BLACK
Missouri Lookouts - Reynolds County - Mark Twain National Forest - 32N-1W-1
November 22, 1934: "The Black tower has been located two and a half miles northeast of Black, Mo., and has been staked out.
The new tower will be slightly different than the present towers at Buick and Czar, in that a stairway will be used instead of the ladder, to reach the cab. The tower will be ninety-nine feet, nine inches height, to the floor of the cab." (The Salem Post and The Democrat-Bulletin)
The new tower will be slightly different than the present towers at Buick and Czar, in that a stairway will be used instead of the ladder, to reach the cab. The tower will be ninety-nine feet, nine inches height, to the floor of the cab." (The Salem Post and The Democrat-Bulletin)
Moved to Oates tower site.
DESIGNATION - BLACK LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - HC0750
STATE/COUNTY- MO/REYNOLDS
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - OATES (1981)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1939 (FBQ)
A U.S. FORESTRY SERVICE LOOKOUT TOWER LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES
WEST-NORTHWEST OF CENTERVILLE, IN THE CLARK NATIONAL FOREST. THE
TOWER IS A FOUR-LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE WITH A GLASS-ENCLOSED
LOOKOUT ROOM ON TOP. IT IS ABOUT 130 FEET HIGH AND IS ON THE
HIGHEST PART OF THE KNOLL, BUT THERE ARE SLIGHTLY HIGHER KNOLLS
IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY. IT IS 94 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER OF
THE GRAVEL ROAD AND 59 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE WEST CORNER OF THE
RANGERS HOME. THE FINIAL ON TOP WAS OBSERVED UPON FROM
TRIANGULATION STATIONS MOSES, CENTERVILLE, AND BUICK.
TO REACH THE TOWER FROM CENTERVILLE, GO NORTH FROM THE SQUARE
ON STATE HIGHWAY NO. 21 FOR 2.5 MILES TO THE WEST END OF A HIGHWAY
OUT, THEN LEFT UP THE HILL AND FOLLOW THE MAIN GRAVEL ROAD NORTH
AND WEST FOR 1.3 MILES TO THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS CAMP,
CONTINUE ON THE MAIN GRAVEL ROAD ALONG THE RIDGE TO THE NORTHWEST
AND DRIVE 5.5 MILES, THEN TAKE THE MAIN RIGHT FORK AND DRIVE
0.5 MILE TO THE TOWER.
STATION RECOVERY (1965)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1965
THE TOWER HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SITE. THE REMAINS OF THE
FOUNDATION PIERS ARE STILL IN PLACE.