FOREST LOOKOUTS
  • WESTERN STATES
  • ALASKA
  • ARIZONA
    • Antelope Mountain
    • Apache Maid
    • Atascosa Mountain
    • Aztec Peak
    • Baboquivari
    • Baker Butte
    • Barfoot
    • Bear Mountain
    • Big Lake Knoll
    • Big Springs
    • Bill Williams Mountain
    • Black Pinnacle
    • Black Rock
    • Blue
    • Blue Ridge..
    • Blue Ridge C
    • Blue Ridge Tree
    • Bonita Rock
    • Bright Angel Point
    • Buck Mountain
    • Buckskin
    • Cerro Gordo
    • Chedeski Peak
    • Chevelon Butte
    • Clark Peak
    • Colcord Mountain - 1
    • Colcord Mountain - 2
    • Cooper Ridge - Tree
    • Corral Lake - Tree
    • East Pocket
    • Escudilla
    • Fly Peak
    • Grandview
    • Greens Peak
    • Hopi Point
    • Huachuca Peak
    • Hyde Mountain
    • Jacob Lake
    • Juniper Ridge
    • Kendrick Peak
    • Lemmon Rock
    • Limestone
    • Madera Peak
    • McFadden Peak
    • Miller Peak
    • Mingus Mountain
    • Monte Vista
    • Morman Lake
    • Mount Baldy
    • Mount Bigelow
    • Mount Eldon
    • Mount Lemmon
    • Mount Union
    • O'Leary Peak
    • Pat Knoll
    • Promontory Butte
    • Red Butte
    • Rose Peak
    • San Francisco Peaks
    • Soldier Camp
    • Spruce Mountain
    • Spud Rock
    • Sugarloaf Mountain
    • Summit Mountain
    • Volunteer Mountain
    • Webb Peak
  • COLORADO
    • Air Force Academy
    • Alta Mine
    • Archuleta Mesa
    • Badger Mountain
    • Baldy Mountain..
    • Bears Ears
    • Beaver Mountain
    • Benchmark
    • Blue Mountain
    • Burnett Mine
    • Burro Peak
    • Castle Peak
    • Chapin Mesa
    • Cheyenne Mountain
    • Chimney Rock
    • Crown Point
    • Deadman
    • Devil Mountain
    • Devil's Head
    • Eagles Nest
    • Eightmile Mesa
    • Fairview Peak
    • Fire Station #4 (Colorado Springs)
    • Glade Mountain
    • Hahns Peak
    • Jersey Jim
    • Lands End Point
    • Leadville Postoffice
    • Leon Peak
    • Longs Peak
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Midland Hill
    • Monarch Peak
    • Mount Ethel
    • Narraguinnep
    • Owl Mountain
    • Park Point
    • Parkview
    • Pike's Peak
    • Prohibition Mountain
    • Round Top
    • Sandoval Mesa
    • Shadow Mountain
    • Sleepy Cat Mountain
    • Soda Point
    • Squaw Mountain
    • Sugarloaf
    • Thorodin
    • Twin Sisters
    • Walden
    • West White Pine
    • Whites Mesa
    • Williams Peak
    • Zenobia
  • NEBRASKA
    • Crescent Lake (North)
    • Crescent Lake (South)
    • Fort Niobrara NWR (Big Beaver Creek)
    • Fort Niobrara NWR (Headquarters)
    • Eagle Point
    • Scott's
    • Valentine NWR (Hackberry)
    • Valentine NWR (Pony Lake)
    • Winnebago
  • NEW MEXICO
    • Alamo Peak
    • Armstrong
    • Atole
    • Bandelier
    • Barillis Peak
    • Bearhead
    • Bearwallow
    • Black Mountain
    • Block (Smokey Bear)
    • Blue Mountain
    • Bluewater
    • Boiler Peak
    • Bosque Peak
    • Brushy
    • Canjilon
    • Capilla Peak
    • Carracas
    • Carrissa
    • Cedar Springs
    • Cedro Peak
    • Cerro Pelado
    • Cerro Valdez
    • Cienegita
    • Clara Peak
    • Dark Canyon
    • Davenport
    • Deadmans Peak
    • Diamond Peak
    • Eagle Peak
    • El Caso
    • El Morro
    • Encino
    • Five Mile
    • Fox Mountain
    • Gallinas Peak
    • Gavilan Ridge
    • Glorieta Baldy
    • Granite Peak
    • Grass Mountain
    • Grassy Mountain
    • Grouse Mountain
    • Harley Mountain
    • Hermit Peak
    • Highland Park
    • Hillsboro Peak
    • Isleta
    • James Ridge
    • Jicarita Peak
    • Joaquin
    • John Kerr
    • Kiowa Mountain
    • La Mosca Peak
    • Lake Peak
    • Lookout Mountain (Cibola)
    • Lookout Mountain (Gila)
