FOREST LOOKOUTS
  • OREGON
  • BAKER COUNTY
    • Baker Ranger Station
    • Bald Mountain
    • Bennett Peak
    • Big Lookout Mountain
    • Bull Run Rock
    • Cornucopia Peak
    • Dalton Ranch
    • Dooley Mountain
    • East End (Beaver)
    • Goodrich Lake
    • Huckleberry Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Murray Hill
    • North Powder
    • Pine Ranger Station
    • Red Knob
    • Russel Mountain
    • Sparta Butte
    • Stump Springs
    • Summit Point
    • Table Rock
    • Trinity Guard Station
    • Unity Guard Station
  • BENTON COUNTY
    • Alsea Summit
    • Grass Mountain
    • Green Peak
    • Mary's Peak
    • Pioneer Butte
    • Price Peak
  • CLACKAMAS COUNTY
    • Aschoff Butte
    • Bald Mountain
    • Baty Butte
    • Bedford Point
    • Buckskin Point
    • Burnt Granite
    • Devils Backbone
    • Devils Peak
    • Eagle Creek Ridge
    • East Zigzag Mountain
    • Fish Creek Mountain
    • Goat Mountain
    • Hickman Butte
    • High Camp
    • High Rock
    • Highland Butte
    • Hillockburn
    • Hiyu Mountain
    • Hopkins Demonstration Forest
    • Hunchback
    • Indian Ridge
    • Jackpot Point
    • Lenhart Butte
    • Lone Fir Rock
    • Lowe Mountain
    • Mount Larson
    • Mountain Home Rock
    • Magness Tree Farm
    • Myers Butte
    • North Fork Station
    • North Mountain
    • Oak Grove Butte
    • Oak Grove Ranger Station
    • Ogle Mountain
    • Olmstead
    • Peavine Mountain
    • Pechuck
    • Rooster Rock
    • Salmon Butte
    • Salmon Mountain
    • Sandy Reservior
    • Sisi Butte
    • South Fork Mountain
    • Squaw Mountain
    • Table Rock
    • Thunder Mountain
    • Tom Dick Mountain
    • West Pinhead Butte
    • West Zigzag Mountain
    • Wildcat Mountain
    • Wolf Camp Butte
  • CLATSOP COUNTY
    • Boiler Ridge
    • Cole Mountain
    • Davis Point
    • Dog Thief Point
    • Green Mountain
    • Green Mountain
    • Nicolai Mountain
    • North Saddle
    • Sugarloaf Mountain
    • Wickiup Mountain
  • COLUMBIA COUNTY
    • Baker Point
    • Benson Mountain
    • Clatskanie Mountain
    • Enterprise Point
    • Mansfield Mountain
    • Meissner Point
    • Pisgah Mountain
    • Rocky Point
    • Serafin Point
    • Tunnel Mountain
    • Vista Lookout
  • COOS COUNTY
    • Anderson Mountain
    • Bald Knob
    • Barklow Mountain
    • Beaver Hill
    • Bennett Butte
    • Bill Peak
    • Blue Ridge
    • Bone Mountain
    • Brewster Rock
    • Bunker Hill
    • Coos Mountain
    • Eden Ridge
    • Elk Mountain
    • Elk Peak
    • Hanging Rock
    • Ivers Peak
    • Johnson Mountain
    • McKeever Mountain
    • Mount Bolivar
    • Signal Tree
    • Sugarloaf Mountain
    • Thomas Mountain
    • Trail Butte
    • Vaughns Point
  • CROOK COUNTY
    • Arrowwood Point
    • Big Summit Prairie
    • Black Butte
    • Drake Butte
    • Foley Butte
    • Gerow Butte
    • Hash Rock
    • Ingram Point
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Lutsey Point
    • Mackey Butte
    • Paulina Butte
    • Ray Mountain
    • Round Mountain
    • Tower Point
    • View Point
    • West Maury Mountain
    • Wildcat Mountain
  • CURRY COUNTY
    • Bald Ridge
    • Bear Camp
    • Bearwallow
    • Bob's Garden
