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Fire lookout · Grant Parish, Louisiana

Clear Creek Lookout Site

Kisatchie National Forest tower built by the CCC in 1935; a fire and observation lookout 1941-1945 during Camp Livingston; removed in the early 1980s; registered 2011. No source describes the site today.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Removed in the early 1980s

Visit & stay

Gone: site only. The lookout no longer stands, so there is nothing to climb or rent.

Access

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Road to the top?
Unknown

Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Cab on a tower100-foot steel Aermotor LS-40 tower with 7x7-foot cabThe design: Aermotor LS-40
Built of
Steel
Built
1935
Height
100 ft (30.5 m)
Elevation
258 ft (79 m)
Agency
U.S. Forest Service
Land
Federal land
Location
Grant Parish, Louisiana
Coordinates
31.46074, −93.36000
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-la-clear-creek

View from the cab

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History

Then and now

  1. 1935 BuiltBuilt by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)Source: firetower.org
  2. 1941 EventUsed both as a fire lookout and an observation tower from 1941 to 1945, the period of construction, occupation and closure of U.S. Army Camp LivingstonSource: firetower.org
  3. No record between 1941 and 2011
  4. 2011 Added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites RegisterRegistered April 4, 2011; nominated by Mark H. GutzmanSources: firetower.org, firelookout.org
  5. TodayGoneThe lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. When it came down is not recorded.

Old maps of this spot

USGS topographic maps from the years a lookout stood may show it, often as a small symbol labelled “Lookout”. See the old topo maps around it on the Firefinder map, or find every scanned sheet of this spot on USGS TopoView (click the spot there to list them, with dates and downloads).

Story

Researched 10 Oct 2026, fact-checked.

The Clear Creek Lookout stood in the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana.1 Sources disagree about the parish. The Former Fire Lookout Sites register gives Sabine Parish,1 while the Forest Lookouts list gives Grant Parish.2

The Civilian Conservation Corps built the tower in 1935.1 It stood 100 feet tall, was made of steel, and was an Aermotor LS-40 model with a 7-by-7-foot cab.1

From 1941 to 1945 it served as both a fire lookout and an observation tower, the years U.S. Army Camp Livingston was built, occupied and closed.1

The register recorded the site on April 4, 2011, on the nomination of Mark H. Gutzman.1 A 2011 Louisiana chapter report says the site joined the register that April.3

The tower came down in the early 1980s, as most other Louisiana towers did when the state turned to overflights instead.1 The Forest Lookouts list also marks it as removed.2

No source we read describes what, if anything, remains at the site today, or whether the public can visit it.1

  1. Clear Creek Lookout Site, Former Fire Lookout Sites Register, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/la/clear-creek-lookout-site/ (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  2. Clear Creek, Forest Lookouts, https://centraluslookouts.weebly.com/clear-creek.html (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  3. Louisiana Chapter Report 2011, Forest Fire Lookout Association, https://firelookout.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cr-la-2011.pdf (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩

Photos

Photo of Clear Creek Lookout Site
Photo: Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source

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Sources

  1. Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (FFLOS) Gave us: name, location, elevation, type, what it is built of, status, register numbers, agency, ownership, dates, photos, links Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved (American Resources, Inc.); facts extracted only, no prose copied. · retrieved 4 Oct 2026
  2. FOREST LOOKOUTS -- central US (centraluslookouts.weebly.com) Gave us: county, links centraluslookouts.weebly.com · No licence stated; facts only (county, coordinates where the page's own map widget gives them, status, height, design hints, register links). The site's own historical quotes, newspaper citations and narrative are not reproduced. · retrieved 8 Oct 2026
  3. Firefinder research Gave us: summary, design, height, status, agency, dates, links, fact-check Firefinder research (sources cited in the story footnotes) · Our own research notes; each fact cites its source in the lookout's story

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