BUD HILL (AFC 3-3)
Calhoun County - Arkansas Forestry Commission - 12S-13W-32
DESIGNATION - LOOKOUT TOWER 3 3 AFC
PID - DL1284
STATE/COUNTY- AR/CALHOUN
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - CHAMBERSVILLE (1985)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942 (FBQ)
STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES S OF THORNTON IN THE NW
1/4 OF SEC. 32. T. 12 S, R. 13 W, ON A PROMINENT HILL KNOWN
AS BUD HILL. THIS TOWER IS UNIT 3, NO. 3 OF THE ARKANSAS
STATE FORESTRY COMMISSION.
STATION IS A STANDARD LOOKOUT TOWER 100 FEET HIGH WITH A
STAIRWAY IN THE CENTER OF THE STRUCTURE. IT IS CONSTRUCTED
OF STEEL AND HAS A CROWS NEST ON TOP WITH GLASS WINDOWS ON
ALL FOUR SIDES. THE CROWS NEST HAS A VENTILATOR AT ITS APEX
AND A FLAGPOLE AT ITS SW CORNER.
THE POINT OBSERVED WAS THE CENTER OF THE VENTILATOR.
STATION WAS LOCATED BY DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM TRIANGULATION
STATION BUD WHICH IS 30.455 METERS (99.92 FEET) NW FROM THE
STATION.