MISSOURI LOOKOUTS

BUICK

Iron County
National Forest
34N-2W-26 

March 1, 1934:   "Material for the erection of a 100-foot steel lookout tower in the Clark Unit of the Missouri National Forests, arrived here the first of the week, and will be immediately erected in the forest near Buick."   (The Salem Post and The Democrat Bulletin)

National Geodetic Survey

DESIGNATION - BUICK LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - HC0753
STATE/COUNTY- MO/IRON
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - GREELEY (1981)

STATION DESCRIPTION

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1939 (FBQ)
POINT OBSERVED UPON WAS THE FINIAL OF A U.S. FORESTRY SERVICE
LOOKOUT TOWER, A STEEL STRUCTURE 100 FEET HIGH WITH A GLASS-ENCLOSED
OBSERVATION PLATFORM ON TOP. LOCATED 3.5 MILES SOUTH OF
BIXBY, 21.586 METERS, 70.82 FEET, NORTH OF TRIANGULATION
STATION BUICK AND IN THE CLARK PURCHASE UNIT.

OBSERVED UPON FROM TRIANGULATION STATIONS MOSES, CENTERVILLE,
BUICK, MARCOOT AND BUNKER.

TO REACH THE LOOKOUT TOWER FROM THE GENERAL STORE IN BIXBY,
GO WEST ON MISSOURI HIGHWAY 32 FOR 0.4 MILE TO A SIDE ROAD
LEFT, TURN LEFT AND FOLLOW THIS ROAD SOUTH AND EAST FOR
4 MILES TO THE TOWER ON THE LEFT (WEST) SIDE OF THE ROAD.

THE TOWER IS A FOUR LEGGED STEEL TOWER ABOUT 110 FEET HIGH
WITH AN 8 FOOT SQUARE HOUSE ON TOP. IT IS 21.58 METERS,
70.80 FEET NORTH NORTHWEST OF TRIANGULATION STATION BUICK.
THE CENTER OF THE TOWER WAS INTERSECTED.