Lattice tower 1291607 — China Grove, NC

At 99 m, structure 1291607 is about 10% above the 90 m average across the 70 structures registered in Rowan County. It is about 24% above the North Carolina average of 80 m across 6,096 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 36% above that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 275 m, which puts the top of the structure 374 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near China Grove in Rowan County, North Carolina, at coordinates 35.57006, -80.63958, with the site address filed as "3615 NC Highway 152". Rowan County has 70 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 33rd-largest count among the 100 North Carolina counties with registrations, and 57 of them are marked constructed. North Carolina as a whole has 6,096 registrations, the 9th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Mooresville, NC · 1004496, a tower at 469 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 1291607 on May 9, 2014. Nationally, 141,898 of the 197,833 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 4,516 in North Carolina.

The FCC record lists Rowan, County of of Salisbury, NC as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0001917244. Across the registry it holds 3 structure registrations, including 3 in North Carolina. Its most common filed structure-type code is LTOWER (2 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2013-ASO-11344-OE and FAA Advisory Circular 70/7460-1K, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 7, is listed on the FCC registration form as "FAA Style E". The painting and lighting specification on file cites FAA chapters 4, 8, 12.