    • Bosley Butte
    • Brushy Bald
    • Butler Mountain
    • Chetco Peak
    • Cleopatra Mountain
    • Colegrove Butte
    • Collier Butte
    • Edson Butte
    • Fishhook Peak
    • Game Lake Peak
    • Grassy Knob
    • Grizzly Mountain
    • Iron Mountain
    • Johnson Butte
    • Lake of the Woods
    • Long Ridge
    • Mislatnah Mountain
    • Mount Emily
    • Packsaddle Mountain
    • Panther
    • Pearsoll Peak
    • Pebble Hill
    • Pyramid Rock
    • Quail Prairie Mountain
    • Ranger Peak
    • Rocky Peak
    • Snow Camp Mountain
    • Sugarloaf Mountain
    • Three Tree
    • Vulcan Peak
    • Wildhorse Prairie
  • DESCHUTES COUNTY
    • Bachelor Butte
    • Bates Butte
    • Bend (Awbrey Butte)
    • Black Crater
    • Broken Top
    • Cache Mountain
    • Cultus Mountain
    • Davis Mountain
    • East Butte
    • Finley Butte
    • Fuzztail Butte
    • Henkle Butte
    • Lava Butte
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Maiden Peak
    • McKay Butte
    • McKinney Butte
    • Paulina Peak
    • Pilot Butte
    • Pine Mountain
    • Pistol Butte
    • Plot Butte
    • Rosland Ranger Station
    • Round Mountain
    • Sand Springs Tree
    • Sisters Ranger Station
    • Sugarpine Butte
    • Three Creek Butte
    • Triangle Hill Tree
    • Trout Creek Butte
    • Tumalo Butte
    • Tumalo Mountain
    • Wanoga Butte
  • DOUGLAS COUNTY
    • Abbott Butte
    • Acker Rock
    • Anderson Camp
    • Bald Ridges
    • Balm Mountain
    • Bateman
    • Baughman Point
    • Bell Mountain
    • Big Squaw Mountain
    • Black Rock
    • Bland Mountain
    • Buckhorn Mountain
    • Butler Butte
    • Callahan
    • Chilcoot
    • Cinder Prairie
    • Cinnamon Butte
    • Clayton Point
    • Coffin Butte
    • Collins Mountain
    • Cougar Bluff
    • Cougar Pass
    • Cowhorn Ridge
    • Coyote Point
    • Damewood Point
    • Deans Mountain
    • Deer Head Point
    • Devil's Knob
    • Diamond Rock
    • Dog Prairie
    • Dutchman Butte
    • Elephant Mountain
    • Fern Top
    • Flat Rock
    • Garwood Butte
    • Gold Mountain
    • Grasshopper
    • Green Butte
    • Harness Mountain
    • Hemlock Butte
    • Henderson Peak
    • Hershberger Mountain
    • Hills Peak
    • Huckleberry Mountain
    • Illahee Rock
    • Joe's Lookout
    • Johnson Butte.
    • Kelly Butte
    • Kelsay Mountain
    • Kelsay Valley Point
    • Landers
    • Limpy Prairie
    • Little Black Rock
    • Live Oak Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Mace Mountain
    • Mount Bailey
    • Mount Scott
    • Ninemile Mountain
    • Oak Flats
    • Pickett Butte
    • Pig Iron
    • Quartz Mountain
    • Rattlesnake Mountain
    • Red Butte
    • Red Mountain
    • Roman Nose Mountain
    • Scare Ridge
    • Shivigny Mountain
    • Silver Butte
    • Skookum Prairie
    • Smith Ridge
    • Steamboat Point
    • Sugar Pine
    • Taft Mountain
    • Tallow Butte
    • Twin Lakes
    • Umpqua Hot Springs
    • Wards Butte
    • Watson Butte
    • White Rock
    • Windy Camp
    • Yellow Butte
    • Yellow Point
    • **DOUGLAS ***
  • GRANT COUNTY
    • Aldrich Butte
    • Ant Hill
    • Antelope Mountain
    • Badger Butte
    • Baldy Mountain
    • Beech Creek (elo)
