Utility pole 1327070 — Catasauqua, PA

At 31 m, structure 1327070 is about 36% below the 48 m average across the 129 structures registered in Lehigh County. It is about half of the Pennsylvania average of 67 m across 5,761 registrations. Among the 1,424 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (UPOLE), the average overall height is 24 m, so this one is about 27% above that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 106 m, which puts the top of the structure 137 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Catasauqua in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, at coordinates 40.64839, -75.46350, with the site address filed as "96 Faith Drive". Lehigh County has 129 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 15th-largest count among the 67 Pennsylvania counties with registrations, and 95 of them are marked constructed. Pennsylvania as a whole has 5,761 registrations, the 11th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Earl Township, PA · 1247166, a tower at 228 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 1327070 on Jan 19, 2024. Nationally, 18,406 of the 197,833 registrations (9.3%) carry the granted (not yet constructed) status, including 440 in Pennsylvania.

The FCC record lists PPL Electric Utilities Corporation of Allentown, PA as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0019961374. Across the registry it holds 22 structure registrations, including 22 in Pennsylvania. Its most common filed structure-type code is POLE (8 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2022-AEA-10115-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".