TEXAS LOOKOUTS
CHITA
Trinity County
Texas Forest Service
Texas Forest Service
DESIGNATION - CHITA TEX FOREST SERV LOT 1942
PID - BL2168
STATE/COUNTY- TX/TRINITY
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - CHITA (1972)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942 (FBQ)
STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 9.5 MILES EAST OF TRINITY, NEAR THE
TOP OF A PARTLY CLEARED HILL, ON STATE OWNED LAND. IT IS A
LOOKOUT TOWER OF THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE, IS OF ALL STEEL
CONSTRUCTION AND HAS AN ENCLOSED CABIN AT THE TOP. IT IS ABOUT
125 FEET HIGH. THE CENTER OF THE PYRAMIDAL ROOF IS THE POINT
LOCATED.
THE TOWER WAS LOCATED BY DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM
TRIANGULATION STATION CHITA, WHICH IS 434.68 FEET NORTHWEST OF
THE TOWER.