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Forest Fire Lookout Association |

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North Carolina |
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Chapter |
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KEY Green = Standing Red = Removed Blue = Information Known, Coming Soon Yellow = Incomplete Information;
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NC Coastal Lookout Inventory |
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Updated May 10, 2008 |
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Coastal NC Statistics 54 Standing Lookout Towers 23 Removed Lookout Towers 15 Unknown Lookout Towers
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Name |
County |
Quad |
Coordinates (N,W) |
Ownership |
Status |
Photo |
Built |
Height |
Stairs |
Info |
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Bannerman |
Pender |
Stag Park |
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NCDFR D8 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1951 |
120' |
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Belcross |
Camden |
Shiloh |
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NCDFR D7 |
Standing (2002) |
No |
1968 |
120' |
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Bolivia |
Brunswick |
Bolivia |
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NCDFR D8 |
Standing (2007) |
No |
1929 |
99'9" |
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Catherine Lake |
Onslow |
Catherine Lake |
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NCDFR D4 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1958 |
120' |
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Cedar Creek |
Cumberland |
Autryville |
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NCDFR D6 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1934 |
99'9" |
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Chadbourn |
Columbus |
Chadbourn |
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NCDFR D8 |
Standing |
Yes |
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99'9" |
134/14 |
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Chesapeake |
Gates |
Merchants Millpond |
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NCDFR D7 |
Standing (2003) |
Yes |
1942 |
120' |
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Chinquapin |
Duplin |
Chinquapin |
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NCDFR D8 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1936 |
99'9" |
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Lower Planks Removed |
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Chowan |
Chowan |
Valhalla |
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NCDFR D7 |
Standing (2002) |
No |
1948 |
120' |
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moved 1968 - where? |
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Clinton |
Sampson |
Clinton South |
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NCDFR D6 |
Standing |
Yes |
1951 |
120' |
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Access Allowed By Ranger |
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Columbia |
Tyrrell |
Scotia |
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NCDFR D13 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1946 |
120' |
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Comfort |
Onslow |
Richlands |
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NCDFR D4 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1936 |
99'9" |
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Deppe |
Onslow |
Kellum |
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NCDFR D4 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1949 |
120' |
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Dixon (new) |
Onslow |
Sneads Ferry |
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NCDFR D4 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
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120' |
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USMC modern tower |
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Dudley |
Wayne |
SW Goldsboro |
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NCDFR D5 |
Standing (2007) |
No |
1935 |
99'9" |
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East Lake |
Dare |
Buffalo City |
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NCDFR D13 |
Standing (2007) |
No |
1949 |
120' |
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East Robeson |
Robeson |
Tar Heel |
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East Robeson F.D. |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1935 |
99'9" |
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Bottom Flight of Stairs Removed |
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Edgecombe |
Edgecombe |
Tarboro |
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NCDFR D5 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1932 |
93' |
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Everett |
Beaufort |
Pinetown |
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NCDFR D4 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1936 |
99'9" |
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Fountain |
Edgecombe |
Fountain |
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NCDFR D5 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1959 |
120' |
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Bottom Flight Stairs Removed |
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Grantsboro |
Pamlico |
Bayboro |
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NCDFR D4 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1947 |
120' |
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Pamlico County Historical Society Has Interest in Tower |
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Greenville |
Pitt |
Greenville SE |
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NCDFR D4 |
Standing (2007) |
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1966 |
99'9" |
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moved in 1936 - from where? |
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Hassell |
Martin |
Oak City |
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NCDFR D7 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1936 |
99'9 |
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Jones Lake |
Bladen |
Elizabethtown N |
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NCDFR D8 |
Standing (2005) |
Yes |
1935 |
99'9" |
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Stairs Gated |
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Kellys Pond |
Lenoir |
Rivermont |
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NCDFR D4 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1937 |
99'9" |
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Lagoon |
Bladen |
Singletary Lake |
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NCDFR D8 |
Standing (2005) |
No |
1937 |
100' |
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Lejeune |
Onslow |
New River Inlet |
