Lattice tower 1287310 — Bay City, TX

At 17 m, structure 1287310 is about 14% of the 119 m average across the 89 structures registered in Matagorda County. It is about 22% of the Texas average of 76 m across 20,684 registrations. Among the 35,886 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (LTOWER), the average overall height is 73 m, so this one is about 23% of that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 14 m, which puts the top of the structure 31 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Bay City in Matagorda County, Texas, at coordinates 28.96325, -95.97158, with the site address filed as "Located .15 miles SW of the intersection of Avenue F and Baywood Dr.". Matagorda County has 89 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 63rd-largest count among the 254 Texas counties with registrations, and 58 of them are marked constructed. Texas as a whole has 20,684 registrations, the largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Sargent, TX · 1241391, a tower at 610 m (canceled).

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 1287310 on Apr 15, 2013. Nationally, 18,387 of the 197,770 registrations (9.3%) carry the granted (not yet constructed) status, including 2,213 in Texas.

The FCC record lists STP Nuclear Operating Company of Wadsworth, TX as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0004538666.

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2013-ASW-1103-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".