BUCKSNORT (AFC 3-1)
Dallas County - Arkansas Forestry Commission - 10S-14W-26
DESIGNATION - LOOKOUT TOWER 3 1 AFC
PID - DL1381
STATE/COUNTY- AR/DALLAS
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - HOPEVILLE (1985)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942 (FBQ)
THIS INTERSECTION STATION IS ABOUT 3 MILES N OF THORTON,
ON A SMALL PINE COVERED KNOLL AND IN THE NE 1/4 OF SEC.26,
T. 10 S, R. 14 W. IT IS A STANDARD TYPE STEEL LOOKOUT TOWER,
PAINTED GRAY AND ABOUT 110 FEET HIGH, KNOWN LOCALLY AS BUCKSNORT
FIRE TOWER AND IS UNIT 3, TOWER 1 OF THE ARKANSAS FORESTRY
COMMISSION.
IT WAS LOCATED BY TRAVERSE FROM STATION BUCKSNORT WHICH IS
8.423 METERS, 27.67 FEET, N OF THE CENTER OF THE TOWER.
POINT LOCATED WAS THE CENTER OF THE BASE OF THE TOWER.