LUTIE
Missouri Lookouts - Ozark County - Missouri Conservation Commission
FY 1950-51: A 40 acre towersite was acquired. (Missouri Conservation Commission Annual Report)
FY1951 - 52: A new tower was erected at the Lutie towersite. (Missouri Conservation Commission Annual Report FY 1951-52)
DESIGNATION - LUTIE LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - GF0731
STATE/COUNTY- MO/OZARK
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - THEODOSIA (1968)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1953 (JCM)
THE STATION IS 2 MILES WEST AND 2-1/4 MILES SOUTH OF THE
LUTIE POST OFFICE, 2-1/2 MILES EAST AND 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF
THE POST OFFICE IN OCIE AND ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE JUNCTION
OF STATE HIGHWAY 80 AND COUNTY ROAD P, IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER
OF SEC. 27, T 22 N, R 16 W, ON THE SUMMIT OF A HILL LOCALLY
KNOWN AS HOLT BALD.
IT IS A FOUR LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE ABOUT 120 FEET HIGH
SUPPORTING AN OBSERVATION CABIN.
A TRAVERSE CONNECTION WAS MADE FROM THE DETERMINED CENTER OF
THE BASE OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER TO TRIANGULATION STATION HOLT BALD
AND THE DISTANCE WAS FOUND TO BE 58.87 FEET AND 17.972 METERS.
NOTE- STATE HIGHWAY 80 HAS BEEN CHANGED TO U. S. HIGHWAY 160
AS OF 1 JANUARY 1954.