Tower 1250430 — Bethel, OK

At 106 m, structure 1250430 is about 20% above the 88 m average across the 77 structures registered in McCurtain County. It is about 36% above the Oklahoma average of 78 m across 5,665 registrations. Among the 75,247 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (TOWER), the average overall height is 76 m, so this one is about 39% above that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 245 m, which puts the top of the structure 351 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Bethel in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, at coordinates 34.37033, -94.85325, with the site address filed as ".5 miles NW of Bethel, OK". McCurtain County has 77 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 25th-largest count among the 77 Oklahoma counties with registrations, and 58 of them are marked constructed. Oklahoma as a whole has 5,665 registrations, the 12th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Hochatown, OK · 1009236, a tower at 157 m (granted (not yet 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 1250430 on Oct 11, 2005. Nationally, 18,387 of the 197,770 registrations (9.3%) carry the granted (not yet constructed) status, including 437 in Oklahoma.

The FCC record lists Pine Telephone Company, Inc of Broken Bow, OK as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0001699776. Across the registry it holds 16 structure registrations, including 16 in Oklahoma. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (11 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2005-asw-4017-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.