Lattice tower 1303534 — Petal, MS

At 91 m, structure 1303534 is roughly in line with the 88 m average across the 120 structures registered in Forrest County. It is roughly in line with the Mississippi average of 92 m across 4,898 registrations. Among the 35,918 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (LTOWER), the average overall height is 73 m, so this one is about 26% above that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 88 m, which puts the top of the structure 179 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Petal in Forrest County, Mississippi, at coordinates 31.41300, -89.23128, with the site address filed as "871 Lynn Ray Road". Forrest County has 120 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 7th-largest count among the 82 Mississippi counties with registrations, and 95 of them are marked constructed. Mississippi as a whole has 4,898 registrations, the 16th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Petal, MS · 1028163, a tower at 313 m (constructed).

Constructed means the owner has notified the FCC that construction is complete, so the registry treats the structure as standing. The FCC issued registration 1303534 on Sep 28, 2017. Nationally, 141,898 of the 197,833 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 3,788 in Mississippi.

The FCC record lists Dixie Electric Power Association of Laurel, MS as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0001744127. Across the registry it holds 26 structure registrations, including 26 in Mississippi. Its most common filed structure-type code is LTOWER (22 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2016-ASO-15277-OE and FAA Advisory Circular 70/7460-1L, 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, 12.