Lattice tower 1291415 — McAllen, TX

At 37 m, structure 1291415 is about half of the 67 m average across the 274 structures registered in Hidalgo County. It is about half 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 half of that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 37 m, which puts the top of the structure 74 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near McAllen in Hidalgo County, Texas, at coordinates 26.18206, -98.21258, with the site address filed as "700 E Ridge Rd". Hidalgo County has 274 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 9th-largest count among the 254 Texas counties with registrations, and 216 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 Santa Maria, TX · 1206915, a tower at 483 m (granted (not yet constructed)).

Constructed means the owner has notified the FCC that construction is complete, so the registry treats the structure as standing. The FCC issued registration 1291415 on Apr 23, 2014. Nationally, 141,895 of the 197,770 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 14,615 in Texas.

The FCC record lists Texas Regional Bank of McAllen, TX as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0023155252.

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2014-ASW-1390-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".