Tower 1027063 — Samtown, LA

At 34 m, structure 1027063 is about 39% of the 87 m average across the 252 structures registered in Rapides Parish. It is about 39% of the Louisiana average of 87 m across 5,038 registrations. Among the 75,247 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (TOWER), the average overall height is 76 m, so this one is about 45% of that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 24 m, which puts the top of the structure 58 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Samtown in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, at coordinates 31.28083, -92.46028, with the site address filed as "INDUSTRIAL STREET CELL SITE". Rapides Parish has 252 FCC-registered antenna structures, the largest count among the 64 Louisiana counties with registrations, and 209 of them are marked constructed. Louisiana as a whole has 5,038 registrations, the 14th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Forest Hill, LA · 1020933, a tower at 475 m (constructed).

Terminated means the FCC has ended the registration. The FCC issued registration 1027063 on Aug 12, 1997. Nationally, 8,910 of the 197,770 registrations (4.5%) carry the terminated status, including 145 in Louisiana.

The FCC record lists CENTURY CELLUNET OF ALEXANDRIA INC DBA = CENTURY CELLUNET of Monroe, LA as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0001716471. Across the registry it holds 79 structure registrations, the 250th-largest portfolio among the 7,865 owners with two or more, including 4 in Louisiana. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (77 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 97-ASW-1817-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".