Information
Names: Hartwell
Location: Pike State Forest (previously named Pike County State Forest)
County: Pike
Topo quad: Augusta
Condition: Standing; it was in bad repair and not climbable when we visited it
Maps
Above: Augusta topo from 1961
Above: Pike State Forest map detail with tower in the middle
Data
| Coordinates for current site: | Latitude | Longitude |
| My coordinates (unofficial) | 38.349728 | -87.157521 |
| NHLR coordinates | N 38° 20.984′ | W 087° 09.451′ |
| NGS datasheet for current location (map) | 38 20 59.23108(N) | 087 09 26.54005(W) |
History and previous tower site
It seems clear to me that there was an early different site for the Pike State Forest tower. There is an NGS mark named FIRE TOWER NEAR FRITZ CORNER JA1971 (datasheet) nearby that looks to also have been in Pike County State Forest. The 1936 Pike County cultural map shows a Fire Tower off of old I-64 southwest of Augusta, which is where this JA1791 mark is.
Above map has my green arrow showing where the tower site was around 1936.
Above map shows two NGS marks for Pike County State Forest tower sites, the current site to the north and the older site to the south.
Tower existed in 1946 at the current site according to the NGS datasheet for JA1972.
Outdoor Indiana has an article about Pike State Forest in the November 1975 issue (link to IU Digital Library page)