BENTON
Benton County - Mississippi Forest Service
The NGS Data Sheet
DESIGNATION - BENTON FIRE TOWER
PID - EG1649
STATE/COUNTY- MS/BENTON
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - CAMP HILL (2018)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1966 (LMC)
STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND JUNCTION,
TENNESSEE, 7.5 EG1649'MILES WEST OF WALNUT AND 0.2 MILE SOUTH OF U S HIGHWAY 72.
TO REACH FROM THE JUNCTION OF U S HIGHWAY 72 AND STATE ROUTE 15 ON
THE NORTH EDGE OF
WALNUT, GO WEST ON U S HIGHWAY 72 FOR 8.5 MILES TO
CROSSROAD AND SIGN ON LEFT,
MISSISSIPPI FORESTRY COMMISSION-BENTON,
TURN LEFT AND GO SOUTH 0.1 MILE TO 3-WAY FORK,
KEEP CENTER ROAD OF
FORK AND CONTINUE SOUTH 0.05 MILE TO FIRE TOWER AS DESCRIBED.
STATION IS FIRE TOWER, A METAL CABIN ATOP A 4 LEGGED SKELETON
STRUCTURE THAT IS
110 FEET HIGH AND BELONGS TO THE MISSISSIPPI FOREST
SERVICE.
POINT INTERSECTED WAS TOP AND CENTER.