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Fire lookout · Lincoln County, Oregon

Stodt (Stott) Mountain Lookout Site

Also known as Stodt Mountain

Lincoln FPA wooden L-4 tower on Stodt (Stott) Mountain, built 1954, manned into 1970 and abandoned in 1972; no source describes the site today.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Abandoned in 1972; the register lists it among former lookout sites, and no removal date is given

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 towerwooden L-4 tower with a 14x14 cab and split-cedar legsThe design: L-4
Built of
Wood
Built
1954
Height
30 ft (9.1 m)
Elevation
3,128 ft (953 m)
Agency
Lincoln FPA (Oregon Department of Forestry)
Land
Unknown
Location
Lincoln County, Oregon
Coordinates
44.92469, −123.76437
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-or-stodt-stott-mountain

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History

Then and now

  1. 1954 BuiltBuilt in 1954 per the register and firelookout.com; the Lincoln FPA 1953 report had the 30-foot split-cedar tower about 15 percent completeSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com, oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  2. 1959 AlteredGalvanized steel sheet put under the windows; cab painted outsideSource: oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  3. 1967 StaffedMarcella Coy moved onto Stodt Mountain for her 19th season as a lookout (The Forest Log, July 1967)Source: oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  4. 1969 StaffedDecided to be the only lookout manned on a regular basis on the districtSource: oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  5. 1970 StaffedThe only lookout on the district maintained through the seasonSource: oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  6. 1972 AbandonedAbandoned; no removal date in these sourcesSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com, oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  7. No record between 1972 and 2010
  8. 2010 Added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites RegisterDate registered per FFLOS detail page: November 16, 2010Source: FFLOS register entry
  9. TodayGoneThe lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left.

Old maps of this spot

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Story

Researched 9 Oct 2026, fact-checked.

Stodt (Stott) Mountain rises to 3,128 feet in Lincoln County, Oregon.1 Construction was under way in 1953, when a Lincoln FPA annual report put the 30-foot split-cedar tower about 15 percent complete.2 The register and firelookout.com date the tower to 1954 and describe it as 32 feet tall, so the sources disagree on its height.1,3 The 1954 report lists a 14-by-14 cab, a railing and a lightning arrestor, at a cost of $1,922.98.2 The register adds that the cables, bolts, stairs and cab came from other Lincoln FPA towers.1

In 1959 galvanized steel sheet was added below the windows against moisture, and the cab's exterior was painted.2

Staffing is recorded for the late 1960s.2 The Forest Log reported in 1967 that Marcella Coy had moved onto Stodt Mountain for her 19th season as a lookout.2 By 1969 the district had decided this would be the only lookout manned on a regular basis, and in 1970 it was the only one kept manned through the season.2

The lookout was abandoned in 1972.1,3,2 The register lists the site among former lookouts and gives no removal date.1 No source I found describes what, if anything, remains at the summit today, or how to reach it.1

  1. Stodt (Stott) Mountain Lookout Site, Former Fire Lookout Sites register, Forest Fire Lookout Association, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/or/stodt-stott-mountain-lookout-site/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Stodt Mountain - Forest Lookouts, Oregon Lookouts, https://oregonlookouts.weebly.com/stodt-mountain.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  3. Stodt (Stott) Mtn. Fire Lookout Tower, firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/or/stodt.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

Photo of Stodt (Stott) Mountain Lookout Site
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Sources

  1. Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (FFLOS) Gave us: name, location, county, elevation, what it is built of, register numbers, agency, 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 Fire Lookout Association (FFLA) - US lookout lists Gave us: type, status, register numbers, links Forest Fire Lookout Association (firelookout.org) · No licence stated; facts extracted only, no prose copied. · retrieved 8 Oct 2026
  3. firelookout.com -- Rex Kamstra's Forest Fire Lookout Page Gave us: links firelookout.com · No licence stated on the site; facts only (coordinates, elevation, built/destroyed years, design, agency). Photos mirrored with the site's stated credit. · retrieved 4 Oct 2026
  4. FOREST LOOKOUTS -- western US (Ron Kemnow's weebly sites) Gave us: height, links Ron Kemnow's Forest Lookouts sites (westlookouts, californialookouts, idaholookouts, montanalookouts, oregonlookouts and washingtonlookouts .weebly.com) · No licence stated; facts only (county, land manager, status word, coordinates where the page's own map widget gives them, township-range-section, height and design hints, links). The site's own newspaper quotes, citations and narrative are not reproduced. · retrieved 8 Oct 2026
  5. 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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