The Osbornes Project

Polk County

East View, Bald Mountain Lookout, Polk County (S.L.M., June 30, 1936).                

Polk County has had few historical lookouts for several reasons: it is mostly comprised of farmland not subject to wildfire; there is little national forest land within its boundaries; and ephemeral fire lookouts were based on localized logging operations. Only two lookouts were known to have had Osborne photos taken: Bald Mountain and Dorn Peak. At this time (March, 2020) the Osbornes for Dorn Peak have not been located.  

The Polk County Index Map for historical Forest Fire Lookouts is based on a 1929 Metsker landownership map. 

 ICON  LOOKOUT START   STOP TSP   RNG SEC   ELEV.

 

 Bald Mountain  1913  1969  09 S.  07 W.  9  3,232

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 Condenser Peak  1950  1969  07 S.  08 W.  13  2,290

 Missing

 Dorn Peak  1929  1959  07 S.  07 W.  9  2,849

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 Fanno Mountain  1939  1962  08 S.  08 W.  15  3,333

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 Rileys Peak  1930  1968  08 S.  08 W.  12  3,285

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