Cell towers in Modoc County, CA

The FCC registry lists 24 constructed antenna structures in Modoc County, 0% of California's 6,864. Ownership is spread across 15 registrants; the largest, CALIFORNIA, STATE OF, has 5 (21%). None belongs to American Tower, Crown Castle or SBA.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 24
2Tallest 704 ft
3Largest owner CALIFORNIA, STATE OF
4Median height (state 77 ft) 84 ft

Structures

rank 41 of 58 in CA

Most common type

Tower

33% of structures

Over 200 feet

13% of structures

Peak build decade

1990s

29% built then

Who owns the towers in Modoc County

15 different registrants own the 24 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 Modoc County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 84 feet, close to the California median of 77 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Alturas at 704 feet, built in 1982. More than in any other decade, 29% were built in the 1990s.

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

Structures in Modoc 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
1015902	Guyed tower	704 ft	1982	Alturas	EDI Media, Inc.
1015901	Tower	325 ft	1950	Alturas	EDI Media, Inc.
1012944	Lattice tower	215 ft	2008	Alturas	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1227997	Lattice tower	189 ft	2001	Alturas	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1320443	Monopole	150 ft	2023	Adin	Modoc RSA Limited Partnership
1315318	Lattice tower	120 ft	2019	Altrus	VBT Sub 1, LLC
1011791	Lattice tower	111 ft	2003	Cedarville	Alltel Corporation
1329654	Monopole	105 ft	2025	Tulelake	The Towers, LLC
1313773	Lattice tower	99 ft	2020	Alturas	New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC
1011793	Monopole	92 ft	1994	Alturas	Alltel Corporation
1262932	Other or unspecified	89 ft	2020	Alturas	County of Modoc
1219687	Tower	86 ft	1996	Alturas	Modoc Communications Sites, LLC
1260644	Pole	82 ft	2020	Newell	Modoc County Sheriff's Dept
1202289	Tower	80 ft	2000	Alturas	Citizens Telecommunications Company of California Inc.
1013243	Tower	72 ft	1991	Alturas	CALIFORNIA, STATE OF
1258007	Other or unspecified	71 ft	2020	Alturas	County of Modoc
1213353	Tower	70 ft	2001	Tulelake	CALIFORNIA, STATE OF
1237296	Pole	70 ft	2012	Cedarville	Private owner (name withheld)
1215241	Tower	69 ft	2001	Alturas	CALIFORNIA, STATE OF
1013705	Pole	68 ft	1995	Alturas	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1013244	Pole	65 ft	1994	Adin	CALIFORNIA, STATE OF
1013284	Pole	65 ft	1993	Alturas	CALIFORNIA, STATE OF
1207283	Tower	30 ft	2009	Cedarville	City of Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
1283290	Tower	30 ft	1999	Alturas	Spectrum Pacific West, LLC

If you have a tower lease in Modoc 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: Mariposa County (27), Marin County (26), San Benito County (25), Siskiyou County (24), Tuolumne County (22).

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.