CLACKAMAS COUNTY
GOAT MOUNTAIN
Oregon Department of Forestry
5S-4E-15
5S-4E-15
September 1949: "A new 70 foot tower lookout has been erected and is now in use on Goat Mt. on the Clackamas-Marion Association unit." (Agency Newsletter No. 10)
1949: "A 1949 report shows that the 14 x 14 cab on a 82 foot tower on Goat Mtn was constructed this year." "Goat Mtn LO - $1846.01 labor, $4670.78 materials, $6516.79 total." (Clackamas-Marion District Annual Report)
February 5, 1950: "The Goat mountain fire lookout tower 17 miles east of here collapsed beneath the weight of snow and ice January 14, George Bunke, district fire warden, said Saturday.
Residents of the area had noticed the tower was no longer visible.
Bunke said the 80-foot structure, topped by a 14-by-14-foot house, apparently fell when its supporting timbers buckled. He said the guy wires were still fastened to their anchors." (The Sunday Oregonian)
February 5, 1950: "The Goat mountain fire lookout tower 17 miles east of here has fallen victim to the cold winter.
District Fire Warden George Bunke said the 80-foot structure had collapsed under the weight of snow and ice. (The Oregon Statesman)
February 6, 1950: "Weight of snow and ice has collapsed the 80-foot high Goat mountain fire lookout tower 17 miles east of here(Molalla)." (The News-Review)
February 1950: "The 80-foot Goat Mountain lookout tower located about 10 miles northeast of the North Fork headquarters of the Clackamas-Marion Protective association, went down in the ice and wind storm of January 14, according to a report by George Bunke, district warden. A 14 x 14 cabin was on top of the tower.
Bunke says that the snow has been so deep that they have been unable to get to the tower and make an investigation but is thought that the heavy accumulation of ice, together with the high winds at the time, was more than the tower could stand. It was one of the standard types of ring connected towers.
Just as soon as the roads are open an examination is to be made to determine whether any structural failure was the cause of the destruction of the tower. It will probably be replaced during the coming summer.
This is the second tower that has gone down in recent years due to wind storms. The Fanno Mountain tower, a 90-foot structure, went down during the war in a high wind. The AWS lookouts were there at the time and reported a 100-mile wind shortly after the tower collapsed." (The Forest Log)
Bunke says that the snow has been so deep that they have been unable to get to the tower and make an investigation but is thought that the heavy accumulation of ice, together with the high winds at the time, was more than the tower could stand. It was one of the standard types of ring connected towers.
Just as soon as the roads are open an examination is to be made to determine whether any structural failure was the cause of the destruction of the tower. It will probably be replaced during the coming summer.
This is the second tower that has gone down in recent years due to wind storms. The Fanno Mountain tower, a 90-foot structure, went down during the war in a high wind. The AWS lookouts were there at the time and reported a 100-mile wind shortly after the tower collapsed." (The Forest Log)
March 1950: "An examination of the wreckage of the Goat Mountain lookout tower which went down during one of the severe winter storms, indicates that the structure was crushed by the weight of ice that accumulated during a sleet storm. The 80-foot tower with the 14 x 14 cabin on top was found buckled with the guy wires still attached and the roof of the cabin still intact. The lookout is located about 10 miles northeast of the North Fork station.
Residents who could see the tower stated that it was standing on January 13 following a high wind storm. It was also seen at 1:30 p.m. on January 14 but a telephone linesman stated that it had vanished by 4 p.m. of that day. At the meeting of the directors of the Clackamas-Marion Forest protective association held on February 24, it was decided to reconstruct the tower." (The Forest Log)
1950: "The replacement of the Goat Mtn Lookout tower and construction of the High Camp tower were deferred to the fact that examination of the Goat Mtn tower failure indicated the necessity for re-design of the tower to take care of the excessive icing condition to which the area is subjected. Through the cooperation of the U.S. Forest Service, the new design has now been completed. Construction of the towers will have number one priority in 1951." "Construction costs: Goat Mtn $157.79." (Clackamas-Marion District Annual Report)
1951: "Goat Mountain LO - 14 x 14 cab on 82 foot tower. Labor $2460.52, material $5270.21, total cost $7730.73." (Clackamas-Marion District Annual Report)
1954: "Goat Mountain toilet: $27.78 labor, $45.00 material, total cost $72.78." "Sealed (lookout) roof against leakage. (Clackamas-Marion District Annual Report)
1955: Goat Mountain Lookout painted, also, the metal roof replaced with cedar shingles. (Clackamas-Marion District Annual Report)
July 16, 1985: An 82-foot treated timber tower without a cab occupied the site.
DESIGNATION - GOAT MOUNTAIN LOT
PID - RD2422
STATE/COUNTY- OR/CLACKAMAS
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - ELWOOD (1986)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1953 (LGT)
THE STATION IS LOCATED NEAR THE HIGHEST PART OF GOAT MOUNTAIN,
ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ESTACADA AND ABOUT 10 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF COLTON IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SEC. 14.,
T. 5S., R. 4 E., ON LAND OWNED BY THE CROWN ZELLERBACH
CORPORATION.
A TRAVERSE CONNECTION WAS MADE TO TRIANGULATION STATION GOAT
1953, THE DISTANCE BEING 70.73 FEET, 21.560 METERS NORTH-NORTHWEST
OF STATION GOAT.
THE STATION IS THE CENTER OF THE OREGON STATE FOREST SERVICE
LOOKOUT TOWER WHICH IS A WOODEN STRUCTURE 24X24-FEET AT THE BASE
AND IS 90 FEET TO THE EAVES PLUS APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET TO THE TOP.
STATION RECOVERY (1970)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1970 (LFS)
THE STATION WAS RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED EXCEPT THAT THE CAB HAS
BEEN TAKEN OFF THE LOOKOUT LEAVING THE FLOOR AS A PLATFORM.
AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN
13 MILES EAST OF MOLALLA.