FOX MOUNTAIN
New Mexico - Catron County - Gila National Forest - 3S-18W-03
1959: A CL-100 Series all steel lookout cab was built atop a 10-foot cinder block base/storage room. (Source: "Lookouts of the Southwestern Region," USFS)
National Geodetic Survey
DESIGNATION - FOX
PID - ER0444
STATE/COUNTY- NM/CATRON
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - GALLO MOUNTAINS WEST (1981)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1936 (JDT)
ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUEMADO, ON THE SUMMIT OF A HIGH,
PROMINENT PEAK KNOWN AS FOX MOUNTAIN, ABOUT 85 FEET NORTHEAST
OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE LOOKOUT STATION AND ABOUT 4
FEET EAST OF A POLE SUPPORTING A LIGHTNING ROD. THE STATION
MARK IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A 4-INCH PIPE FILLED
WITH CONCRETE AND SUNK IN THE GROUND. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 AND
THE AZIMUTH MARK ARE STANDARD DISKS SET IN ROCK.
REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN THE
CONCRETE STEPS OF THE LOOKOUT STATION. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1
IS 32.52 FEET FROM THE STATION S 68 DEG 30 MIN E.
AND NO. 2 IS 82.05 FEET FROM THE STATION S 70 DEG 35 MIN W.
THE AZIMUTH MARK IS ABOUT 80 YARDS ALONG THE LEFT
FORK OF A Y-ROAD, ON THE WEST EDGE OF A BLUFF, ABOUT 3.0
MILES BY ROAD AND 1-1/4 MILES AIR LINE FROM THE STATION
S 62 DEG 24 MIN E.