Structure 1271688 — Rockingham, NC

At 146 m, structure 1271688 is about 76% above the 83 m average across the 53 structures registered in Richmond County. It is about 83% above the North Carolina average of 80 m across 6,096 registrations.

The site's filed ground elevation is 117 m, which puts the top of the structure 263 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Rockingham in Richmond County, North Carolina, at coordinates 34.96200, -79.79661, with the site address filed as "HP,1229, Rockingham, 313 Cartlegde Creek Rd.". Richmond County has 53 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 45th-largest count among the 100 North Carolina counties with registrations, and 43 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 Cheraw, SC · 1049356, a tower at 153 m (dismantled).

Constructed means the owner has notified the FCC that construction is complete, so the registry treats the structure as standing. The FCC issued registration 1271688 on Jul 13, 2015. Nationally, 141,898 of the 197,833 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 4,516 in North Carolina.

The FCC record lists North Carolina State Highway Patrol of Raleigh, NC as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0001913888. Across the registry it holds 194 structure registrations, the 113th-largest portfolio among the 7,865 owners with two or more, including 193 in North Carolina. Its most common filed structure-type code is LTOWER (58 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2009-ASO-2164-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.