Guyed tower 1289968 — Ponca City, OK

At 91 m, structure 1289968 is about 13% above the 81 m average across the 74 structures registered in Kay County. It is about 18% above the Oklahoma average of 78 m across 5,665 registrations. Among the 20,277 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (GTOWER), the average overall height is 107 m, so this one is about 14% below that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 328 m, which puts the top of the structure 420 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Ponca City in Kay County, Oklahoma, at coordinates 36.69944, -96.93275, with the site address filed as "8400 E Lake Rd". Kay County has 74 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 27th-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 Shidler, OK · 1207941, a tower at 237 m (canceled).

Constructed means the owner has notified the FCC that construction is complete, so the registry treats the structure as standing. The FCC issued registration 1289968 on Dec 23, 2013. Nationally, 141,895 of the 197,770 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 4,340 in Oklahoma.

The FCC record lists US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS of Los Angeles, CA as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0020718490. Across the registry it holds 180 structure registrations, the 119th-largest portfolio among the 7,865 owners with two or more, including 17 in Oklahoma. Its most common filed structure-type code is LTOWER (64 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2012-ASW-7430-OE, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 5, is listed on the FCC registration form as "FAA Style D". The painting and lighting specification on file cites FAA chapters A1, H.