ATWOOD HILL
Illinois - Union County - Shawnee National Forest - Jonesboro Ranger District
March 13, 1974: "Anyone want to buy an 80-foot steel fire tower?
The U.S. Forest Service says that it will open bids Friday at the ranger station in Jonesboro for the Atwood Hill lookout tower in the Shawnee National Forest.
The only catch is that the tower must be removed from the forest within 180 days.
Forest Service officials said increased aerial fire surveillance has made the tower obsolete." (Southern Illinoisan)
The U.S. Forest Service says that it will open bids Friday at the ranger station in Jonesboro for the Atwood Hill lookout tower in the Shawnee National Forest.
The only catch is that the tower must be removed from the forest within 180 days.
Forest Service officials said increased aerial fire surveillance has made the tower obsolete." (Southern Illinoisan)
Removed
National Geodetic Survey
DESIGNATION - ATWOOD
PID - HB1734
STATE/COUNTY- IL/UNION
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - JONESBORO (1996)
STATION RECOVERY (1938)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1938 (CDM)
STATION ATWOOD (1930) WAS FOUND AS DESCRIBED AND RECOVERED IN GOOD
CONDITION. IT IS ABOUT 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ANNA, 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JONESBORO, AND ABOUT 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WARE IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SEC. 33,
T. 12 S., R. 2 W., ON LAND OWNED BY MRS. LAURA A. RANDALL. CONSENT
OBTAINED. STATION IS ON THE EASTERLY OF THE TWO HIGHEST KNOBS
ON A HIGH-WOODED RIDGE KNOWN AS ATWOOD RIDGE. IT IS 50 FEET NORTHWEST
OF WOODS ROAD. THE MARK PROJECTS 2 INCHES.
THE AZIMUTH MARK IS WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE STATION. IT IS A NEW MARK,
20 FEET SOUTH OF A FIRE TOWER, AND FLUSH WITH THE GROUND.
REFERENCE MARK NO.1 WAS RECOVERED
IN GOOD CONDITION. IT IS SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE STATION, 10
FEET SOUTHEAST OF WOODS ROAD, AND PROJECTS 2 INCHES.
REFERENCE MARK NO.2 WAS FOUND AS DESCRIBED AND RECOVERED
IN GOOD CONDITION. IT IS WEST OF THE STATION, 7 FEET
NORTH OF WOODS ROAD, AND PROJECTS 2 INCHES.
STATION WAS REACHED FROM THE SQUARE IN JONESBORO BY GOING WEST ON
STATE HIGHWAY 146 FOR 1.1 MILES TO A DIRT ROAD LEFT. TURN
LEFT ON DIRT ROAD AND GO 1.6 MILES TO FORKS NEAR A CHURCH, CONTINUE
STRAIGHT AHEAD ON THE RIGHT FORK FOR 0.9 MILE TO A DIM ROAD
LEFT, TURN LEFT ON THIS ROAD, CROSSING BRIDGE, AND GO 0.45 MILE TO
FORK. TAKE RIGHT FORK 0.55 MILE TO TOP OF HILL AND FORK
LEFT, TAKE FORK TO THE LEFT UP A LANE 0.3 MILE TO A HOUSE, CONTINUE
LEFT BY HOUSE AND BUILDINGS ON TRACK ROAD FOR 0.3 MILE TO
THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. FROM HERE PACK UP OLD WOODS ROAD TO
THE TOP OF RIDGE, TURN LEFT AND GO TO TOP OF KNOB AND STATION.