New Mexico / Lincoln County
#16 of 33 NM counties · 26 structures
Cell towers in Lincoln County, NM
The FCC registry lists 26 constructed antenna structures in Lincoln County, 2% of New Mexico's 1,180. Ownership is spread across 18 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 6 (23%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 7 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 26
- 2Tallest 361 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 195 ft) 161 ft
Who owns the towers in Lincoln County
18 different registrants own the 26 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.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 161 feet, 34 feet shorter than the New Mexico median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Vaughn at 361 feet, built in 2000. More than in any other decade, 31% were built in the 2010s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1208415 | Tower | 361 ft | 2000 | Vaughn | Key Communications, Inc. |
| 1063622 | Guyed tower | 300 ft | 2016 | Ruidoso | Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC |
| 1329337 | Lattice tower | 276 ft | 2026 | Corona | SunZia Wind South LLC |
| 1255076 | Lattice tower | 253 ft | 2007 | Glencoe | American Towers LLC |
| 1283406 | Lattice tower | 201 ft | 2007 | Corona | American Towers LLC |
| 1260740 | Guyed tower | 200 ft | 2007 | Oscura | American Towers LLC |
| 1278686 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2008 | Carrizozo | OpenLink Partners LLC |
| 1292055 | Guyed tower | 199 ft | 2015 | Corona | American Towers LLC |
| 1326526 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2025 | Carrizozo | Sun State Towers |
| 1275905 | Tower | 187 ft | 1996 | Ruidoso | Titan Towers, L.P. |
| 1202103 | Lattice tower | 180 ft | 2014 | Capitan | Transwestern Pipeline Company LLC |
| 1274830 | Lattice tower | 161 ft | 1995 | Corona | American Towers LLC |
| 1329336 | Lattice tower | 161 ft | 2026 | Corona | SunZia Wind South LLC |
| 1329509 | Lattice tower | 161 ft | 2026 | Corona | SunZia Wind South LLC |
| 1004528 | Tower | 160 ft | 1982 | Lincoln County | WALTON STATIONS OF NEW MEXICO INC DBA = KBUY KWES RADIO |
| 1328936 | Monopole | 150 ft | 2025 | Capitan | Sun State Towers |
| 1320591 | Tree / stealth | 145 ft | 2021 | Ruidoso | Gravity Pad BTS, LLC |
| 1285951 | Pole | 120 ft | 2014 | Ruidoso | Cellco Partnership |
| 1242858 | Pole | 99 ft | 2004 | Carrizozo | New Mexico RSA 6-I Partnership |
| 1252724 | Monopole | 99 ft | 2006 | Carrizozo | SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC |
| 1279192 | Monopole | 98 ft | 2011 | Carrizozo | T-Mobile West Tower LLC |
| 1208510 | Pole | 90 ft | 1992 | Carrizozo | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD |
| 1028305 | Pole | 89 ft | 2010 | Ruidoso | Octagon Towers, LLC |
| 1305709 | Monopole | 60 ft | 2018 | Carrizozo | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY |
| 1305710 | Monopole | 60 ft | 2018 | Carrizozo | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY |
| 1206598 | Tower | 37 ft | 1990 | Ruidoso | STATE OF NEW MEXICO AVIATION DIVISION |
If you have a tower lease in Lincoln 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: Santa Fe County (30), Valencia County (30), Cibola County (29), Luna County (25), Rio Arriba County (23).
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.