    • Big Rocks (elo)
    • Bingham Point (elo)
    • Black Butte
    • Black Butte (elo)
    • Bone Point
    • Crane Point
    • Crockett Knob
    • Cummings Peak
    • Desolation Butte
    • Dixie Butte
    • Dry Soda
    • Fall Mountain
    • Fields Peak
    • Flagtail Mountain
    • Frazier Point
    • Frenchy Butte
    • Gold Hill
    • Grassy Butte
    • Hardscrabble Mountain
    • Indian Rock
    • Lake Butte
    • Lakes Mountain
    • Little Malheur (ELO)
    • Long Creek Butte
    • Monument Mountain
    • Mount Ireland
    • Myrtle Butte
    • Pellet Point
    • Pogue Point
    • Prairie City
    • Prairie Hill
    • Pyramid Point
    • Ritter Butte
    • Rudio Mountain
    • Sheep Mountain
    • Silver Butte
    • Snow Mountain
    • Snowshoe Mountain
    • Spion Copp
    • Strawberry Mountain
    • Sugarloaf
    • Tamarack Mountain
    • Thorn Creek Butte
    • Thorn Spring Butte
    • Vinegar Hill
    • West Myrtle Butte
    • Wolf Mountain
  • HARNEY COUNTY
    • Bald Butte
    • Burnt Mountain
    • Calamity Butte
    • Craft Point
    • Donnelly Butte
    • Dry Mountain
    • Emigrant Butte
    • King Mountain
    • Malheur Wildlife Refuge
    • Nicoll Butte
    • P Ranch
    • Riddle Mountain
    • Sod House
    • Sugarloaf Mountain
    • Wagontire Mountain
    • **Harney County***
  • HOOD RIVER COUNTY
    • Badger Butte Tree
    • Bald Butte
    • Barlow Butte
    • Barlow Point
    • Bonney Butte
    • Bonney Butte (ELO)
    • Buck Peak
    • Chinidere Mountain
    • Cooper Spur
    • Crane Mountain..
    • Eagle Butte
    • Elk Mountain
    • Green Point Mountain
    • Indian Mountain
    • Lamberson Butte
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Lost Lake Butte
    • Mill Creek Butte
    • Mount Defiance
    • Mount Hood
    • Parkdale Ranger Station
    • Perry Point Tree
    • Red Hill Guard Station
    • Rimrock
    • Shellrock Mountain
    • Tanner Butte
    • Tony Creek Guard Station
    • Twin Pines
    • Wauna Point
    • Windy Camp
  • JACKSON COUNTY
    • Alco Rock
    • Anderson Butte
    • Battle Mountain
    • Bessie Rock
    • Blue Rock
    • Brush Mountain
    • Buck Point
    • Buck Rock
    • Burnt Peak
    • Camp Two
    • Central Point SWOFPA HQ
    • Chimney Rock
    • Cinnabar Trail
    • Crane Prairie Mountain
    • Doe Peak
    • Dutchman's Peak
    • Fredenburg Butte
    • Goss Ranch
    • Halls Point
    • Hamaker Butte
    • Huckleberry Mountain
    • Little Chinquapin Mountain
    • Mount Ashland
    • Mount Isabelle
    • Mount McLoughlin
    • Mount Stella
    • Oak Mountain
    • Old Baldy
    • Palmer Peak
    • Poole Hill
    • Ragsdale Butte
    • Railroad Gap
    • Robinson Butte
    • Round Top
    • Roxy Ann Peak
    • Rustler Peak
    • Santiam Peak
    • Soda Mountain
    • Squaw Peak
    • Stein Butte
    • Table Mountain
    • Tallowbox Mountain
    • Wagner Butte
    • Whetstone (Bald)
    • White Point
    • Yellowjacket Mountain
  • JEFFERSON COUNTY
    • Abbot Butte
    • Alder Springs
    • Alder Springs Tree
    • Bald Peter.
    • Black Butte
    • Fly Lake
    • Green Ridge
    • Lookout Butte
    • Olallie Butte
    • Round Butte.
    • Shitike Butte
    • Stephenson Mountain
  • JOSEPHINE COUNTY
