Lattice tower 1278060 — Vandalia, MT

At 15 m, structure 1278060 is about 27% of the 57 m average across the 40 structures registered in Valley County. It is about 29% of 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 21% of that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 655 m, which puts the top of the structure 671 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Vandalia in Valley County, Montana, at coordinates 48.36508, -106.93219, with the site address filed as "BNSF MP295.5". Valley County has 40 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 9th-largest count among the 56 Montana counties with registrations, and 32 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 Glasgow, MT · 1013814, a tower at 133 m (terminated).

Terminated means the FCC has ended the registration. The FCC issued registration 1278060 on May 29, 2014. Nationally, 8,911 of the 197,833 registrations (4.5%) carry the terminated status, including 89 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 2014-ANM-388-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".