MISSOURI LOOKOUTS
WOLF MOUNTAIN
Ripley County
Mark Twain National Forest
23N-1W-20
Mark Twain National Forest
23N-1W-20
A 50-foot steel tower with no other improvements.
Removed
DESIGNATION - WOLF MOUNTAIN LOT
PID - GE0802
STATE/COUNTY- MO/RIPLEY
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - BARDLEY (1965)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1956 (OSR)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF DONIPHAN AND
4 MILES NORTH OF THE SETTLEMENT OF GATEWOOD, IN SECTION 20,
T 23 N, R 1 W. A TRAVERSE CONNECTION WAS MADE FROM
TRIANGULATION STATION WOLF TO A STANDARD REFERENCE MARK
DISK WHICH WAS SET AT THE DETERMINED CENTER OF THE BASE
OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER AND THE DISTANCE WAS FOUND TO BE 27.87
FEET OR 8.495 METERS. THE MARK IS SET IN THE TOP OF A
CONCRETE POST, 12-INCHES IN DIAMETER. THE POST PROJECTS
2 INCHES AND THE DISK IS STAMPED WOLF NO 1 1956. THE HEIGHT
OF THE TOWER IS 90 FEET.