Lattice tower 1296073 — Silver Bay, MN

At 11 m, structure 1296073 is about 12% of the 92 m average across the 37 structures registered in Lake County. It is about 15% of the Minnesota average of 77 m across 3,995 registrations. Among the 35,886 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (LTOWER), the average overall height is 73 m, so this one is about 16% of that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 335 m, which puts the top of the structure 346 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Silver Bay in Lake County, Minnesota, at coordinates 47.25206, -91.40981, with the site address filed as "Silver Bay Municipal Airport, On Airport". Lake County has 37 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 39th-largest count among the 87 Minnesota counties with registrations, and 27 of them are marked constructed. Minnesota as a whole has 3,995 registrations, the 21st-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Isabella, MN · 1282313, a tower at 143 m (canceled).

Constructed means the owner has notified the FCC that construction is complete, so the registry treats the structure as standing. The FCC issued registration 1296073 on Jun 10, 2021. Nationally, 141,895 of the 197,770 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 2,994 in Minnesota.

The FCC record lists State of MN MnDOT Aeronautics of St. Paul, MN as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0005942859. Across the registry it holds 433 structure registrations, the 59th-largest portfolio among the 7,865 owners with two or more, including 432 in Minnesota. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (273 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2014-AGL-6923-NRA, 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".