Cell towers in Delta County, CO

The FCC registry lists 16 constructed antenna structures in Delta County, 1% of Colorado's 1,613. SBA Communications owns 7 of them (44%), so a landowner here with a tower lease is more likely than not dealing with one company. The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 7 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 16
2Tallest 175 ft
3Largest owner SBA Communications
4Median height (state 130 ft) 68 ft

Structures

rank 32 of 63 in CO

Most common type

Lattice tower

38% of structures

Over 200 feet

0% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

38% built then

Who owns the towers in Delta County

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

Height and age

The median structure here stands 68 feet, 62 feet shorter than the Colorado median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a lattice tower near Delta at 175 feet, built in 2000. More than in any other decade, 38% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Delta 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
1213485	Lattice tower	175 ft	2000	Delta	SBA Towers II LLC
1215251	Lattice tower	136 ft	2000	Delta	SBA Towers II LLC
1239990	Tower	130 ft	1990	Paonia	North Fork Valley Public Radio,Inc
1327473	Lattice tower	130 ft	2024	Crawford	Western Slope Towers, LLC
1290820	Monopole	80 ft	2014	Paonia	SBA Towers V, LLC
1301807	Lattice tower	80 ft	2019	Cedaredge	Mountain Radio Systems, Inc
1221287	Monopole	76 ft	2001	Paonia	SBA Towers II LLC
1226775	Monopole	71 ft	2001	Crawford	SBA Towers II LLC
1223077	Tower	64 ft	2001	Delta	SBA Towers II LLC
1333917	Monopole	64 ft	2001	Delta	SBA Towers II LLC
1024424	Tower	61 ft	1994	Delta	CommNet Cellular Inc.
1316617	Lattice tower	60 ft	2020	Crawford	Delta County
1200120	Tower	40 ft	1996	Delta	UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
1224006	Mast	35 ft	1983	Delta	Qwest Corporation
1318919	Lattice tower	35 ft	2021	Crawford	Nexstar Media Inc.
1250792	Other or unspecified	33 ft	2015	Delta	Delta County

If you have a tower lease in Delta 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 Colorado with similar tower counts: Baca County (19), Kiowa County (18), Bent County (17), Montezuma County (16), Phillips County (16).

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.