    • Lookout Mountain (Lincoln)
    • Luera Peak
    • Magdalena mountains (N.M. Tech)
    • Mangas
    • Manzano
    • Mayhill
    • McGaffey
    • Mesa de Cuba
    • Mogollon Baldy
    • Monjeau
    • Mount Powell
    • Mount Sedgwick
    • Mount Taylor
    • Mount Withington
    • Mud Spring
    • Negrito Mountain
    • Osborne
    • Oscujra Peak
    • Oso Ridge
    • Parjarita Mountain
    • Picuris
    • Pine Lodge
    • Rabbit Mountain
    • Red Top
    • Reed's Peak
    • Rosilla
    • Ruidoso
    • Sacramento Peak
    • Saddle Mountain
    • San Antonio
    • San Mateo
    • Sierra Blanca
    • Signal Peak
    • Silver
    • South Baldy
    • The Dome
    • Tohatchi
    • Tohnitsha
    • Turkey
    • Tuscon Mountain
    • Wagontongue
    • Washington Pass
    • Weed Ranger Station
    • Wells
    • White's Peak
    • Whitewater Baldy
    • Wirt
    • Wofford
    • General and Misc., New Mexico
  • NEVADA
    • Ella Mountain
    • Fire Sciences Academy
    • McClellan Peak
    • Peavine Mountain
    • Yellow Peak
    • Zephyr Point
    • Alert (Tahoe)
  • NORTH DAKOTA
  • SOUTH DAKOTA
    • Battle Mountain
    • Bear Mountain
    • Boulder Hill
    • Castle Peak
    • Cicero Peak
    • Crows Nest Peak
    • Custer Peak
    • Elk Mountain
    • Flag Mountain
    • Harney Peak
    • LaCreek NWR
    • Lakota Peak
    • Lookout Peak
    • Medicine Butte
    • Moon
    • Mount Coolidge
    • Norris Peak
    • Parker Peak
    • Pilger Mountain
    • Porcupine Butte
    • Rankin Ridge
    • Sand Lake NWR #1
    • Sand Lake NWR #2
    • Seth Bullock
    • Signal Hill
    • South Tower
    • Summit Ridge
    • Terry Peak
    • Veterans
    • Waubay (NWR)
  • UTAH
    • Bald Mountain
    • Bear River M.B.R. (Headquarters)
    • Bear River M.B.R. (Perry Entrance)
    • Brian Head
    • Ensign Peak
    • Hardinger Firetree (Beef tree)
    • Horse Valley Peak
    • Lake Fork Mountain
    • Lava Point
    • Meadow Creek Peak
    • Mt Terrel
    • Ogden Ordinance Depot
    • Mt Timpanogos
    • Salt Lake City (Walker Bank Bldg)
    • Tooele Army Depot
    • Ute Mountain
    • Whipple Peak
    • Wolf Creek Peak
  • WYOMING
    • Bald Mountain
    • Bald Mountain (Big Piney)
    • Baldy Mountain
    • Barrett Ridge
    • Bayer Mountain
    • Bechler
    • Big Game Ridge
    • Black Mountain (Big Horn)
    • Black Mountain (Medicine Bow)
    • Blackhall Mountain
    • Blacktail Butte
    • Blondy Pass
    • Blue Ridge
    • Bow
    • Bradley Mountain
    • Bridger Peak
    • Bunsen Peak
    • Cabin Creek Peak
    • Cement Ridge
    • Clay Butte
    • Clayton Mountain
    • Crow Peak
    • Crow's Nest
    • Dead Indian
    • Deadline Ridge
    • Deadman Mountain
    • Deer Creek Mountain
    • Divide
    • Elk Mountain
    • Elk Peak
    • Esterbrook Hill
    • Fletcher Park
    • Forellen Peak
    • Hawks Rest
    • High Park
    • Homestake
    • Hominy Peak
    • Horseshoe mountain
    • Huckleberry Mountain
    • Hunters Mesa
    • Hunters Peak
    • Jay's Roost
    • Jelm Mountain
    • Kennaday Peak
    • Little Sheep Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Medicine Bow Peak
    • Monument Ridge
    • Mount Chittenden
    • Mount Holmes
    • Mount Pisgah
    • Mount Sheridan
    • Mount Washburn
    • Munger Mointain
    • Observation Peak
    • Pelican Cone
    • Pinnacle Butte
    • Prospect Peak
    • Red Cloud
    • Seven Mile
    • Sheep Mountain
    • Signal Mountain
    • Slash Ridge
    • Snake River
    • Somber Hill
    • Spalding
    • Spruce Mountain
    • Steamboat Point
    • Two-Ocean Plateau
    • Warm Springs
    • Warren Peaks
    • Wendy Mountain
    • Willow Creek
    • Windy Mountain
    • Wyoming Peak
NEW MEXICO LOOKOUTS

