Lattice tower 1200790 — Tonopah, NV

At 21 m, structure 1200790 is about 34% of the 62 m average across the 66 structures registered in Nye County. It is about 39% below the Nevada average of 35 m across 1,605 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 29% of that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 2,097 m, which puts the top of the structure 2,118 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Tonopah in Nye County, Nevada, at coordinates 38.09678, -117.18669, with the site address filed as "3 Mi NE of". Nye County has 66 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 4th-largest count among the 17 Nevada counties with registrations, and 37 of them are marked constructed. Nevada as a whole has 1,605 registrations, the 36th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Tonopah, NV · 1221799, a lattice tower at 81 m (constructed).

Granted means the FCC has issued the registration, but the record does not yet carry the owner's notice that construction was completed. The FCC issued registration 1200790 on May 15, 2013. Nationally, 18,387 of the 197,770 registrations (9.3%) carry the granted (not yet constructed) status, including 204 in Nevada.

The FCC record lists Sierra Pacific Power Company dba NV Energy of Las Vegas, NV as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0001596857. Across the registry it holds 29 structure registrations, including 27 in Nevada. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (11 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2013-AWP-119-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".