Tower 1059044 — Portage, MI

At 61 m, structure 1059044 is about 13% below the 69 m average across the 141 structures registered in Kalamazoo County. It is about 18% below the Michigan average of 74 m across 6,220 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 20% below that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 260 m, which puts the top of the structure 321 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Portage in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, at coordinates 42.20722, -85.58694, with the site address filed as "SOUTH PORTAGE CELL SITE". Kalamazoo County has 141 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 9th-largest count among the 83 Michigan counties with registrations, and 100 of them are marked constructed. Michigan as a whole has 6,220 registrations, the 8th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Orangeville Township, MI · 1004741, a tower at 329 m (constructed).

Terminated means the FCC has ended the registration. The FCC issued registration 1059044 on Jan 6, 1999. Nationally, 8,910 of the 197,770 registrations (4.5%) carry the terminated status, including 273 in Michigan.

The FCC record lists CENTURY CELLUNET OF SOUTHERN MICHIGAN CELLULAR LIMITED PARTNERSHIP DBA = CENTURYTEL, INC. 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 46 in Michigan. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (77 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 98-AGL-5292-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".