ON THE SUMMIT OF THE 2150 FOOT HIGH HILL FORMERLY
OCCUPIED BY TRAP CREEK LOOKOUT TOWER.