Cell towers in De Baca County, NM

The FCC registry lists 16 constructed antenna structures in De Baca County, 1% of New Mexico's 1,180. American Tower owns 6 of them (38%), 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 7 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 16
2Tallest 415 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 195 ft) 308 ft

Structures

rank 26 of 33 in NM

Most common type

Guyed tower

50% of structures

Over 200 feet

94% of structures

Peak build decade

2010s

31% built then

Who owns the towers in De Baca County

8 different registrants own the 16 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.

Constructed structures in De Baca County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 308 feet, 113 feet taller than the New Mexico median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Yeso at 415 feet, built in 1994. More than in any other decade, 31% were built in the 2010s.

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

Structures in De Baca 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
1005153	Guyed tower	415 ft	1994	Yeso	Alltel Corporation
1005161	Guyed tower	415 ft	1994	Melrose	Alltel Corporation
1218795	Tower	380 ft	2000	Ft. Sumner	Private owner (name withheld)
1286871	Guyed tower	349 ft	2013	Fort Sumner	American Towers LLC
1005336	Other or unspecified	345 ft	1992	Taiban	American Towers, LLC
1023642	Lattice tower	327 ft	1972	Yeso	American Towers LLC
1005328	Tower	320 ft	1996	Fort Sumner	American Towers, LLC
1279090	Tower	310 ft	2011	Fort Sumner	CCTM1 LLC
1303803	Guyed tower	305 ft	2017	Taliban	American Towers LLC
1240707	Guyed tower	303 ft	2003	Yeso	BNSF Railway Co.
1005477	Lattice tower	298 ft	1972	Taiban	BNSF Railway Co.
1285398	Guyed tower	295 ft	2012	Dunlap	American Towers LLC
1003283	Tower	285 ft	1987	Taiban	Van Huss Consulting LLC
1316657	Guyed tower	283 ft	2020	House	Casa Mesa Wind, LLC
1238501	Guyed tower	265 ft	2003	Fort Sumner	BNSF Railway Co.
1292332	Monopole	199 ft	2017	Fort Sumner	Alltel Corporation

If you have a tower lease in De Baca 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: Colfax County (17), Hidalgo County (17), Quay County (17), Mora County (13), Sierra County (13).

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.