Cell towers in Cibola County, NM

The FCC registry lists 29 constructed antenna structures in Cibola County, 2% of New Mexico's 1,180. American Tower owns 9 of them (31%), 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 10 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 29
2Tallest 495 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 195 ft) 144 ft

Structures

rank 15 of 33 in NM

Most common type

Tower

38% of structures

Over 200 feet

38% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

28% built then

Who owns the towers in Cibola County

20 different registrants own the 29 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 Cibola County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 144 feet, 51 feet shorter than the New Mexico median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a guyed tower near Grants at 495 feet, built in 2010. More than in any other decade, 28% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Cibola 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
1005141	Guyed tower	495 ft	2010	Grants	American Towers LLC
1238979	Guyed tower	444 ft	2003	Cubero	BNSF Railway Co.
1060399	Guyed tower	367 ft	1999	Grants	American Towers, LLC
1057246	Guyed tower	366 ft	1998	Cubero	American Towers LLC
1025351	Guyed tower	366 ft	2010	Laguna	Octagon Towers, LLC
1057155	Guyed tower	365 ft	1998	Cubero	American Towers LLC
1057152	Guyed tower	365 ft	1998	Bluewater	American Towers LLC
1314527	Lattice tower	250 ft	2020	Fence Lake	Smith Bagley Inc dba Cellular One of North East Arizona
1037070	Tower	240 ft	1964	Grants	Transwestern Pipeline Company LLC
1055748	Tower	214 ft	1998	Zuni	ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY DBA = APS
1256154	Tower	210 ft	2006	Laguna	VB-S1 Assets, LLC
1011767	Mast	199 ft	2001	Grants	Cellco Partnership
1328581	Lattice tower	199 ft	2025	Thoreau	TowerCom XI B LLC
1204791	Tower	190 ft	1979	Cerro	Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC
1241054	Tower	144 ft	2003	Milan	CCATT LLC
1030139	Lattice tower	133 ft	1997	Grants	American Towers LLC
1240718	Guyed tower	116 ft	2003	Milan	BNSF Railway Co.
1003748	Lattice tower	104 ft	1976	Mc Cartys	Qwest Corporation
1232785	Tower	85 ft	2010	Cubero	American Towers LLC
1210051	Mast	80 ft	1999	San Rafael	new mexico, state of
1316741	Monopole	80 ft	2020	San Mateo	Sun State Towers, LLC.
1216858	Tower	75 ft	2000	Grants	Regents of the University of New Mexico & the Board of Education of Albuquerque, N.M.
1274831	Tower	60 ft	1977	Acomita Lake	American Towers LLC
1279365	Tower	50 ft	2012	Grants	BNSF Railway Co.
1268531	Pole	49 ft	2009	San Rafael	Public Service Company of New Mexico
1283714	Water tank	40 ft	2003	Milan	Village of Milan
1283716	Tower	40 ft	1960	Milan	Village OF Milan
1283713	Tower	35 ft	1988	Milan	Village of Milan
1277099	Mast	33 ft	2011	Grants	Grants, City of

If you have a tower lease in Cibola 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 New Mexico with similar tower counts: Sandoval County (32), Santa Fe County (30), Valencia County (30), Lincoln County (26), Luna County (25).

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.