North Dakota / Bottineau County

#21 of 53 ND counties · 18 structures

Cell towers in Bottineau County, ND

The FCC registry lists 18 constructed antenna structures in Bottineau County, 1% of North Dakota's 1,212. Ownership is spread across 12 registrants; the largest, Crown Castle, has 3 (17%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 4 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 18
  2. 2Tallest 415 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Crown Castle
  4. 4Median height (state 260 ft) 268 ft
Structures
18
rank 21 of 53 in ND
Most common type
Tower
50% of structures
Over 200 feet
12
67% of structures
Peak build decade
2010s
39% built then

Who owns the towers in Bottineau County

12 different registrants own the 18 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.

Crown Castle3CTI Towers Assets II, LLC3United Telephone Mutual Aid 3OTTER TAIL POWER COMPANY1NORTH DAKOTA, STATE OF1WW Oilfield Services, LLC1Programmers Broadcasting, In1Bottineau, County of1
Constructed structures in Bottineau County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 268 feet, close to the North Dakota median of 260 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Maxbass at 415 feet, built in 2019. More than in any other decade, 39% were built in the 2010s.

Tower9Guyed tower5Lattice tower3Monopole1
Structures in Bottineau County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
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Structures in Bottineau 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
1309758Guyed tower415 ft2019MaxbassMunicipal Shale V, LLC
1254586Tower340 ft2006SourisCTI Towers Assets II, LLC
1264972Tower340 ft2008BottineauCTI Towers Assets II, LLC
1051848Tower320 ft1965MaxbassWW Oilfield Services, LLC
1039538Tower310 ft1970BottineauOTTER TAIL POWER COMPANY
1040260Guyed tower297 ft2011Willow CityUnited Telephone Mutual Aid Corporation
1038390Tower295 ft1969Willow CityUnited Telephone Mutual Aid Corporation
1284096Lattice tower285 ft2012WesthopeAmerican Towers LLC
1249613Guyed tower276 ft2006BottineauUnited Telephone Mutual Aid Corporation
1250932Tower260 ft2010BottineauCCATT LLC
1204952Guyed tower253 ft2000BottineauProgrammers Broadcasting, Inc.
1039990Tower230 ft1961BottineauNORTH DAKOTA, STATE OF
1249020Guyed tower187 ft2015MaxbassCCATT LLC
1205473Tower168 ft1964BottineauBottineau, County of
1295797Lattice tower164 ft2016WesthopeNorth Central RSA 2 of North Dakota Limited Partnership
1001167Lattice tower128 ft2010BottineauCCATT LLC
1232159Monopole127 ft2001BottineauCTI Towers Assets, II, LLC c/o Symphony Towers Infrastructure
1038363Tower110 ft1984BottineauCTI Towers Assets II, LLC

If you have a tower lease in Bottineau 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 Dakota with similar tower counts: Pembina County (23), Traill County (22), Burke County (19), McHenry County (18), Bowman 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.