    • Bald Mountain
    • Bolan Mountain
    • Canyon Peak
    • Chrome Ridge
    • Hayward Mountain
    • Hobson Horn
    • Kerby Peak
    • King Mountain
    • Lake Mountain
    • Little Grayback Mountain
    • Manzanita Mountain
    • Meadow Camp
    • Mount Reuben
    • Onion Mountain
    • Peavine Mountain
    • Sexton Mountain
    • Silver Peak
    • Steves Peak
    • Tennessee Mountain
    • Waldo Hill
    • Whiskey Peak
    • York Butte
    • Yukon Peak
  • KLAMATH COUNTY
    • Agency Hill
    • Applegate Butte
    • Aspen Butte
    • Bald Mountain
    • Bear Butte
    • Bly (City Park)
    • Bly (KFPA)
    • Bly Ranger Station
    • Boundary Butte
    • Brown Mountain
    • Bryant Mountain
    • Buck Mountain
    • Buck Peak
    • Calimus Butte
    • Chase Mountain
    • Coon Point
    • Crater Peak
    • Crescent Ranger Station
    • Deer Butte
    • Devil's Peak
    • Fort Klamath
    • Goodlow Mountain
    • Grizzly Mountain
    • Ground Observer Corps
    • Hambleton Butte
    • Hogback Mountain
    • Horsefly Mountain
    • Klamath Point
    • Lookout Butte
    • Marine Barracks
    • Modoc Point
    • Moffitt Butte
    • Mount Scott
    • Mule Hill
    • Odell Butte
    • Parker Mountain
    • Pelican Butte
    • Porter Butte
    • Pumice Butte
    • River Beds Butte
    • Rodeo Butte
    • Round Butte (Bly)
    • Round Butte
    • Shake Butte
    • Skookum Butte
    • Spodue Mountain
    • Spring Butte
    • Steiger Butte
    • Sugarpine Mountain
    • Summit Butte
    • Summit Rock
    • Swan Lake Mountain
    • The Watchman
    • Union Peak
    • Upper Klamath Refuge
    • Walker Mountain
    • Yainax Butte
    • Yamsay Mountain
  • LAKE COUNTY
    • Abert Rim
    • Avery Pass
    • Bald Butte
    • Big Hole Butte
    • Buck Mountain
    • Cabin Lake Ranger Station
    • Coleman Point
    • Cougar Peak
    • Crane Mountain
    • Currier Camp
    • Dairy Point
    • Dead Indian Mountain
    • Deadhorse Rim
    • Deerhead Butte
    • Dog Mountain
    • Drakes Peak
    • Fir Timber Butte
    • Fishhole Butte
    • Fitzwater Point
    • Fort Rock
    • Foster Butte
    • Fox Butte
    • Fremont Point
    • Gearhart Mountain
    • Green Mountain
    • Hagar Mountain
    • Indian Butte
    • Lookout Rock
    • McCarty Butte
    • Morgan Butte
    • Quartz Butte
    • Rodman Rock
    • Round Pass
    • Shoestring Butte
    • Sixteen Butte
    • Slide Mountain
    • Strawberry Butte
    • Sycan Butte
    • Sycan Marsh (ZX)
    • Willow Point
  • LANE COUNTY - 2
    • Adams Mountain
    • Bald Butte
    • Bearbones Mountain
    • Bohemia Mountain
    • Buck Mountain
    • Burnt Top
    • Buster Butte
    • Canton Point
    • Cape Mountain
    • Castle Rock
    • Castle Rock (Fed)
    • Clark Butte
    • Cummins Peak
    • Dead Mountain
    • Deer Butte
    • Detection Point
    • Divide Ridge
    • Dome Rock
    • Eagles Rest
    • Emigrant Butte
    • Fairview Mountain
    • Fairview Peak
    • Fawn Rock
    • Frissell Point
    • Fuji Mountain
    • Gold Hill
    • Gold Point
    • Goodwin Peak
    • Grand Butte
    • Grass Mountain
    • Grasshopper Mountain
    • Hardesty Mountain
    • Harvey Mountain.
    • Heckletooth Mountain
    • Hehe Mountain
    • Hemlock Butte
    • Herman Peak
