Cell towers in Sutter County, CA

The FCC registry lists 20 constructed antenna structures in Sutter County, 0% of California's 6,864. Ownership is spread across 16 registrants; the largest, SBA Communications, has 4 (20%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 8 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 20
2Tallest 668 ft
3Largest owner SBA Communications
4Median height (state 77 ft) 166 ft

Structures

rank 45 of 58 in CA

Most common type

Tower

30% of structures

Over 200 feet

25% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

45% built then

Who owns the towers in Sutter County

16 different registrants own the 20 structures. 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 Sutter County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 166 feet, 89 feet taller than the California median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Pleasant Grove at 668 feet, built in 1948. More than in any other decade, 45% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Sutter 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
1015140	Guyed tower	668 ft	1948	Pleasant Grove	VB-S1 Assets, LLC
1015139	Other or unspecified	664 ft	1948	Pleasant Grove	VB-S1 Assets, LLC
1014623	Tower	256 ft	1989	Yuba City	TOR Broadcasting
1265776	Tower	240 ft	2008	Sutter	TOR BROADCASTING CORP
1012084	Guyed tower	238 ft	1993	Robbins	Sacramento Valley Limited Partnership
1233587	Tower	199 ft	2000	Yuba City	SBA Structures, LLC
1236765	Tower	197 ft	1990	Yuba City	Yuba City, City Of
1208862	Lattice tower	196 ft	2001	Live Oak	SBA Towers II LLC
1061384	Lattice tower	190 ft	1997	Live Oak	American Towers LLC
1222352	Lattice tower	175 ft	2000	Knights Landing	American Towers LLC
1276087	Lattice tower	158 ft	2010	Yuba City	CCATT LLC
1225155	Pole	155 ft	2001	Yuba City	Sprint Spectrum LLC
1221289	Lattice tower	150 ft	2001	Yuba City	American Towers LLC
1288439	Monopole	108 ft	2001	Rio Oso	T-Mobile West Tower LLC
1276138	Pole	106 ft	2010	Live Oak	Tarpon Towers II, LLC
1284047	Tower	85 ft	2012	Yuba City	SBA Towers III LLC
1235984	Pole	80 ft	2001	Yuba City	Incline Partners LLC
1254430	Monopole	80 ft	2006	Yuba City	SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1293579	Monopole	80 ft	2015	Yuba City	Sacramento Valley Limited Partnership
1226396	Tower	66 ft	1988	Rio Linda	International Communications Group, Inc. d/b/a Corban Networks

If you have a tower lease in Sutter 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: Siskiyou County (24), Tuolumne County (22), Del Norte County (20), Lassen County (19), Santa Cruz County (19).

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.