BOX SPRINGS TOWER 97 (MAGNOLIA)
Columbia County - Arkansas Forestry Commission
DESIGNATION - BOX SPRINGS FIRE TOWER 97 AFC
PID - DL1495
STATE/COUNTY- AR/COLUMBIA
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - WALDO (1968)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1950 (RLE)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 6.0 MILES SOUTH AND 3.5 MILES WEST
OF WALDO, 7.0 MILES WEST AND 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF MAGNOLIA AND
1.5 MILES NORTH-WEST OF THE UNION CENTER SCHOOL.
IT IS A 4 LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE SUPPORTING A CAB AT THE TOP
WITH AN OVERALL HEIGHT OF 110 FEET. THE POINT OBSERVED UPON WAS
THE CENTER OF THE BASE OF THE TOWER.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 82 AND
STATE HIGHWAYS 132 AND 19 TWO BLOCKS WEST OF THE COURT HOUSE IN
MAGNOLIA, GO WEST AND SOUTHWEST ON STATE HIGHWAY 132 TOWARD
TAYLOR FOR 3.3 MILES TO FORKS AT STORE AND SERVICE STATION,
CONTINUE ON STATE HIGHWAY 132 FOR 2.2 MILES TO STORE AND
SERVICE STATION ON THE RIGHT AT CROSSROADS, TURN RIGHT AND GO
NORTH AND WEST FOR 0.95 MILE TO FORKS AT UNION CENTER SCHOOL
ON THE LEFT, TAKE RIGHT FORK AND CONTINUE FOR 1.6 MILES TO
DRIVEWAY ON THE RIGHT, TURN RIGHT INTO DRIVEWAY AND GO 0.2
MILE TO STATION.