Findings of Fact, Site Location, and Information on Red Bluff AFS Z-157 and Housing Area, based on information provided by US Army Corps of Engineers Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) documents J09CA0913 & 24 of 1991/92, revised in 1995

Site Location

5 miles southwest of the city of Red Bluff, Tehema County, CA

Site History and Findings of Fact

Red Bluff AFS Z-157 consisted of 30.84 acres, was acquired by the Air Force on May 25, 1955, and established as a communications /weather station for the US Air Force. Improvements to the site included buildings, roads a sewage treatment facility, open storm drains, underground storage tanks and pipes for heating fuel and oil, above-ground storage tanks for water storage, a boiler building, a separate containment area possibly used for above-ground fuel storage tanks, a remote transmitter and radar facility, and a Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN) facility.

8.1 acres were turned over to the FAA on November 15, 1971, and 22.615 acres, currently known as Ridgeway County Park, were turned over to the Tehema County for use as a public park on August 2, 1972.

Two additional parcels making up the original site are currently used by FAA. One parcel, located on the eastern end of Ridgeway County Park, is used as a radar station. The other parcel, (GATR?) is located approximately one mile east and is used as a radio communications outlet.

The 4.24-acre Red Bluff Housing Annex included 16 family housing units, located within the city of Red Bluff in Tahema County. It was declared excess and turned over to GSA on December 10, 1970. In 1972, GSA quitclaimed portions of the 4.24 acres to 17 grantees, and the remaining 0.03 acres turned over to the City of Red Bluff by the Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare. A 1991 Family Housing Area report states that the original housing area, currently divided among 14 owners as 17 single-family homes, were all occupied.

The majority of the site (excluding Family Housing) is known as Ridgeway County Park, with the remainder used by the FAA as a weather station. Many of the original structures have been removed. Structures present and still in use at the time of a 1991 USACE site investigation include the operations building, rec hall, pump house and well, and sewage treatment facility. Structures still present but not used since DOD occupation include a swamp cooler for the rec hall, the sewage treatment plant chlorinator, and the sewage treatment pump house.

Site Maps and Photos

No maps or photos were included in the report. Site Map Vicinity/Location and building location maps are included in the report.