MCNAB UNIT 10, TOWER 4
Arkamsas - Hempstead County - Arkansas Forestry Commission
July 14, 1950: "You know that fire-fighting tower north of McNab where a lookout spots trouble for forest rangers? You do? Well, not ant more. The woods are still there -----but the tower burned up." (Hope Star)
National Geodetic Survey
DESIGNATION - LOOKOUT TOWER 10 4 AFC
PID - DL1572
STATE/COUNTY- AR/HEMPSTEAD
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - MC NAB (1975)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1951 (VRS)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 2-1/2 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE
VILLAGE OF MC NAB, 0.5 MILE SOUTHWEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 55,
ON A PROMINENT WOODED HILL WHICH IS THE HIGHEST POINT IN THE
IMMEDIATE VICINITY.
THE LOOKOUT TOWER IS OPERATED AND MAINTAINED BY THE ARKANSAS
RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, DIVISION OF FORESTRY
AND PARKS, UNIT 10, TOWER NO. 4. IT IS A FOUR LEGGED STEEL
STRUCTURE WITH A GLASS INCLOSED CROWS NEST AT THE TOP AND
IS APPROXIMATELY 112 FEET IN HEIGHT.
THE POINT OBSERVED WAS THE APEX OF THE ROOF OF THE CROWS NEST.