Cell towers in Guadalupe County, NM

The FCC registry lists 35 constructed antenna structures in Guadalupe County, 3% of New Mexico's 1,180. American Tower owns 14 of them (40%), 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 14 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 35
2Tallest 501 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 195 ft) 197 ft

Structures

rank 11 of 33 in NM

Most common type

Tower

37% of structures

Over 200 feet

49% of structures

Peak build decade

2010s

31% built then

Who owns the towers in Guadalupe County

16 different registrants own the 35 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 Guadalupe County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 197 feet, close to the New Mexico median of 195 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Santa Rosa at 501 feet, built in 1993. More than in any other decade, 31% were built in the 2010s.

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

Structures in Guadalupe 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
1005326	Guyed tower	501 ft	1993	Santa Rosa	American Towers LLC
1047648	Guyed tower	500 ft	1998	Palmo	Alltel Corporation
1037844	Tower	425 ft	1996	Santa Rosa	American Towers LLC
1218370	Guyed tower	417 ft	1993	Vaughn	American Towers LLC
1005145	Guyed tower	415 ft	2004	Newkirk	American Towers LLC
1055978	Guyed tower	408 ft	1998	Santa Rosa	American Towers LLC
1055983	Guyed tower	399 ft	1998	Cuervo	American Towers LLC
1057153	Guyed tower	367 ft	1998	Santa Rosa	American Towers LLC
1005342	Guyed tower	290 ft	2014	Cuervo	American Towers LLC
1003277	Other or unspecified	271 ft	1987	Santa Rosa	American Towers L.L.C
1005325	Other or unspecified	270 ft	1995	Vaughn	American Towers, LLC
1218368	Guyed tower	259 ft	2000	Santa Rosa	American Towers LLC
1003281	Guyed tower	257 ft	1987	Santa Rosa	American Towers LLC
1218372	Tower	256 ft	2000	Vaughn	American Towers LLC
1226998	Tower	252 ft	2001	Santa Rosa	Alltel Corporation
1031807	Tower	225 ft	1997	Santa Rosa	Alltel Corporation
1021977	Tower	203 ft	1955	Santa Rosa	ROUTE 66 BROADCASTING CO
1042926	Tower	197 ft	1981	Santa Rosa	Southwestern Wireless, Inc.
1203556	Tower	195 ft	1999	Santa Rosa	New Nexico RSA 4 East Limited Partnership
1231696	Tower	194 ft	2002	Santa Rosa	Regents of UNM & Board of Education of Abuquerque, NM (KNME-TV)
1283082	Guyed tower	185 ft	2001	Santa Rosa	American Towers LLC
1322034	Lattice tower	148 ft	2022	Corona	Clines Corners Wind Farm LLC
1060195	Lattice tower	120 ft	2013	Santa Rosa	UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
1268639	Tower	101 ft	2009	Santa Rosa	US Army Corps of Engineers
1041679	Tower	100 ft	1983	Vaughn	Classic Cable, Inc dba Suddenlink Communications
1276440	Lattice tower	80 ft	2011	Vaughn	BNSF Railway Company
1314855	Monopole	70 ft	2020	Vaughn	UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
1281913	Pole	65 ft	2011	Vaughn	UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
1284463	Tower	60 ft	2012	Vaughn	BNSF Railway CO.
1284685	Pole	55 ft	2012	Vaughn	UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
1281765	Tower	50 ft	2012	Vaughn	BNSF Railway Co.
1283240	Tower	50 ft	2012	Las Vegas	BNSF Railway Co.
1281764	Monopole	45 ft	2012	Vaughn	BNSF Railway Co.
1295844	Monopole	45 ft	2015	Vaughn	BNSF Railway Company
1296124	Monopole	45 ft	2015	Vaughn	BNSF Railway Company

If you have a tower lease in Guadalupe 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: Otero County (45), Torrance County (39), Curry County (38), Sandoval County (32), Santa Fe County (30).

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.