    • Holland Point
    • Horse Mountain
    • Horsepasture Mountain
    • Huckleberry Mountain
    • Indian Ridge
    • Lamb Butte
    • Larison Rock
    • Laurel Mountain
    • Little Bunchgrass Mountain
    • Little Cowhorn Mountain
    • Logger Butte
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Lookout Point
    • Low Pass
    • Lowell Butte
    • Moon Point
    • Mount Hagan
    • Mount June
    • Mount Nebo
    • Mule Mountain #1
    • Mule Mountain #2
    • Noti Mountain
    • Olallie Mountain
    • Packsaddle Mountain
    • Prairie Peak
    • Rebel Rock
    • Rujada Point
    • Saddle Mountain Guard Station
    • Saddle Blanket Mountain
    • Sardine Mountain
    • Scott Mountain
    • Siltcoos Mountain
    • Station Butte
    • Stony Point
    • Substitute Point
    • Sunset Mountain
    • Swastika Mountain
    • Table Mountain
    • Teeter Point
    • Tipsoo Butte
    • Tire Mountain
    • Twin Rocks
    • Waldo Mountain
    • Walker Point (E)
    • Walker Point
    • Warner Mountain
    • Winberry Mountain
    • Windy Peak
    • Wolf Mountain
    • Wolf Point
    • ..
  • LINCOLN COUNTY
    • Baber Butte
    • Blodgett Peak
    • Cannibal Mountain
    • Chinquapin Point
    • Cougar Mountain
    • Euchre Mountain
    • Green Point
    • Hilltop
    • Norton Hill
    • Otter Crest
    • Rocky Top.
    • Saddlebag Mountain
    • South Beaver
    • Stodt Mountain
    • Suncrest Point
    • Table Mountain
  • LINN COUNTY
    • Bachelor Mountain
    • Bald Peter
    • Big Rock
    • Carpenter Mountain
    • Chandler Mountain
    • Chimney Peak
    • Chimney Rock
    • Coffin Mountain
    • Crescent Mountain
    • Green Butte
    • Green Mountain
    • Green Peter
    • Grizzly Peak
    • High Deck
    • High Rock
    • Horse Rock
    • Iron Mountain
    • Jordan Mountain
    • Jump Off Joe
    • Kaufman's Mountain
    • Kinney Ridge
    • Marion Mountain
    • Maxwell Butte
    • Minniece Point
    • Monument Peak
    • Mount Jefferson
    • Red Butte
    • Rocky Point
    • Rooster Rock
    • Sand Mountain
    • Scar Mountain
    • Scott Mountain
    • Slate Rock
    • Snow Peak
    • Stahlman Point
    • Swamp Mountain
    • Three Pyramids
    • Tidbits Mountain
    • Tom Rock
    • Twin Buttes
    • Wildcat Mountain
    • Yellowstone Mountain
    • ?
  • MALHEUR COUNTY
    • Cottonwood Mountain
    • Monument Peak
  • MARION COUNTY
    • Battle Ax
    • Bear Point
    • Bull of the Woods
    • Camp 16
    • Dome Rock
    • Duro (Sweet Springs Mtn)
    • Eagle Rock
    • Gold Butte
    • Gyp Point
    • Hawk Mountain
    • Henline Mountain
    • Hoover Ridge
    • House Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Outerson Mountain
    • Potato Butte
    • Pyramid Butte
    • Rocky Top
    • Ruddy Hill
    • Salem ODF Headquarters
    • Triangulation Peak
    • Whetstone Mountain
    • Whitman Rock
  • MORROW COUNTY
    • Arbuckle Mountain
    • Madison Butte
    • Porcupine Ridge
    • Potamus Point
    • Red Hill
  • MULTNOMAH COUNTY
    • Big Bend
    • Burgard
    • Dixie
    • Larch Mountain
    • Lookout Point
    • Madrona Park
    • Mt Talapus
    • Nesmith Point
    • Palmer Peak
    • Pepper Mountain
    • Portland, City (4 locations)
    • Skyline
