Monopole 1285449 — Mojave, CA

At 9 m, structure 1285449 is about 23% of the 39 m average across the 540 structures registered in Kern County. It is about 28% of the California average of 32 m across 11,860 registrations. Among the 24,638 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (MTOWER), the average overall height is 42 m, so this one is about 22% of that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 841 m, which puts the top of the structure 850 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Mojave in Kern County, California, at coordinates 35.05072, -118.17361, with the site address filed as "West to the intersection of Panamint ST and Mojave-Barslow Hwy.". Kern County has 540 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 5th-largest count among the 58 California counties with registrations, and 333 of them are marked constructed. California as a whole has 11,860 registrations, the 2nd-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Rosamond, CA · 1015777, a guyed tower at 145 m (constructed).

Granted means the FCC has issued the registration, but the record does not yet carry the owner's notice that construction was completed. The FCC issued registration 1285449 on Oct 12, 2012. Nationally, 18,387 of the 197,770 registrations (9.3%) carry the granted (not yet constructed) status, including 1,200 in California.

The FCC record lists UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY of Omaha, NE as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0001539048. Across the registry it holds 1,115 structure registrations, the 24th-largest portfolio among the 7,865 owners with two or more, including 162 in California. Its most common filed structure-type code is MTOWER (411 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2012-AWP-5565-OE, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 1, is listed on the FCC registration form as "None".