California / Santa Cruz County
#47 of 58 CA counties · 19 structures
Cell towers in Santa Cruz County, CA
The FCC registry lists 19 constructed antenna structures in Santa Cruz County, 0% of California's 6,864. Ownership is spread across 12 registrants; the largest, Private owners (names withheld), has 5 (26%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 5 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 19
- 2Tallest 230 ft
- 3Largest owner Private owners (names withheld)
- 4Median height (state 77 ft) 66 ft
Who owns the towers in Santa Cruz County
12 different registrants own the 19 structures. 5 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 66 feet, 11 feet shorter than the California median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a guyed tower near Santa Cruz at 230 feet, built in 1948. More than in any other decade, 26% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1053096 | Guyed tower | 230 ft | 1948 | Santa Cruz | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1053097 | Guyed tower | 230 ft | 1948 | Santa Cruz | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1053098 | Guyed tower | 230 ft | 1948 | Santa Cruz | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1057387 | Tower | 123 ft | 1998 | Watsonville | CCATT LLC |
| 1004475 | Tower | 120 ft | 1980 | Watsonville | SANTA CRUZ, COUNTY OF |
| 1279142 | Pole | 111 ft | 2011 | Santa Cruz | Pacific Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T California |
| 1272789 | Tower | 95 ft | 2000 | Aptos | SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC |
| 1305011 | Monopole | 78 ft | 2018 | Watsonville | Octagon Towers, LLC |
| 1302002 | Guyed tower | 71 ft | 1975 | Bonny Doon | CTI Towers Assets II, LLC |
| 1232466 | Tower | 66 ft | 2004 | Watsonville | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1271147 | Tower | 63 ft | 2010 | Watsonville | GTE Mobilnet of California Limited Partnership |
| 1013050 | Tower | 57 ft | 1998 | Watsonville | WATSONVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT |
| 1211537 | Pole | 56 ft | 2004 | Watsonville | STC Five LLC |
| 1269505 | Pole | 53 ft | 2005 | Santa Cruz | SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC |
| 1022382 | Pole | 52 ft | 1995 | Aptos | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1270591 | Pole | 52 ft | 1996 | Santa Cruz | T-Mobile West LLC |
| 1026070 | Tower | 50 ft | 1985 | Los Gatos | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1319272 | Water tank | 46 ft | 2024 | Watsonville | GTE Mobilnet of California Limited Partnership |
| 1019024 | Tower | 44 ft | 1996 | Watsonville | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
If you have a tower lease in Santa Cruz 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: Del Norte County (20), Sutter County (20), Lassen County (19), Tehama County (19), San Francisco County (18).
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.