    • St Johns
    • Table Mountain
    • Walker Peak
  • POLK COUNTY
    • Bald Mountain
    • Condenser Peak
    • Dorn Peak
    • Fanno Mountain
    • Rileys Peak
  • TILLAMOOK COUNTY
    • Bell Mountain
    • Blue Lake Mountain
    • Buzzard Butte
    • Cedar Butte
    • Edwards Butte
    • Foley Peak
    • Gauldy Mountain
    • Gobbler's Knob
    • Grindstone Mountain
    • Hembre Mountain
    • Kilchis Mountain
    • Nehalem G.S.
    • Rector
    • Square Top
    • Triangulation Point
  • UMATILLA COUNTY
    • Boiling Point
    • Carney Butte
    • Emigrant Hill
    • Gibbon Ridge
    • Goodman Ridge
    • Johnson Creek
    • Lucky Strike
    • McIntyre Mountain
    • Meacham
    • Pearson Ridge
    • Summit Guard Station
    • Tip Top Mountain
    • Tower Mountain..
    • Ukiah Ranger Station
    • Yellowjacket Point
  • UNION COUNTY
    • Anthony Butte
    • Balloon Tree
    • Bally Mountain
    • Beaver Mountain
    • Big Hill
    • Chicken Hill
    • Clark Creek Guard Station
    • Elk Mountain
    • Flagstaff Mountain
    • Flat Lake
    • Frazier Mountain
    • Glass Hill
    • High Ridge
    • Johnson Rock
    • Limber Jim
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Loop
    • Marion Point
    • Meadow Mountain
    • Mount Emily
    • Mount Fanny
    • Mount Harris
    • Mule Peak
    • Point Prominence
    • Spout Springs
    • Summit Springs
    • West Eagle
    • *********
  • WALLOWA COUNTY
    • Akers Butte
    • Big Flat
    • Bone Spring
    • Brumback (Findlay)
    • Buckhorn Mountain
    • Cementary Ridge
    • Cold Springs Tree
    • Courtney Butte
    • Day Ridge
    • Eden Tree
    • Elk Mountain
    • Fairchild Point
    • Gill Ranch
    • Goff Ranch
    • Harl Butte
    • Hat Point
    • Hearing Ranch
    • Hen
    • Hoodoo
    • Hoodoo Tree
    • Howard Butte
    • Huckleberry Mountain..
    • Kirkland Butte
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain...
    • McGraw Mountain
    • Mormon Mountain
    • Nebo Peak
    • Nesbit Butte
    • PO Saddle
    • Red Hill
    • Square Mountain
    • Stanley Mountain
    • Tope Creek
    • Wood Butte
    • ***WALLOWA***
  • WASCO COUNTY
    • Bald Peter Butte
    • Beaver Butte
    • Boulder Point Tree
    • Bulo Point
    • Bus Point Tree
    • Clear Lake Butte
    • Clear Lake Tree
    • Clear Point Tree
    • Dobry Point Tree
    • Dufur Ranger Station
    • Eagle Butte
    • Eightmile Point
    • Five Mile Butte
    • Flag Point
    • Foreman Point
    • Frog Lake Butte
    • Grasshopper Point
    • Mill Creek Ridge
    • Mount Wilson
    • Postage Stamp
    • Wasco Butte
  • WASHINGTON COUNTY
    • Baseline
    • Buxton Mountain
    • Hoffman Point
    • Round Top
    • Saddle Mountain (South)
    • Windy Point
  • WHEELER COUNTY
    • Collins Butte
    • Mount Pisgah
    • North Baldy
    • Ochoco Butte
    • Peterson Point
    • Rancheria Rock
    • Sargent Butte
    • Snowboard Ridge
    • South Baldy
    • Spanish Peak
    • Wheeler Point
    • Whitetail Butte
    • Wolf Mountain
  • YAMHILL COUNTY
    • Bald Mountain
    • Burnt Ridge
    • High Heaven
    • Little Hebo
    • Mount Hebo
    • Niagra Point
    • Spitit Mountain
    • Stony Mountain
    • Trask Mountain
GRANT COUNTY

