North Dakota / Sargent County

#38 of 53 ND counties · 11 structures

Cell towers in Sargent County, ND

The FCC registry lists 11 constructed antenna structures in Sargent County, 1% of North Dakota's 1,212. Ownership is spread across 9 registrants; the largest, North Dakota RSA No. 3 Limited Partnership, has 3 (27%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 1 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 11
  2. 2Tallest 338 ft
  3. 3Largest owner North Dakota RSA No. 3 Limited Partnership
  4. 4Median height (state 260 ft) 270 ft
Structures
11
rank 38 of 53 in ND
Most common type
Tower
55% of structures
Over 200 feet
7
64% of structures
Peak build decade
1970s
27% built then

Who owns the towers in Sargent County

9 different registrants own the 11 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.

North Dakota RSA No. 3 Limit3American Tower1NORTH DAKOTA, STATE OF1North Dakota Information Tec1Otter Tail Power Company1Dakota Valley Electric Coope1Frey's Electronics, Inc.1Octagon Towers1
Constructed structures in Sargent County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 270 feet, close to the North Dakota median of 260 feet. The tallest is a lattice tower near Gwinner at 338 feet, built in 1965. More than in any other decade, 27% were built in the 1970s.

Tower6Monopole4Lattice tower1
Structures in Sargent County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
21960s31970s11990s12000s32010s12020s
Structures in Sargent 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
1038864Lattice tower338 ft1965GwinnerAmerican Towers LLC
1039980Tower330 ft1961CayugaNORTH DAKOTA, STATE OF
1039703Tower320 ft1994MilnorNorth Dakota RSA No. 3 Limited Partnership
1207318Tower299 ft1979CogswellFrey's Electronics, Inc.
1041713Tower280 ft1978StirumNorth Dakota Information Technology Dept
1041716Tower270 ft1978GeneseoOtter Tail Power Company
1278516Monopole232 ft2011FormanOctagon Towers, LLC
1325797Monopole199 ft2025HavanaGreat Plains Towers, LLC
1202209Tower178 ft2000MilnorDakota Valley Electric Cooperative Inc
1299347Monopole109 ft2017GwinnerNorth Dakota RSA No. 3 Limited Partnership
1302388Monopole109 ft2017MilnorNorth Dakota RSA No. 3 Limited Partnership

If you have a tower lease in Sargent 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: Ransom County (12), Sheridan County (12), McIntosh County (11), Adams County (10), Pierce 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.