MONKEY CREEK RIDGE
Del Norte County - Siskiyou National Forest > Six Rivers National Forest
1940: A 10-foot round timber tower with a cab was constructed. (A History of the Siskiyou National Forest)
May 1940: "Seen area is very good and covers several former man and lightning-caused fires. Covers a good deal of the Redwood Highway." (Plans, Guard Placement, Siskiyou National Forest)
August 9, 1956: "Monkey Ridge fire lookout Eddie Barnard has been unable to find a source of water near the lookout station, so he was supplied in a rather unusual manner last week.
Four five gallon cans of water were dropped by cargochute from an airplane. The drop was made by Mitch Knight of Klamath, timber management assistant, and Bob Owen from Smith River, a fire suppression crew foreman." (Blue Lake Advocate)
DESIGNATION - MONKEY CREEK RIDGE LOT
PID - MX1285
STATE/COUNTY- CA/DEL NORTE
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - SHELLY CREEK RIDGE (1982)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942 (JCS)
STATION IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 19 MILES NE OF CRESCENT CITY, 6
MILES SW OF ELK VALLEY, AND 3-1/2 MILES SE OF MONUMENTAL. ON
THE HIGHEST BALD POINT KNOWN AS MONKEY CREEK RIDGE. IT IS
ABOUT 2-1/2 HOURS PACK BY MONKEY CREEK RIDGE FOREST SERVICE
TRAIL.
STATION IS THE APEX OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY
14 FEET BY 14 FEET BY 20 FEET HIGH. WITH THE BOTTOM PORTION OPEN.
STATION RECOVERY (1952)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1952 (WRH)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 24 MILES AIRLINE NORTHEAST OF
CRESCENT CITY, 11 MILES AIRLINE SOUTHWEST OF OBRIEN, AND 5 MILES
AIRLINE SOUTH OF THE CALIFORNIA-OREGON STATE LINE, ON THE HIGHEST
PART OF A HIGH, BALD-TOPPED HILL, KNOWN AS MONKEY CREEK RIDGE.
THE LOOKOUT TOWER IS A STANDARD U.S. FOREST SERVICE LOOKOUT
HOUSE ABOUT 14 FEET SQUARE MOUNTED ON LEGS ABOUT 15 FEET HIGH.
THE TOP OF THE TOWER IS ABOUT 30 FEET IN HEIGHT. IT IS 6.94
METERS, 22.77 FEET NORTHWEST OF STATION MONKEY. THE CENTER OF
THE TOWER WAS INTERSECTED.