BEAUMONT
Perry County
Removed
The NGS Data Sheet
DESIGNATION - BEAUMONT FIRE TOWER
PID - BV1504
STATE/COUNTY- MS/PERRY
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - BEAUMONT (2018)
STATION RECOVERY (1943)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1943 (KBJ)
THIS TRAVERSE STATION IS LOCATED ON A PROMINENT HILL ABOUT 2.5 MILES
OF BEAUMONT. THE FIRE TOWER IS A STANDARD LOOKOUT OF THE U.S.
FORESTRY SERVICE. IT IS A STEEL, FOUR-LEGGED STRUCTURE WITH AN
ENCLOSED CABIN AT THE TOP ABOUT 110 FEET IN HEIGHT.
A TRAVERSE CONNECTION WAS MADE FROM TRIANGULATION STATION TO THE
CENTER OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER, DISTANCE 22.619 METERS (74.21 FEET).
THE POINT OBSERVED UPON WAS THE CENTER OF THE FIRE TOWER AT THE TOP.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN BEAUMONT GO W FOR 1/2
BLOCK THEN TURN LEFT AND GO S ON A GRAVELED ROAD FOR 2.55 MILES
TO A T-ROAD LEFT, AT A SIGN BEAUMONT FIRE TOWER. TURN LEFT AND GO
0.1 MILE TO THE FIRE TOWER.