Pole 1280777 — Mount Vernon, IL

At 7 m, structure 1280777 is about 10% of the 73 m average across the 72 structures registered in Jefferson County. It is about 10% of the Illinois average of 69 m across 7,113 registrations. Among the 16,558 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (POLE), the average overall height is 31 m, so this one is about 23% of that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 137 m, which puts the top of the structure 144 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Mount Vernon in Jefferson County, Illinois, at coordinates 38.31119, -88.86906, with the site address filed as "Along RR right of way CP Delaney near mile post 89.28W". Jefferson County has 72 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 26th-largest count among the 102 Illinois counties with registrations, and 56 of them are marked constructed. Illinois as a whole has 7,113 registrations, the 6th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Kell, IL · 1055974, a structure at 300 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 1280777 on May 10, 2024. Nationally, 141,898 of the 197,833 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 5,174 in Illinois.

The FCC record lists Norfolk Southern Railway Company of Atlanta, GA as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0004228979. Across the registry it holds 549 structure registrations, the 48th-largest portfolio among the 7,865 owners with two or more, including 37 in Illinois. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (204 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2011-AGL-5115-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".