Lattice tower 1294843 — Hawkins, TX

At 82 m, structure 1294843 is roughly in line with the 82 m average across the 73 structures registered in Wood County. It is roughly in line with 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 13% above that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 131 m, which puts the top of the structure 213 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Hawkins in Wood County, Texas, at coordinates 32.61422, -95.19400, with the site address filed as "On Highway 3650, 0.06 mi. East of Highway 1795". Wood County has 73 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 84th-largest count among the 254 Texas counties with registrations, and 62 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 Gilmer, TX · 1268699, a structure at 472 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 1294843 on May 22, 2024. Nationally, 141,895 of the 197,770 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 14,615 in Texas.

The FCC record lists Merit Energy Company of Dallas, TX as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0016087322. Across the registry it holds 5 structure registrations, including 2 in Texas. Its most common filed structure-type code is LTOWER (3 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2014-ASW-6039-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.