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USMC |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
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Maco |
Brunswick |
Acme |
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NCDFR D8 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1936 |
99'9" |
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Medoc |
Halifax |
Ringwood |
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NCDFR D5 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1949 |
99'9" |
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Newkirk |
Sampson |
Tomahawk |
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NCDFR D6 |
Standing (2005) |
No |
1936 |
99'9" |
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Orton |
Brunswick |
Carolina Beach |
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private -Orton Plantationon |
Standing (2007) |
No |
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Otway |
Carteret |
Williston |
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NCDFR D4 |
Planned for removal |
No |
1950 |
120' |
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Palestine |
Cumberland |
Slocomb |
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NCDFR D6 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1927 |
60' |
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Parkton |
Robeson |
Parkton |
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NCDFR D6 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1928 |
99'9" |
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Bottom Flight Stairs Removed |
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Pembroke |
Robeson |
Pembroke |
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NCDFR D6 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1928 |
85' |
107/11 |
Off Cherry Ln. |
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Proctorville |
Robeson |
Fairmont |
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NCDFR D6 |
Standing |
Yes |
1934 |
99'9" |
132/8 |
Fenced |
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Redditt |
Beaufort |
Edward |
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NCDFR D4 |
Standing (2007) |
No |
1936 |
99'9" |
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Riegel |
Brunswick |
Honey Island |
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NCDFR D8 |
Standing (2007) |
No |
1948 |
120' |
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Rocky Point |
Pender |
Rocky Point |
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NCDFR D8 |
Standing (2007) |
No |
1952 |
120' |
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Rose Hill |
Duplin |
Rose Hill |
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NCDFR D8 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1936 |
99'9" |
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Buck Taylor |
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Scranton |
Hyde |
Ponzer |
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NCDFR D13 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1946 |
120' |
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Scuppernong |
Washington |
Leonards Point |
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NCDFR D13 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1950 |
120' |
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Shallotte |
Brunswick |
Shallotte |
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NCDFR D8 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1935 |
99'9" |
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Snow Hill |
Greene |
Walstonburg |
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NCDFR D5 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1934 |
86'3" |
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Bottom Flight Planks Removed, FS Building/Office |
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South Mills |
Pasquotank |
Lynchs Corner |
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NCDFR D7 |
Standing (2007) |
No |
1972 |
120' |
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Moved from Knightdale |
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Top Sail |
Pender |
Holly Ridge |
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NCDFR D8 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1968 |
120' |
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Also Know as Barlowes Tower |
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Tuscarora |
Craven |
Jasper |
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NCDFR D4 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1934 |
99'9" |
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Waccamaw |
Columbus |
Lake Waccamaw E |
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NCDFR D8 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1929 |
99'9" |
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Wards Corner |
Pender |
Costin |
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NCDFR D8 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1936 |
120' |
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Adjacent to FS Building/Office |
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Wilmar |
Craven |
Wilmar |
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NCDFR D4 |
Standing (2007) |
Yes |
1935 |
99'9" |
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Wilson |
Wilson |
Wilson |
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NCDFR D5 |
Standing (2007) |
No |
1932 |
99'9" |
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Moved 1962….(?) |
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Name |
County |
Quad |
Coordinates (N,W) |
Ownership |
Status |
Photo |
Built |
Height |
Stairs |
Info |
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Ashokie (Camp?) |
Hertford |
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NCFDR D7 |
Unknown |
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1928 |
103' |
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"Camp Manufacturing Company" |
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Clarkton |
Bladen |
Clarkton |
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NCDFR D8 |
Unknown |
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1952 |
120' |
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Elizabethtown |
Bladen |
Abbottsburg |
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Unknown |
Unknown |
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Engelhard |
Hyde |
Engelhard West |
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NCDFR D13 |
Unknown |
No |
1954 |
120' |
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Giddensville |
Sampson |
Dobbersville |
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NCDFR D6 |
Unknown |
No |
1952 |
120' |
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Green Cross |
Bertie |
Windsor North |
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NCDFR D7 |
Unknown |
No |
1964 |
99'9 |
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moved in 1934 - from where? |
