LEWIS COUNTY
SOUTH POINT
Gifford Pinchot National Forest
12N-9E-23
12N-9E-23
1951: Bob Baldwin performed the fire observation duties at this station during fire season. (Personal conversation)
May 5, 1964: "A major change in forest fire detection in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest was announced today by Ross W. Williams, forest supervisor, in Vancouver.
Regularly scheduled air patrols by trained observers this summer are expected to replace coverage heretofore provided by an extensive system of lookouts.
The 37 regular and emergency lookout stations manned in previous years will be reduced to just six regularly manned lookouts during the coming fire season.
The six stations retained will help provide communications coverage for the forest -- the primary reason for their retention.
One of the retained stations will be South Point, Packwood District." (Longview Daily News)
1972: Removed