CHIRICAHUA NATIONAL MONUMENT, ARIZONA

Hatchett Peak Vista

Photographic Archive 1986 - 1989

 

 

 

 

SITE HISTORY

 

 

Site Location:               The monitoring site was located at the western edge of the Chiricahua Mountains in southeastern Arizona, 150 kilometers southeast of Tucson.

 

 

Photographic Station:    The camera was located at the Sugarloaf Mountain Fire Lookout, approximately five kilometers northeast of monument headquarters and viewed Hatchett Peak (~117°), 97.0 km until February 1989.  The camera was then realigned, coinciding with the installation of a transmissometer.  The new camera alignment viewed Mica Mountain (~281°), 117.0 km.

 

 

Operational Period:       Hatchett Peak Vista 06/17/86 - 02/17/89

                                    Mica Mountain Vista 02/17/89 - 04/12/95

 

 

Data Collection:            Photographs were taken at 09:00, 12:00, and 15:00 daily. Approximately 9,000 35mm-color slides of the Hatchett Peak Vista were reviewed to develop the provided historical photographic archive.