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Jackson |
Northampton |
Galatia |
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NCDFR D5 |
Unknown |
No |
1934 |
86'3" |
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Kilkenny |
Tyrrell |
Fairfield |
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NCDFR D13 |
Unknown |
No |
1958 |
120' |
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Nakina |
Columbus |
Nakina |
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NCDFR D8 |
Unknown |
No |
1931 |
99'9" |
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Pink Hill |
Duplin |
Albertson |
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NCDFR D8 |
Unknown |
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1937 |
100' |
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Riddicksville |
Hertford |
Riverdale |
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Unknown |
No |
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Rosemead |
Bertie |
Colerain |
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Unknown |
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Simmons (Newport) |
Carteret |
Newport |
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Croatan NF |
Unknown |
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Thomas |
Hertford |
Union |
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Unknown |
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1929 |
93' |
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"sold"? |
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Wenona |
Washington |
Pike Road |
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NCDFR D13 |
Unknown |
No |
1948 |
100' |
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Also Known as Pungo (USFWS?) |
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Name |
County |
Quad |
Coordinates (N,W) |
Ownership |
Status |
Photo |
Built |
Height |
Stairs |
Info |
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Black Swamp |
Jones |
Pollocksville? |
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USFS - Croatan |
Removed |
No |
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same as Island Creek? |
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Fort Fisher |
New Hanover |
Kure Beach |
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Unknown |
Removed |
No |
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US Military?, Footings |
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Hobuken |
Pamlico |
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NCDFR D4 |
Removed |
No |
1963 |
120' |
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Chadbourn |
Columbus |
Chadbourne |
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NCDFR D8 |
Removed |
No |
1930 |
100' |
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Moved North; House |
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Croatan |
Craven |
Havelock |
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USFS - Croatan |
Removed |
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Dixon (old) |
Onslow |
Sneads Ferry |
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NCDFR D4 |
Replaced |
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1936 |
120' |
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moved from where? |
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Hobuken |
Pamlico |
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NCDFR D4 |
Removed |
No |
1963 |
120' |
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Hope Mills |
Cumberland |
Hope Mills |
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NCDFR D6 |
Removed |
No |
1966 |
80' |
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"moved and raised" - to where? |
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Hubert |
Onslow |
Camp Lejeune |
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USMC? |
Removed |
No |
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Island Creek |
Jones |
Pollocksville |
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USFS - Croatan |
Removed (>1983) |
No |
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100' |
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USFS Transfer to NCDFR |
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Liles |
Halifax |
Thelma |
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Unknown |
Removed |
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1935 |
79'6" |
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Long Shoal |
Dare |
Long Shoal Point |
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Unknown |
Removed (>1974) |
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Maxton |
Robeson |
Maxton |
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NCDFR D6 |
Removed |
No |
1964 |
120' |
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Privately erected, manned by NCDFR; Lot /w concrete step |
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Peletier |
Carteret |
Swansboro Hadn |
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USFS - Croatan |
Removed |
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Plymouth |
Washington |
Plymouth East |
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Unknown |
Removed? (>1989) |
No |
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Sea Breeze |
New Hanover |
Carolina Beach |
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Unknown |
Removed |
No |
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South Mills (old) |
Pasquotank |
Lynchs Corner |
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NCDFR D7 |
Removed |
No |
1944 |
99'9" |
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original site? |
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Stumpy Point |
Dare |
Engelhard |
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NCDFR D13 |
Removed (2008) |
Yes |
1953 |
120' |
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Wallace |
Duplin |
Rose Hill |
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NCDFR D8 |
Removed |
No |
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Moved? |
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Wayne (Fremont) |
Wayne |
Fremont |
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NCDFR D5 |
Removed? |
No |
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120' |
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"relocated to Cultural Resources"??, Also Known As Aycock tower - 1966? |
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Williams Lake |
Sampson |
Mingo |
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NCDFR D6 |
Removed |
No |
1952 |
120' |
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Winfall |
Perquimans |
Hertford |
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NCDFR D7 |
Removed |
No |
1944 |
99'9" |
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Footings |
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Woodville |
Bertie |
Woodville |
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Unknown |
Removed? (>1985) |
No |
1928 |
80' |
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moved 1936 |