OKANOGAN COUNTY
BUCK MOUNTAIN
Department of Natural Resources
34N-24E-21
34N-24E-21
July 2, 1920: "Forest Supervisor P. T. Harris announces the following lookout appointments for the ensuing fire season on the Okanogan forest: Fred Cole, Buck's Peak." (The Oroville Weekly Gazette)
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 Buck Mountain, Okanogan County." (3rd Biennial Report Washington Department of Natural Resources)
DESIGNATION - BUCK
PID - TP1177
STATE/COUNTY- WA/OKANOGAN
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - BUCK MOUNTAIN (1993)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1925 (WHB)
STATION IS ABOUT 12 MILES, AIR LINE, NW OF OKANOGAN, ON BUCK
MOUNTAIN, A WELL KNOWN POINT WHERE THE FOREST SERVICE MAINTAINS
A LOOKOUT STATION. THE STATION IS ON THE PEAK OF THE MOUNTAIN, BUT
NOT ON THE HIGHEST POINT, ABOUT 10 METERS N OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER
AND 10 METERS E OF THE LOOKOUTS CABIN. THE U.S.G.S. STATION BUCK
IS ON APPROXIMATELY THE HIGHEST POINT.
STATION RECOVERY (1950)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1950 (WRH)
STATION WAS RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED AND ALL MARKS FOUND IN GOOD
CONDITION. A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS.
STATION IS LOCATED ON BUCK MOUNTAIN, AIRLINE, ABOUT 17 MILES EAST
SOUTHEAST OF WINTHROP, 14-1/2 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF TWISP, 12
MILES NORTHWEST OF OKANOGAN AND 51 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE U.S.
FOREST SERVICE LOOKOUT TOWER.
STATION MARK, STAMPED BUCK 1925, IS A STANDARD DISK CEMENTED IN
A DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER THAT PROJECTS 4 INCHES ABOVE THE
GROUND. IT IS 2.9 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHEAST GUY WIRE ANCHOR
SPIKE AND ABOUT 7 FEET LOWER THAN THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE
MOUNTAIN.
REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 1, STAMPED BUCK NO 1 1925, IS A STANDARD
DISK CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER THAT PROJECTS 12 INCHES
ABOVE THE GROUND AND IS ABOUT 12 INCHES HIGHER IN ELEVATION THAN
THE STATION.
REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 2, STAMPED BUCK NO 2 1936, IS A STANDARD
DISK CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER THAT PROJECTS 18 INCHES
ABOVE THE GROUND AND IS ABOUT 36 INCHES LOWER IN ELEVATION THAN
THE STATION.
BUCK (USGS) IS A 3/4 INCH ALUMINUM PLUG SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN A
BOULDER THAT PROJECT 10 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND AND IS 7 FEET
HIGHER IN ELEVATION THAN THE STATION. IT IS ABOUT 5 FEET NORTH
OF THE CENTER OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER.
GRANITE MTN. L.O. CAN BE USED FOR AN AZIMUTH MARK. TO REACH
SEE THE DESCRIPTION FOR GRANITE MTN. L.O..
BUCK MTN. L.O. TOWER IS A 14 FOOT SQUARE WOODEN BUILDING, PAINTED
GRAY, SET ON TOP OF A 24 FOOT POLE TOWER. IT IS ON THE HIGHEST
POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN. THE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION WAS TAKEN TO
THE CENTER OF THE TOWER.
THE STATION IS REACHED AS FOLLOWS--FROM THE U.S. POST OFFICE IN
TWISP GO SOUTHEAST ON STATE HIGHWAY 16 FOR 2.4 MILES. TURN LEFT,
EAST, ON GRAVELED ROAD AND GO 10.0 MILES TO A FORK. TAKE LEFT
FORK AS PER SIGN CONCONULLY 20 - SUMMIT ROAD N AND GO 3.9 MILES
TO A FORK. TAKE RIGHT FORK AND GO 4.0 MILES TO A SIGN BUCK
PASS - BUCK MTN. CABIN AND THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. FROM HERE
FOLLOW THE FOREST SERVICE TRAIL SOUTH SOUTHEAST FOR ABOUT 1-1/2
MILES TO THE LOOKOUT TOWER AND THE STATION. IT IS ABOUT A 3/4
HOUR PACK.
