Lattice tower 1061253 — Shelby, MT

At 43 m, structure 1061253 is about 14% below the 50 m average across the 19 structures registered in Toole County. It is about 19% 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 41% below that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 1,051 m, which puts the top of the structure 1,094 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Shelby in Toole County, Montana, at coordinates 48.51564, -111.83306, with the site address filed as "153 Benjamin Rd.". Toole County has 19 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 26th-largest count among the 56 Montana counties with registrations, and 14 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 Oilmont, MT · 1304262, a guyed tower at 116 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 1061253 on May 17, 2023. Nationally, 141,898 of the 197,833 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 1,057 in Montana.

The FCC record lists BNSF Railway Co. of Kansas City, KS as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0004772877. Across the registry it holds 1,077 structure registrations, the 26th-largest portfolio among the 7,865 owners with two or more, including 80 in Montana. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (313 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2012-ANM-1329-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".