Lattice tower 1285140 — Billings, MT

At 46 m, structure 1285140 is about 34% below the 69 m average across the 115 structures registered in Yellowstone County. It is about 14% below the Montana average of 53 m across 1,459 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 37% below that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 1,046 m, which puts the top of the structure 1,092 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Billings in Yellowstone County, Montana, at coordinates 45.82939, -108.52178, with the site address filed as "1310 West Wicks Lane". 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 · 1026263, a guyed tower at 194 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 1285140 on Sep 18, 2012. Nationally, 141,898 of the 197,833 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 1,057 in Montana.

The FCC record lists Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office of Billings, MT as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0006143614. Across the registry it holds 2 structure registrations, including 2 in Montana. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (1 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2012-ANM-1561-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".