Red Dirt Lookout Site
US 854, LA 1

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 854, LA 1 (view other lookout sites in United States, Louisiana)
Date Registered February 23, 2011
Nominated by Geoffrey R. Lehmann
Location Kisatchie National Forest
Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Coordinates N 31° 29.920' W 093° 01.849' (view using Google Maps)
N 31° 29' 55" W 093° 01' 51"
N 31.498660° W 093.030820°
Elevation 368 ft (112 m)
Administered by U.S. Forest Service

Description

Built in 1937 by CCC Company 1491, this 100' steel tower with 11'x11' steel cab with 3' walkway all around was removed to Fort Sill, Oklahoma in 1983 after aerial detection of wildfires became routine in Louisiana.

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