ARKANSAS LOOKOUTS
DUTCH CREEK MOUNTAIN
Yell County
Ouachita National Forest
Ouachita National Forest
1933: A lookout structure erected by the Civilian Conservation Corps.
1972: Removed.
DESIGNATION - DUTCH MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - EJ2028
STATE/COUNTY- AR/YELL
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - BLUFFTON (1985)
STATION RECOVERY (1956)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1956 (LSB)
THE STATION IS LOCATED IN THE OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST, ON
THE SUMMIT OF DUTCH CREEK MOUNTAIN, APPROXIMATELY 11 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DANVILLE, APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES WEST OF THE
VILLAGE OF ROVER, AND APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BLUFFTON.
A TRAVERSE CONNECTION WAS MADE TO TRIANGULATION STATION
DUTCH 1956, THE DISTANCE BEING 25.93 FEET, 7.903 METERS
NORTHWEST OF STATION DUTCH.
THE TOWER IS A 4-LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE WITH A SMALL, METAL,
GLASS-ENCLOSED, LOOKOUT HOUSE ON TOP. THE HEIGHT OF THE
STRUCTURE IS 68 FEET TO THE EAVES WITH THE GABLE BEING ESTIMATED
AT 3 FEET, MAKING AN APPROXIMATE OVERALL HEIGHT OF 71 FEET.
MEASUREMENTS WERE MADE TO THE BOTTOM CENTER OF THE TOWER
'WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY THE SAME ELEVATION AS THE STATION.