PID - TP1177
STATE/COUNTY- WA/OKANOGAN
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - BUCK MOUNTAIN (1993)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1925 (WHB)
STATION IS ABOUT 12 MILES, AIR LINE, NW OF OKANOGAN, ON BUCK
MOUNTAIN, A WELL KNOWN POINT WHERE THE FOREST SERVICE MAINTAINS
A LOOKOUT STATION. THE STATION IS ON THE PEAK OF THE MOUNTAIN, BUT
NOT ON THE HIGHEST POINT, ABOUT 10 METERS N OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER
AND 10 METERS E OF THE LOOKOUTS CABIN. THE U.S.G.S. STATION BUCK
IS ON APPROXIMATELY THE HIGHEST POINT.
STATION RECOVERY (1950)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1950 (WRH)
STATION WAS RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED AND ALL MARKS FOUND IN GOOD
CONDITION. A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS.
STATION IS LOCATED ON BUCK MOUNTAIN, AIRLINE, ABOUT 17 MILES EAST
SOUTHEAST OF WINTHROP, 14-1/2 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF TWISP, 12
MILES NORTHWEST OF OKANOGAN AND 51 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE U.S.
FOREST SERVICE LOOKOUT TOWER.
STATION MARK, STAMPED BUCK 1925, IS A STANDARD DISK CEMENTED IN
A DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER THAT PROJECTS 4 INCHES ABOVE THE
GROUND. IT IS 2.9 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHEAST GUY WIRE ANCHOR
SPIKE AND ABOUT 7 FEET LOWER THAN THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE
MOUNTAIN.
REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 1, STAMPED BUCK NO 1 1925, IS A STANDARD
DISK CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER THAT PROJECTS 12 INCHES
ABOVE THE GROUND AND IS ABOUT 12 INCHES HIGHER IN ELEVATION THAN
THE STATION.
REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 2, STAMPED BUCK NO 2 1936, IS A STANDARD
DISK CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER THAT PROJECTS 18 INCHES
ABOVE THE GROUND AND IS ABOUT 36 INCHES LOWER IN ELEVATION THAN
THE STATION.
BUCK (USGS) IS A 3/4 INCH ALUMINUM PLUG SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN A
BOULDER THAT PROJECT 10 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND AND IS 7 FEET
HIGHER IN ELEVATION THAN THE STATION. IT IS ABOUT 5 FEET NORTH
OF THE CENTER OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER.
GRANITE MTN. L.O. CAN BE USED FOR AN AZIMUTH MARK. TO REACH
SEE THE DESCRIPTION FOR GRANITE MTN. L.O..
BUCK MTN. L.O. TOWER IS A 14 FOOT SQUARE WOODEN BUILDING, PAINTED
GRAY, SET ON TOP OF A 24 FOOT POLE TOWER. IT IS ON THE HIGHEST
POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN. THE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION WAS TAKEN TO
THE CENTER OF THE TOWER.
THE STATION IS REACHED AS FOLLOWS--FROM THE U.S. POST OFFICE IN
TWISP GO SOUTHEAST ON STATE HIGHWAY 16 FOR 2.4 MILES. TURN LEFT,
EAST, ON GRAVELED ROAD AND GO 10.0 MILES TO A FORK. TAKE LEFT
FORK AS PER SIGN CONCONULLY 20 - SUMMIT ROAD N AND GO 3.9 MILES
TO A FORK. TAKE RIGHT FORK AND GO 4.0 MILES TO A SIGN BUCK
PASS - BUCK MTN. CABIN AND THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. FROM HERE
FOLLOW THE FOREST SERVICE TRAIL SOUTH SOUTHEAST FOR ABOUT 1-1/2
MILES TO THE LOOKOUT TOWER AND THE STATION. IT IS ABOUT A 3/4
HOUR PACK.