Cell towers in Butte County, CA

The FCC registry lists 54 constructed antenna structures in Butte County, 1% of California's 6,864. Ownership is spread across 31 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 8 (15%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 21 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 54
2Tallest 500 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 77 ft) 153 ft

Structures

rank 28 of 58 in CA

Most common type

Tower

39% of structures

Over 200 feet

30% of structures

Peak build decade

1990s

33% built then

Who owns the towers in Butte County

31 different registrants own the 54 structures. One is registered to an individual or family trust, whose name this site withholds. Owner names are the registrant's legal entity as filed with the FCC; the large tower companies file under many subsidiary names, which this site groups into families where the brand is in the name or listed in the company's SEC filings.

Constructed structures in Butte County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 153 feet, 76 feet taller than the California median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a tower near Cohasset at 500 feet, built in 2008. More than in any other decade, 33% were built in the 1990s.

Structures in Butte County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.

Structures in Butte County by decade built, columns to scale. Source: FCC ASR.

Every registered structure

Sorted tallest first. The registration number opens the FCC record, which shows the exact location and the owner's contact for the structure. A tower on your land that is not in this list is probably under 200 feet and away from airports, so it did not need registering — see why some towers aren't listed.

FCC reg.	Type	Height	Built	City	Owner
1258123	Tower	500 ft	2008	Cohasset	California TV, LLC
1012346	Guyed tower	407 ft	1988	Cohasset	SBA GC Towers, LLC
1049506	Guyed tower	404 ft	1998	Chico	SBA GC Towers, LLC
1234729	Other or unspecified	300 ft	2002	Biggs	City of Gridley
1261434	Tower	295 ft	2000	Chico	US Coast Guard Navigation Center
1013956	Tower	293 ft	2006	Chico	DEER CREEK BROADCASTING, LLC
1015422	Tower	284 ft	1955	Cohasset	California TV, LLC
1013303	Tower	276 ft	1973	Gridley	UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
1060388	Tower	260 ft	1960	Paradise	BUTTE BROADCASTING COMPANY INC DBA = KKXX AM
1023621	Tower	236 ft	1989	Chico	AT&T Corp
1297158	Lattice tower	230 ft	2015	Chico	UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
1013953	Other or unspecified	223 ft	2003	Chico	DEER CREEK BROADCASTING, LLC
1013954	Other or unspecified	223 ft	2003	Chico	DEER CREEK BROADCASTING, LLC
1013955	Other or unspecified	223 ft	2003	Chico	DEER CREEK BROADCASTING, LLC
1013304	Tower	220 ft	2007	Chico	UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
1014214	Lattice tower	209 ft	1998	Gridley	CCATT LLC
1301663	Lattice tower	199 ft	2018	Berry Creek	Greeneland Company LLC
1065682	Lattice tower	193 ft	2001	Chico	American Towers LLC
1237974	Tower	179 ft	1999	Biggs	American Towers, LLC
1218948	Tower	178 ft	1987	Chico	SBA Structures, LLC
1275672	Tower	177 ft	2010	Penn Valley	US Army Corps of Engineers
1262115	Pole	167 ft	1992	Oroville	Sacramento Valley Limited Partnership
1278710	Lattice tower	166 ft	2001	Chico	CCATT LLC
1208630	Lattice tower	163 ft	1965	Oroville	City of Oroville, California
1000642	Tower	162 ft	1996	Paradise	CCATT LLC
1224898	Pole	154 ft	2006	Oroville	Private owner (name withheld)
1270127	Lattice tower	154 ft	1993	Cohasset	SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1012016	Pole	152 ft	2006	Chico	Sacramento Valley Limited Partnership
1237881	Tower	152 ft	1999	Gridley	American Towers, LLC
1268051	Tree / stealth	143 ft	2011	Paradise	SBA Monarch Towers III, LLC
1202233	Tower	140 ft	2009	Oroville	CALIFORNIA, STATE OF
1203181	On a building	139 ft	1976	Chico	California State University, Chico
1014216	Pole	133 ft	1996	Oroville	CCATT LLC
1062019	Tower	131 ft	1998	Chico	EIP Holdings II, LLC
1238095	Monopole	131 ft	1999	Oroville	American Towers LLC
1277392	Monopole	125 ft	2011	Chico	CCATT LLC
1014094	Tower	120 ft	1990	Berry Creek	INCOMM COMPANY
1238239	Tower	120 ft	1999	Oroville	American Towers, LLC
1325339	Monopole	120 ft	2019	Chico	American Towers LLC
1320754	Pole	115 ft	2022	Oroville	Sacramento Valley Limited Partnership
1057200	Tower	114 ft	1998	Oroville	CCTM1 LLC
1327512	Monopole	114 ft	2025	Paradise	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1056971	Pole	105 ft	1999	Chico	CCTM1 LLC
1031929	Lattice tower	105 ft	1998	Oroville	American Towers, LLC
1063515	Tower	100 ft	1999	Oroville	Sinclair Television of California, LLC
1271337	Tower	98 ft	2006	Chico	SBA Towers III LLC
1061341	Lattice tower	96 ft	1997	Chico	American Towers LLC
1333490	Monopole	90 ft	2026	Chico	The Towers, LLC
1330464	Monopole	85 ft	2026	Oroville	Harmoni Towers LLC
1317189	Monopole	82 ft	2022	Chico	Sacramento Valley Limited Partnership
1013542	On a building	75 ft	1993	Oroville	CALIFORNIA, STATE OF
1274547	On a building	70 ft	2010	Chico	DigitalPath Inc.
1013438	Tower	54 ft	2009	Chico	CALIFORNIA, STATE OF
1306829	Pole	50 ft	2019	Oroville	AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC

If you have a tower lease in Butte County

Find your structure above, open its FCC record and confirm the owner — that is the company your lease runs to today, even if a different carrier signed it originally. Before answering a buyout offer, put your current rent, escalator and remaining term into the calculator to see what the rent is worth and what return the offer assumes.

Counties in California with similar tower counts: El Dorado County (65), Shasta County (59), Sonoma County (57), Mendocino County (52), Humboldt County (49).

Source: FCC Antenna Structure Registration, weekly public access file (r_tower.zip, created 2026-10-18); constructed registrations only; locations rounded. Checked 2026-10-23. Methodology.