Tower 1045265 — Sumter, SC

At 123 m, structure 1045265 is about 66% above the 74 m average across the 127 structures registered in Sumter County. It is about 52% above the South Carolina average of 81 m across 4,407 registrations. Among the 75,198 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (TOWER), the average overall height is 76 m, so this one is about 62% above that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 43 m, which puts the top of the structure 166 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Sumter in Sumter County, South Carolina, at coordinates 33.93861, -80.32333, with the site address filed as "430 S PIKE EAST ST". Sumter County has 127 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 12th-largest count among the 46 South Carolina counties with registrations, and 109 of them are marked constructed. South Carolina as a whole has 4,407 registrations, the 18th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Sumter, SC · 1065075, a tower at 364 m (terminated).

Constructed means the owner has notified the FCC that construction is complete, so the registry treats the structure as standing. The FCC issued registration 1045265 on May 8, 1998. Nationally, 141,898 of the 197,833 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 3,415 in South Carolina.

The FCC record lists SOUTH CAROLINA, STATE OF DBA = SC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION of Columbia, SC as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0001859701. Across the registry it holds 24 structure registrations, including 24 in South Carolina. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (14 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 84-ASO-1949-OE, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 9, is listed on the FCC registration form as "FAA Style A". The painting and lighting specification on file cites FAA chapters 1, 3, 12, 21.