Silo 1206620 — Amherst, CO

At 57 m, structure 1206620 is roughly in line with the 55 m average across the 20 structures registered in Phillips County. It is about 15% above the Colorado average of 49 m across 2,340 registrations. Among the 112 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (SILO), the average overall height is 45 m, so this one is about 26% above that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 1,124 m, which puts the top of the structure 1,181 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Amherst in Phillips County, Colorado, at coordinates 40.68150, -102.16489, with the site address filed as "34661 Co. Rd. 53". Phillips County has 20 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 42nd-largest count among the 63 Colorado counties with registrations, and 16 of them are marked constructed. Colorado as a whole has 2,340 registrations, the 29th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Lisbon Township, NE · 1062870, a tower at 314 m (granted (not yet 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 1206620 on Nov 29, 1999. Nationally, 18,387 of the 197,770 registrations (9.3%) carry the granted (not yet constructed) status, including 293 in Colorado.

The FCC record lists Amherst Cooperative Grain Elevator Inc. of Amherst, CO as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0001617463. Across the registry it holds 2 structure registrations, including 2 in Colorado. Its most common filed structure-type code is SILO (2 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 99-ANM-1230-OE, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 9, is listed on the FCC registration form as "FAA Style A". The painting and lighting specification on file cites FAA chapters 1, 3, 11, 21.