SUMMIT VALLEY
Del Norte County - Siskiyou National Forest
May 1940: "Seen area from this point is, with two exceptions covering only about 3,000 acres, duplicated by Buck Mountain. Lightning is the sole cause of fires. Country is difficult to get into and the suppression value is the chief value of the position." (Plans, Guard Placement, Siskiyou National Forest)
DESIGNATION - SUMMIT VALLEY LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - MX1275
STATE/COUNTY- CA/DEL NORTE
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - SUMMIT VALLEY (1981)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1941 (JCS)
STATION IS A U.S.F.S. LOOKOUT TOWER ON THE TOP OF SUMMIT
VALLEY, A HIGH AND PROMINENT ROUND-TOPPED MOUNTAIN IN THE SISKIYOU
NATIONAL FOREST, LYING ABOUT 3 MILES S OF THE S FORK OF THE
SMITH RIVER AND ABOUT 22 MILES SE OF CRESCENT CITY.
THIS STATION WAS NOT VISITED BY THIS PARTY.
THE TOP OF THE TOWER WAS INTERSECTED.