Structure 1276944 — Ritzville, WA

At 15 m, structure 1276944 is about 25% of the 61 m average across the 43 structures registered in Adams County. It is about 36% of the Washington average of 42 m across 3,660 registrations.

The site's filed ground elevation is 552 m, which puts the top of the structure 568 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Ritzville in Adams County, Washington, at coordinates 47.13478, -118.36956, with the site address filed as "BNSF LS46 MP64.1". Adams County has 43 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 24th-largest count among the 38 Washington counties with registrations, and 37 of them are marked constructed. Washington as a whole has 3,660 registrations, the 26th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Odessa, WA · 1031224, a tower at 98 m (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 1276944 on Jun 4, 2012. Nationally, 141,895 of the 197,770 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 2,531 in Washington.

The FCC record lists BNSF Railway Co. of Kansas City, KS as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0004772877. Across the registry it holds 1,075 structure registrations, the 26th-largest portfolio among the 7,865 owners with two or more, including 95 in Washington. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (313 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2012-ANM-1196-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".