Cell towers in Madison County, MT

The FCC registry lists 10 constructed antenna structures in Madison County, 1% of Montana's 1,057. NorthWestern Corporation owns 3 of them (30%), 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 2 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 10
2Tallest 300 ft
3Largest owner NorthWestern Corporation
4Median height (state 150 ft) 56 ft

Structures

rank 37 of 56 in MT

Most common type

Lattice tower

60% of structures

Over 200 feet

10% of structures

Peak build decade

1990s

40% built then

Who owns the towers in Madison County

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

Height and age

The median structure here stands 56 feet, 94 feet shorter than the Montana median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a guyed tower near Ennis at 300 feet, built in 2000. More than in any other decade, 40% were built in the 1990s.

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

Structures in Madison 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
1216443	Guyed tower	300 ft	2000	Ennis	American Towers LLC
1232435	Lattice tower	200 ft	2002	Twin Bridges	American Towers LLC
1003813	Tower	110 ft	1994	Three Forks	Gold Creek Cellular of Montana Limited Partnership
1293451	Lattice tower	99 ft	2014	Twin Bridges	Gold Creek Cellular of Montana Limited Partnership
1288476	Lattice tower	60 ft	2013	Sheridan	NorthWestern Corporation
1023648	Lattice tower	52 ft	1997	Twin Bridges	Qwest Corporation
1062698	Tower	50 ft	1998	Big Sky	MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING, INC. DBA = MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING, INC.
1311368	Lattice tower	33 ft	2020	Twin Bridges	Madison County
1302063	Lattice tower	29 ft	2016	Twin Bridges	NorthWestern Corporation
1043904	Pole	26 ft	1991	Ennis	NorthWestern Corporation

If you have a tower lease in Madison 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 Montana with similar tower counts: Liberty County (11), Musselshell County (11), Deer Lodge County (10), Mineral County (10), Stillwater County (10).

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.