North Carolina / Burke County
#48 of 100 NC counties · 38 structures
Cell towers in Burke County, NC
The FCC registry lists 38 constructed antenna structures in Burke County, 1% of North Carolina's 4,515. Ownership is spread across 18 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 10 (26%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 25 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 38
- 2Tallest 388 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 255 ft) 219 ft
Who owns the towers in Burke County
18 different registrants own the 38 structures. One is registered to an individual or family trust, whose name this site withholds. 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 219 feet, 36 feet shorter than the North Carolina median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Morganton at 388 feet, built in 1984. More than in any other decade, 47% were built in the 1990s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1015305 | Tower | 388 ft | 1984 | Morganton | COOPER BROADCASTING COMPANY DBA = WMNC |
| 1008484 | Tower | 348 ft | 1985 | Valdese | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1004702 | Lattice tower | 320 ft | 1995 | Valdese | American Towers LLC |
| 1005970 | Mast | 319 ft | 1998 | Valdese | Crown Castle South LLC |
| 1005969 | Lattice tower | 315 ft | 1996 | Morganton | Crown Castle South LLC |
| 1043158 | Guyed tower | 315 ft | 1996 | Morganton | American Towers LLC |
| 1006294 | Tower | 312 ft | 1994 | Morganton | Crown Atlantic Company, LLC |
| 1032453 | Tower | 312 ft | 1994 | Rutherford | Crown Atlantic Company, LLC |
| 1321650 | Lattice tower | 280 ft | 2022 | Valdese | Duke Energy Business Services, LLC |
| 1004704 | Guyed tower | 274 ft | 1996 | Connellys Springs | American Towers LLC |
| 1000206 | Tower | 271 ft | 1996 | Morganton | Crown Castle South LLC |
| 1005178 | Lattice tower | 270 ft | 1994 | Morganton | American Towers LLC |
| 1006815 | Tower | 269 ft | 1987 | Morganton | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1200078 | Lattice tower | 267 ft | 1999 | Morganton | SBA Sites, LLC |
| 1065740 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 1999 | Connelly Springs | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1200092 | Tower | 265 ft | 1999 | Connelly Springs | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1052479 | Lattice tower | 259 ft | 2004 | Morganton | American Towers LLC |
| 1278888 | Lattice tower | 240 ft | 2011 | Hickory | American Towers LLC |
| 1065741 | Tower | 235 ft | 1999 | Morganton | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1007743 | Monopole | 203 ft | 2006 | Hildebran | Crown Castle South LLC |
| 1206568 | Monopole | 199 ft | 1999 | Morganton | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1310739 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2019 | Morganton | VB BTS III, LLC |
| 1315351 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2021 | Morganton | TowerCo 2013 LLC |
| 1316233 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2020 | Morganton | TowerCom IV-B, LLC |
| 1004698 | Lattice tower | 198 ft | 1994 | Hickory | Vertical Bridge Towers, LLC |
| 1056295 | Monopole | 198 ft | 2000 | Hickory | American Towers LLC |
| 1203829 | Pole | 198 ft | 1999 | Hickory | American Towers LLC |
| 1245035 | Monopole | 198 ft | 2005 | Connelly Springs | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1206148 | Tower | 196 ft | 1998 | Morgantown | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1245043 | Monopole | 195 ft | 2005 | Morganton | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1255028 | Pole | 195 ft | 2007 | Morganton | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1301561 | Monopole | 195 ft | 2017 | Morganton | Southern Towers, LP |
| 1006291 | Lattice tower | 193 ft | 2015 | Valdese | Crown Atlantic Company, LLC |
| 1224914 | Monopole | 184 ft | 2003 | Morgantown | American Towers LLC |
| 1276750 | Lattice tower | 180 ft | 2012 | North Cove | North Carolina State Highway Patrol |
| 1263329 | Tower | 164 ft | 2008 | Nebo | SBA Towers IV, LLC |
| 1291942 | Lattice tower | 150 ft | 2014 | Morganton | County of Burke, North Carolina |
| 1061127 | Tower | 139 ft | 1999 | Hickory | American Towers LLC |
If you have a tower lease in Burke 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 North Carolina with similar tower counts: Carteret County (40), Orange County (40), Lincoln County (39), Lee County (38), Surry County (36).
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.