DIXIE BUTTE

Whitman National Forest > Malheur National Forest
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1911:   A lookout was maintained on Dixie Butte this season and was connected by telephone to the central office.

August 4, 1916:   "Four forest fires within two days have been reported in this vicinity by the fire lookout stationed on Dixie mountain.  Men were sent out from the United States Forestry Office in Sumpter to combat the flames."   (San Francisco Chronicle)

August 11, 1916:  "The system of fire finding inaugurated by the Forest Service has been reduced to a fine art or rather to an exact science.  A few days ago Observer Noey Blaine who is situated at the Lookout on Dixie mountain observed a smoke 45 miles to the southwest.  With the system in vogue he made his calculations and phoned to the service at John Day the presence of the fire at a specified point near Aldrich mountain in the Mt. Vernon country.  Mr. Porter and F.C. Mack left immediately with the information as to the exact location of the fire.  Their investigation showed it was only a small fire from the slashings of a homesteader.  The small volume of smoke, however, did not escape the notice of the lookout and as a result it was confined to a very limited area.  The service is proud of their system and feel confident that they can hold these so often destructive fires in check."  (Blue Mountain Eagle)

August 12, 1921:   "New lookout building on Dixie mountain completed, best equipped on reserve."   (Independence Enterprise)

1920's:  A D-6 cupola lookout house was built.

1934:   A 12 foot 3 inch by 18 foot 2 inch wood frame garage was erected.   (Malheur National Forest Archive file)

March 1935:  "On October 21 (1934) the remainder of the short term force was called in from their stations.  The Dixie Butte Lookout was instructed to prepare the house for the winter and get his new V-8 off of there as soon as possible.  It seemed to us at Blue Mountain rangers Station that he was a long time coming down, so at 8:30 p.m. we started a search for him.
     We expected to find him in a snowdrift, or find evidence where he and car had slid off the road and down at least a half mile into Standard Creek.  About 9:45 p.m. we found him in a snowdrift, with the top of his car just above the top of the snow, and in a blizzard such as one sees in the movies.  When we reached him, he was preparing to crawl into his sleeping bag for the night.
     As the snow was drifting in faster than four of us could shovel it out, it did not take long to decide on something else, so we took his bed roll and started for Blue Mountain Ranger Station.
     The next morning we loaded the cletrac in the fire truck and started on a salvage trip.  The tractor was hauled to within 1 1/2 mile of the lookout's car.  Then by pushing snow with the bumper and radiator shield for 1/4 mile, we finally reached the black top protruding through the snow.  Since the wind had quieted down and the sun began to shine, we were greatly encouraged and started the job.  After considerable shoveling and two or three steady hard pulls, the car was towed to Dixie Spring without any damage.   C.O. Bloom" (Six Twenty-Six


​1935:
  An Aladdin plan 14 by 14 lookout house was constructed.   (Malheur National Forest Archive file)
Picture
October 12, 1935:   Panorama photos

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June 9, 1937:   "James Watts, who has this week returned from O.S.C., left Monday for the forest lookout station at Dixie Butte on the Whitman forest where he will be employed this summer."   (The Bend Bulletin)

September 8, 1938:  "The first of three fires was located by Reynolds, lookout on Dixie Mountain, at 5 o'clock in the evening of September 1.  This fire was located on the ridge east of Dixie Creek and about 1/2 mile southeast of the pole camp.  This fire was the largest, covering 3100 square feet.  The second fire was also located by the Dixie Mountain lookout the following morning at 10:30 a.m.  This was a small fire covering only 550 square feet.  This fire was on the summit at the head of Dixie Creek above the Pole Camp and about a mile east on the Wickiup Spring road.  The third fire was located about 1/4 mile west of the second fire."  (The Journal - Grant Co.)