CAPILLO PEAK

Cibola National Forest
6N-5W-34
July 21, 1921:   "Construction of a trail to the top of Capillo peak in the Manzano mountains has just been completed by the forest service.  A crew has been working on this trail for several weeks.
      The forest service will put one of its principal lookout stations in the Manzano forest on top of Capillo peak.  The mountain is situated particularly well for a lookout station, as it stands out from the main ridge, and gives a good view of the entire range, although it is not as high as several other points in the range."   (The Evening Herald)

May 6, 1922:  "The forest service is preparing to abandon the fire lookout station at Bosque and place a station at Capillo Peak in its place, it was announced by K.C. Karichner, supervisor of the Manzano forest, this morning.
     The material for a telephone line to be extended from the peak to the Tajique-Bosque line, a distance of seven miles has been ordered.  Gross Kelly and company and the state are cooperating to put in the line.
     This peak has always been considered a much more advantageous point for a fire lookout but owing to the fact that there was no telephone line there it was not used.
     The forest supervisor also announced today that C.L. Warnock, ranger at Tijeras has completed organization of trail crews to work on the Coconeito and Crest trails in the Sandia mountains.  Work will be started Monday.  The crew will be used as fire fighters also in case of an emergency."  (The Albuquerque Evening Herald)

June 10, 1922:   "C.A. Finley, of Ft. Sumner, was yesterday stationed on Capillo Peak as a lookout."   (Albuquerque Journal)

June 12, 1934:  "A forest fire near Chilili, on the east side of the Manzano mountains, consumed a hundred acres before being brought under control Saturday, the Cibola forest office was informed Monday.
     The blaze swept over cut over timber land on the Chilili grant east of Hell canyon, and the grant Arusicca sent over a crew to fight it after it was sighted by the Capilla Peak forest lookout.
     A 'fire chaser' from the Tajique ranger station helped the workers."  (Albuquerque Journal)

August 12, 1940:   "Rangers announced Sunday they were closing the Capilla Peak fire lookout station since heavy rains eliminated the danger of forest fires in that region.  They reported another downpour in that area Sunday."   (Albuquerque Journal)

1963:  A new CL-100 all steel lookout cab was built atop a 10-foot high cinder block base that was designed for storage.  This structure replaced an earlier frame cab similar to the L-4 design.   (Source:  "Lookouts of the Southwestern Region,"  USFS)

June 14, 2006:  "Campgrounds and roads in the Manzano Mountains are now closed as a result of a 135-acre forest fire sparked by lightning last Wednesday on the slopes of Capilla Peak.
     The Anderson fire threatened the UNM observatory, Capilla Peak communications towers, power lines, Capilla and New Canyon Campgrounds, and the Forest Service Capilla Peak lookout tower.
     Firefighters arrived Wednesday morning and began battling the blaze before noon.  On Wednesday afternoon the lookout tower was evacuated as the fire moved up the canyon between the lookout tower and Capilla Peak Campground.  The rapidly moving fire burned to within 50 feet of the tower, but did no damage to the tower or other structures."  (The Independent - Edgewood)

April 15, 2008:  The lookout was evacuated on it's first day of the season, due to the erradic behavior of the Trigo Fire.
NATIONAL HISTORIC LOOKOUT REGISTER
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