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[[File:Dollar Mountain burn, material being cleared by the CCC, Ferry County, Washington, 1938.png|thumb|right|[[Civilian conservation corps|CCC]] workers clearing a track through Dollar Mountain downed timber]]
[[File:Columbia Mountain Lookout azimuths 55 - 185.png|thumb|[[Columbia Mountain Lookout]] [[azimuth]]s 55 - 185 looking over Dollar Mountain burn damage]]
By the time the fire was fully quelled in late fall 1929 the blaze had burned an estimated {{cvt|98,000-142,000|acres|ha}} along the eastern slopes of the Kettles over a several month span.<ref name="CNFhis"/> The fire was the largest fire for the young Colville National Forest, and also one of the largest fires in the nation for the 1929 fire season.<ref name="Lessons"/> Following the 1929 fire season and the devastation of the Dollar Mountain Fire along the Kettle Range, efforts were stepped up to access the fire detection system in the Colville National Forest as a whole, with a full survey being performed and funding allocated. A number of additional fire lookouts were approved and built along the backbone of the kettles, were they were seasonally or continuously manned until eventual decommission. Stations where wheeled vehicles could not reach had the lumber and building material packed in by men and tandem-horse teams in custom made harnesses.<ref name="CNFhis"/>
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