Lattice tower 1024307 — Blanca, CO

At 46 m, structure 1024307 is about 20% below the 57 m average across the 8 structures registered in Costilla County. It is roughly in line with the Colorado average of 49 m across 2,340 registrations. Among the 35,886 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (LTOWER), the average overall height is 73 m, so this one is about 37% below that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 2,360 m, which puts the top of the structure 2,406 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Blanca in Costilla County, Colorado, at coordinates 37.43631, -105.51594, with the site address filed as "6TH & SMITH RD". Costilla County has 8 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 54th-largest count among the 63 Colorado counties with registrations, and 6 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 Fort Garland, CO · 1274343, a tower at 107 m (constructed).

Constructed means the owner has notified the FCC that construction is complete, so the registry treats the structure as standing. The FCC issued registration 1024307 on Dec 16, 2013. Nationally, 141,895 of the 197,770 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 1,613 in Colorado.

The FCC record lists BLANCA TELEPHONE COMPANY of Alamosa, CO as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0003766201. Across the registry it holds 7 structure registrations, including 7 in Colorado. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (4 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2012-ANM-2119-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".