August 21, 1952:   "Phil Wilson was home over the week-end from Blue Mountain Ranger station where he is on Dixie Lookout.  He returned to his lookout post Sunday evening."   (The Nyssa Gate City Journal)

1964:   Tile flooring was installed in lookout cabin.   (Malheur National Forest Archive file)

October 5, 1967:   "A moderate, spotty windstorm occurred on the Long Creek District of the Malheur National Forest.  The storm occurred during the night of October 2, 1967.
      The storm was spotty; damage was done to power lines in Mt. Vernon but John Day escaped.  Very few trees were snapped out on Donaldson Ridge.
      About 6 inches of snow fell prior to the storm at elevations above 7000 feet.  One-half inch of rain occurred at lower elevations.  Nearly all of the moisture occurred during the day of October 2.
      The wind was from the west and temperatures were slightly below normal.
      The only known damage, other than that mentioned in Mt. Vernon was to the Dixie Butte Lookout, of which the west side was blown out and the roof damaged."  (Memo to Forest Supervisor from District Ranger)   (Malheur National Forest Archive file)

October 9, 1967:   "This lookout was originally planned for replacement with materials to be purchased in FY 68 and construction in FY 69.  In the final building program this was set back to purchase in FY 69 and construction in FY 70.
      Mr. Heyn, Forest Engineer discussed the possibility of moving this project up with Mr. Handy; however, with the current freeze nothing could be resolved.
      Please consider this request for early replacement.
      We have currently removed the appliances and braced the walls; however it is doubtful if the structure can withstand the winter without major repairs."  (Memo to Regional Forester from Forest Supervisor)  (Malheur National Forest Archive file)

June 13, 1968:  "A new Forest Service lookout station for Dixie Butte is expected to be completed by June 28, reports George Bice, of the Long Creek district.  Construction work is being done by Don O'Brien of Prairie City."  (Blue Mountain Eagle)

August 23, 1968:   "The Dixie Butte Lookout was severely damaged by a wind storm in the fall of 1967.  I inspected the damage at that time with George Bice.  The roof was lifted from the wall and the wall had been pushed out of place and structural members had been damaged.  Cost to repair the structure was estimated at $900 -$1000.  The lookout was on the building program for replacement but it was not scheduled until FY 71.  After the damage, we made a request to the RO to replace it on the building program for the summer of 1968, but we were unsuccessful.
      In the Spring of 1968 we made a request to the RO to allow us to construct a new lookout by Force Account.  We were given permission to do this providing we followed the standard plans for the Region.  The lookout replacement was to be a ground house with no tower.
      The materials were purchased in June using material lists, specifications and plans as supplied by the RO.  Don Mook, Contract Specialist, handled most of the purchasing with the Long Creek District making some of the smaller purchases.  The only was we varied from the plans is we did not order the furniture.  We had reusable furnishings in the old lookout.
      Phil Heyn, Forest Engineer and Jim Redman, C&M Superintendent visited the project the last week in June.  At that time the foundation was in place and the sills and floor joists had been placed.
      On July 2 I visited the project.  At that time the walls had been placed and sheathed, the window lintels, roof joists and roof decking had been installed, the floor sheathing and underlayment was installed and the catwalk was completed except for the rails.  Work remaining included windows, doors, flooring, roofing, lightning protection, and finishing items.  All items inspected had been placed in accordance with the plans except 1/2 inch plywood was used for floor sheathing.
      I discussed most of the remaining items with the carpenter and he was planning to complete according to plans.   (Malheur National Forest Archive file)
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