Antenna structures in North Dakota

North Dakota ranks 36th of 51 by registered structures, behind New Mexico (1,736) and ahead of Nevada (1,603). The average registered overall height in North Dakota is 81 m, about 17% above the national average of 69 m. Its tallest standing registration reaches 628 m, against 628 m for the tallest in the country.

Registrations are spread across 53 counties. Cass County (138), Williams County (116) and Ward County (113) have the most. Together the top three hold 22.9% of the state's total.

The most common filed structure type in North Dakota is tower (code TOWER), with 710 registrations or 44.2% of the state's total. Next come guyed tower (307), lattice tower (256) and monopole (127).

By registration status, 1,213 constructed, 145 granted (not yet constructed), 128 dismantled, 87 canceled and 32 terminated. Constructed means the owner has notified the FCC that construction is complete, so the registry treats the structure as standing. Granted means the FCC has issued the registration, but the record does not yet carry the owner's notice that construction was completed.

BNSF Railway Co. holds the most registrations in North Dakota, with 70 (4.4% of the state's structures). It is followed by Northwest Dakota Cellular of North Dakota Limited Partnership (64), Badlands Cellular of North Dakota Limited Partnership (62) and CTI Towers Assets II, LLC (49). Together the 10 owners in the table above hold 448 of the 1,605 registrations in the state.