Building 1278383 — La Plata, MD

At 44 m, structure 1278383 is about half of the 87 m average across the 78 structures registered in Charles County. It is about 37% below the Maryland average of 70 m across 1,911 registrations. Among the 1,817 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (B), the average overall height is 42 m, so this one is roughly in line with that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 56 m, which puts the top of the structure 100 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near La Plata in Charles County, Maryland, at coordinates 38.56050, -77.01314, with the site address filed as "8730 Mitchell Road (7WAS537A)". Charles County has 78 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 9th-largest count among the 24 Maryland counties with registrations, and 53 of them are marked constructed. Maryland as a whole has 1,911 registrations, the 33rd-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Waldorf, MD · 1237583, a tower at 246 m (canceled).

Canceled means the registration is no longer active in the FCC registry; the record is kept here as part of the registry's history. The FCC issued registration 1278383 on Jan 23, 2014. Nationally, 15,900 of the 197,833 registrations (8%) carry the canceled status, including 236 in Maryland.

The FCC record lists T-Mobile Northeast LLC of Bellevue, WA as the registered owner. Across the registry it holds 280 structure registrations, the 86th-largest portfolio among the 7,865 owners with two or more, including 12 in Maryland. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (185 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2011-AEA-365-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".