Tower 1283825 — Smithville, MS

At 9 m, structure 1283825 is about 10% of the 92 m average across the 55 structures registered in Itawamba County. It is about 10% of the Mississippi average of 92 m across 4,898 registrations. Among the 75,198 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (TOWER), the average overall height is 76 m, so this one is about 12% of that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 123 m, which puts the top of the structure 133 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Smithville in Itawamba County, Mississippi, at coordinates 34.10658, -88.44128, with the site address filed as "Amory Lock & Dam Radio Tower". Itawamba County has 55 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 35th-largest count among the 82 Mississippi counties with registrations, and 44 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 Amory, MS · 1036249, a structure at 230 m (dismantled).

Constructed means the owner has notified the FCC that construction is complete, so the registry treats the structure as standing. The FCC issued registration 1283825 on Apr 18, 2012. Nationally, 141,898 of the 197,833 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 3,788 in Mississippi.

The FCC record lists US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS of Los Angeles, CA as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0020718490. Across the registry it holds 180 structure registrations, the 119th-largest portfolio among the 7,865 owners with two or more, including 10 in Mississippi. Its most common filed structure-type code is LTOWER (64 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2011-ASO-2217-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".