Number of sites found in Plumas County:3

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Sites:

NameAcresLocatedDescription
Frenchman Creek Camp5402.24MilfordIn 1952, 5,402.24 Public Domain acres were transferred from the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service to the Air Force. The site was used by Stead Air Force Base, Nevada as a survival training site. On 30 March 1966, all 5,402.24 acres were retransferred to the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Based on the foregoing, the site has been determined to be formerly used by the Department of Defense and is eligible for the Defense Environmental Restoration Program for Formerly Used Defense Sites established under 10 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.
Grizzly Creek Camp6839.25QuincyOn 25 June 1952, 6,839.25 Public Domain acres were transferred from the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service to the U.S. Air Force to be used as a survival training site by Stead Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada. On 30 March 1966, all 6,839.25 Public Domain acres were retransferred to the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Based on the foregoing, the site has been determined to be formerly used by the Department of Defense and is eligible for the Defense Environmental Restoration Program for Formerly Used Defense Sites established under 10 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.
Janesville Gap Filler Annex67.12SusanvilleOn 21 July 1958, the US Government acquired 37.12 public domain acres and on 5 Aug. 1958, they acquired .30 public domain acres from the US Dept. of Agricultural, Forest Service (USDF). Total acreage acquired for the subject site was 37.42. The site, located in Plumas County, 13 miles southwest of Susanville, CA, was known as Janesville Gap Filler Annex (Z-157A), also known as Janesville Gap Filler Annex (SM-157A), Gap Filler Radar Site SM-157A, Thompson Peak Mountain, and Janesville Gap Filler Annex (Z157A) LTMJ, CA. The property was used by the Air Defense Command as an unmanned radar gap filler station. Improvements to the site consisted of one concrete block equipment and generator building, two-15,000-gallon fuel storage tanks, a 70 foot high steel antenna tower, a woven wire fence, and a gravel surfaced road. On 28 March 1969, 37.42 public domain acres were re-transferred to USDF.