Lattice tower 1216784 — Billings, MT

At 31 m, structure 1216784 is about half of the 69 m average across the 115 structures registered in Yellowstone County. It is about 41% below the Montana average of 53 m across 1,459 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 43% of that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 1,133 m, which puts the top of the structure 1,164 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Billings in Yellowstone County, Montana, at coordinates 45.68717, -108.56117, with the site address filed as "4444 Hillcrest". Yellowstone County has 115 FCC-registered antenna structures, the largest count among the 56 Montana counties with registrations, and 87 of them are marked constructed. Montana as a whole has 1,459 registrations, the 39th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Billings, MT · 1002174, a tower at 184 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 1216784 on Mar 31, 2014. Nationally, 141,895 of the 197,770 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 1,057 in Montana.

The FCC record lists SBA GC Towers, LLC of Boca Raton, FL as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0022984884. Across the registry it holds 118 structure registrations, the 170th-largest portfolio among the 7,865 owners with two or more, including 12 in Montana. Its most common filed structure-type code is GTOWER (67 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2014-ANM-396-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".