BUFFALO
Arkansas - Newton County - Ozark National Forest
National Geodetic Survey
DESIGNATION - BUFFALO LOT
PID - FG1821
STATE/COUNTY- AR/NEWTON
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - FALLSVILLE (1975)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY US FOREST SERVICE 1971 (LHW)
THE STATION, BUFFALO U. S. FOREST SERVICE LOOKOUT TOWER IS THE CENTER
BASE OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET HIGH. THE
DISTANCE WAS MEASURED FROM TRIANGULATION STATION BUFFALO AND THE
DISTANCE IS 67.64 FEET OR 20.616 METERS.
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH AND 17 MILES WEST OF
JASPER, 3-1/2 MILES NORTH AND 8-1/2 MILES EAST OF PETTIGREW, 6 MILES
NORTH AND 1-1/2 MILES WEST OF FALLSVILLE, IN THE NORTHEAST 1/4
SECTION OF SECTION 23, R 24 W., T 14 N., AND ON PROPERTY OF THE OZARK
NATIONAL FOREST.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 21 AND 16
IN FALLSVILLE, GO WESTERLY AND NORTH ON STATE HIGHWAY 16 FOR 10.4
MILES TO A ROAD FORK AND SIGN BUFFALO TOWER. KEEP RIGHT AND GO
NORTHERLY UP HILL ON ROAD NUMBERED 1402 FOR 1.45 MILES TO A
REVERSE FORK. KEEP RIGHT AND CONTINUE EASTERLY AHEAD ON ROAD 1402
FOR 2.0 MILES TO A FORK. KEEP RIGHT AS PER SIGN AND GO
SOUTHEASTERLY ON GRADED ROAD FOR 0.45 MILE TO A FORK. KEEP
LEFT AND GO 0.35 MILE TO THE TOP OF HILL AND STATION.