Lattice tower 1287455 — Rifle, CO

At 9 m, structure 1287455 is about 32% of the 28 m average across the 57 structures registered in Garfield County. It is about 18% of 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 13% of that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 1,662 m, which puts the top of the structure 1,671 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Rifle in Garfield County, Colorado, at coordinates 39.52328, -107.74442, with the site address filed as "Rifle Warehouse 3 Mi ESE of". Garfield County has 57 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 12th-largest count among the 63 Colorado counties with registrations, and 40 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 Parachute, CO · 1282955, a structure at 102 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 1287455 on Sep 28, 2026. Nationally, 141,895 of the 197,770 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 1,613 in Colorado.

The FCC record lists Xcel Energy Services Inc. of Minneapolis, MN as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0006242689. Across the registry it holds 113 structure registrations, the 179th-largest portfolio among the 7,865 owners with two or more, including 27 in Colorado. Its most common filed structure-type code is GTOWER (36 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2013-ANM-39-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".