Tower 1021492 — Union Pier, MI

At 80 m, structure 1021492 is about 12% above the 71 m average across the 145 structures registered in Berrien County. It is roughly in line with 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 roughly in line with that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 200 m, which puts the top of the structure 280 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Union Pier in Berrien County, Michigan, at coordinates 41.80056, -86.67417, with the site address filed as "NEW BUFFALO CELL SITE". Berrien County has 145 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 8th-largest count among the 83 Michigan counties with registrations, and 105 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 Porter, IN · 1264863, a tower at 183 m (constructed).

Terminated means the FCC has ended the registration. The FCC issued registration 1021492 on Mar 26, 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 88-AGL-1886-OE and FAA Advisory Circular 70/7460-1G, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 5, is listed on the FCC registration form as "FAA Style D". The painting and lighting specification on file cites FAA chapters 4, 6, 9.