Colorado / Rio Grande County
#44 of 63 CO counties · 12 structures
Cell towers in Rio Grande County, CO
The FCC registry lists 12 constructed antenna structures in Rio Grande County, 1% of Colorado's 1,613. Industrial Tower and Wireless owns 4 of them (33%), 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 1 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 12
- 2Tallest 314 ft
- 3Largest owner Industrial Tower and Wireless
- 4Median height (state 130 ft) 192 ft
Who owns the towers in Rio Grande County
7 different registrants own the 12 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.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 192 feet, 62 feet taller than the Colorado median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Monte Vista at 314 feet, built in 1999. Most 58% were built in the 2010s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1025187 | Guyed tower | 314 ft | 1999 | Monte Vista | CommNet Cellular Inc. |
| 1240141 | Tower | 310 ft | 2004 | Monte Vista | CITY OF MONTE VISTA |
| 1024641 | Tower | 200 ft | 1954 | Monte Vista | SAN LUIS VALLEY BROADCASTING INC DBA = KSLV AM FM |
| 1275347 | Tower | 200 ft | 2010 | Monte Vista | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC |
| 1276608 | Tower | 200 ft | 2010 | Del Norte | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC |
| 1293844 | Lattice tower | 200 ft | 2015 | Monte Vista | Jade Communications, LLC |
| 1294486 | Lattice tower | 185 ft | 2015 | Monte Vista | Jade Communications, LLC |
| 1281445 | Tower | 150 ft | 2011 | Monte Vista | Jade Communications, LLC |
| 1282390 | Tower | 120 ft | 2012 | Hanna | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC |
| 1331208 | Monopole | 90 ft | 2025 | South Fork | Industrial Tower West LLC |
| 1291035 | Monopole | 55 ft | 2014 | Del Norte | SBA Towers IX, LLC |
| 1268641 | Monopole | 53 ft | 2009 | Del Norte | CommNet Cellular Inc. |
If you have a tower lease in Rio Grande 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: Saguache County (14), Grand County (13), Cheyenne County (12), Sedgwick County (12), Fremont County (11).
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.