Lattice tower 1299624 — Sapphire, NC

At 55 m, structure 1299624 is roughly in line with the 58 m average across the 22 structures registered in Jackson County. It is about 31% below 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 25% below that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 1,454 m, which puts the top of the structure 1,509 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Sapphire in Jackson County, North Carolina, at coordinates 35.13242, -82.98350, with the site address filed as "HP-1281, Toxaway Mt., 3521 Tower Road". Jackson County has 22 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 80th-largest count among the 100 North Carolina counties with registrations, and 14 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 Brevard, NC · 1002140, a tower at 491 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 1299624 on Jun 23, 2016. 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 2016-ASO-2490-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".