California / Mariposa County
#38 of 58 CA counties · 27 structures
Cell towers in Mariposa County, CA
The FCC registry lists 27 constructed antenna structures in Mariposa County, 0% of California's 6,864. Ownership is spread across 19 registrants; the largest, HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS, has 3 (11%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 6 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 27
- 2Tallest 405 ft
- 3Largest owner HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS
- 4Median height (state 77 ft) 140 ft
Who owns the towers in Mariposa County
19 different registrants own the 27 structures. 2 are registered to individuals or family trusts, whose names 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.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 140 feet, 63 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 Mariposa at 405 feet, built in 1996. More than in any other decade, 41% were built in the 1990s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1012284 | Tower | 405 ft | 1996 | Mariposa | Hughes Communications |
| 1014660 | Tower | 260 ft | 1966 | Snelling | MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT - HYDRO |
| 1018179 | Tower | 252 ft | 1986 | Mariposa | Hughes Communications |
| 1013294 | Lattice tower | 250 ft | 1993 | Mount Bullion | BNSF Railway Co. |
| 1013507 | Lattice tower | 249 ft | 1997 | Mariposa | HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS |
| 1015958 | Tower | 249 ft | 1989 | Mariposa | Robert La Rue Properties, LLC |
| 1018110 | Tower | 220 ft | 1993 | Mariposa | HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS |
| 1013210 | Lattice tower | 200 ft | 1993 | Mount Bullion | Alltel Corporation |
| 1293834 | Lattice tower | 180 ft | 2023 | Mariposa | CALIFORNIA, STATE OF |
| 1055736 | Tower | 171 ft | 1998 | Merced | American Towers LLC |
| 1301421 | Lattice tower | 162 ft | 2017 | Mariposa | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1026402 | Tower | 151 ft | 1996 | Mariposa | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1063385 | Tower | 141 ft | 1999 | Mount Bullion | MOUNT BULLION PROPERTIES |
| 1018109 | Tower | 140 ft | 1993 | Mariposa | HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS |
| 1233392 | Tower | 126 ft | 1980 | Mount Bullion | PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY |
| 1251487 | Monopole | 125 ft | 1994 | Ahwahnee | CitySwitch II, LLC |
| 1287336 | Lattice tower | 120 ft | 2013 | Mariposa | Fresno Mobile Radio Inc. |
| 1303465 | Guyed tower | 120 ft | 2020 | Mariposa | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1026315 | Tower | 110 ft | 1960 | Mariposa | American Towers LLC |
| 1254538 | Pole | 110 ft | 2006 | Mariposa | SBA Steel LLC |
| 1329957 | Lattice tower | 108 ft | 2024 | Mariposa | County of Fresno |
| 1275677 | Tower | 89 ft | 2010 | Mariposa | US Army Corps of Engineers |
| 1258094 | Tree / stealth | 80 ft | 2007 | Mariposa | SBA Steel LLC |
| 1293253 | Lattice tower | 65 ft | 2014 | Mariposa | Pacific Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T California |
| 1331322 | Lattice tower | 50 ft | 2007 | Mariposa | American Towers LLC |
| 1290687 | Guyed tower | 39 ft | 1984 | Mariposa | Mobile Communications Inc. |
| 1013435 | Pole | 27 ft | 1994 | Mariposa | CALIFORNIA, STATE OF |
If you have a tower lease in Mariposa 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: Napa County (33), Nevada County (30), Yuba County (29), Marin County (26), San Benito County (25).
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.