ARIZONA LOOKOUTS
ESCUDILLA
Apache County
Apache - Sitgreaves National Forest
6N-31E-6
Apache - Sitgreaves National Forest
6N-31E-6
January 9, 1914: "Mt. Baldy and Escudilla are two fire lookout points used to the best advantage by rangers in locating fires, both being connected with telephone -- the latter having on it highest point a fifty foot lookout tower and a ranger's cabin." (The Copper Era and Morenci Leader)
July 15, 1915: "On June 23 the Boy Scouts of St Johns under the direction of Judge George H. Crosby Jr., inspected the fire protection system on the Apache National Forest by ascending Escudilla Mountain one of the primary lookout points on that forest. The bots were accompanied by Forest Supervisor, Mr. P.P. Pitchlynn, in charge of fire protection and attached to the District Foresters' staff and by Ranger M.L. Nichols in charge of Nutrioso District on the Apache Forest. The cabin in which the towerman and patrolman are housed was first visited and then the lookout tower on the crest of Escudilla Mountain was inspected. The boys ascended the tower and the method of locating forest fires by means of the protractor installed upon the tower was explained by the Forest officers. All the boys ascended the fifty foot tower and not one of them was lacking in nerve which speaks well for the St. Johns Boy Scouts." (St. Johns Herald and Apache News)
1933: An Aermotor MC-24 tower constructed.
1965: A 54-foot steel K-Brace tower with a CL-100 series cab built to replace the earlier outdated structure.
June 6, 2011: Flames of the Wallow fire swept over Escudilla Mountain causing extensive damage to the lookout tower.
DESIGNATION - ESCUDILLA LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - DT0714
STATE/COUNTY- AZ/APACHE
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - ESCUDILLA MOUNTAIN (2018)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1966 (JWC)
THE STATION IS ABOUT 4-1/2 MILES WEST OF THE ARIZONA-NEW MEXICO
STATE LINE, 7 MILES NORTH OF ALPINE AND ON THE HIGHEST POINT
OF ESCUDILLA MOUNTAIN. IT IS A 60 FOOT HIGH, STEEL STRUCTURE,
SUPPORTED BY 4 LEGS AND PAINTED GREY IN COLOR.