Montana / Phillips County

#18 of 56 MT counties · 21 structures

Cell towers in Phillips County, MT

The FCC registry lists 21 constructed antenna structures in Phillips County, 2% of Montana's 1,057. Ownership is spread across 15 registrants; the largest, TerraPact Towers, LLC, has 5 (24%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 2 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 21
  2. 2Tallest 320 ft
  3. 3Largest owner TerraPact Towers, LLC
  4. 4Median height (state 150 ft) 195 ft
Structures
21
rank 18 of 56 in MT
Most common type
Tower
33% of structures
Over 200 feet
5
24% of structures
Peak build decade
2010s
48% built then

Who owns the towers in Phillips County

15 different registrants own the 21 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.

TerraPact Towers, LLC5Alltel2BNSF Railway2NorthWestern Corporation1State of Montana Aeronautics1TRIANGLE COMMUNICATION SYTEM1TRIANGLE COMMUNICATION SYSTE1Sagebrush Cellular, Inc.1
Constructed structures in Phillips County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 195 feet, 45 feet taller than the Montana median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Saco at 320 feet, built in 2021. More than in any other decade, 48% were built in the 2010s.

Tower7Lattice tower6Guyed tower4Pole2Mast1Monopole1
Structures in Phillips County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11950s11980s11990s62000s102010s22020s
Structures in Phillips 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.TypeHeightBuiltCityOwner
1315646Guyed tower320 ft2021SacoStratCap Wireless Group
1285013Guyed tower305 ft2013WagnerTerraPact Towers, LLC
1285014Lattice tower255 ft2013WagnerTerraPact Towers, LLC
1287332Lattice tower255 ft2013MaltaTerraPact Towers, LLC
1296963Lattice tower255 ft2015MaltaTerraPact Towers, LLC
1258938Tower199 ft2006SacoSagebrush Cellular, Inc.
1292382Lattice tower199 ft2014SacoAmerican Towers LLC
1300933Lattice tower199 ft2016LoringTerraPact Towers, LLC
1318187Guyed tower199 ft2020DodsonSkyway Towers, LLC
1012481Tower197 ft1994MaltaAlltel Corporation
1248448Tower195 ft2006MaltaAlltel Corporation
1292648Guyed tower195 ft2014MaltaSBA Towers IX, LLC
1023312Tower160 ft1957MaltaNorthWestern Corporation
1240164Tower92 ft2003MaltaTRIANGLE COMMUNICATION SYTEM, INC.
1240166Tower82 ft2003WagnerTRIANGLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INC.
1209266Mast80 ft2000MaltaBNSF Railway Co.
1209669Pole50 ft2000MaltaState of Montana Aeronautics Division
1277074Pole50 ft2010MaltaPhillips County TV
1277558Tower50 ft2011MaltaBNSF Railway Co.
1288359Monopole40 ft1984MaltaSpectrum Pacific West, LLC
1299553Lattice tower30 ft2017MaltaPHILLIPS COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY

If you have a tower lease in Phillips 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: Richland County (23), Rosebud County (22), Blaine County (21), Jefferson County (20), Custer County (17).

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.