Cell towers in Roosevelt County, NM

The FCC registry lists 20 constructed antenna structures in Roosevelt County, 2% of New Mexico's 1,180. American Tower owns 7 of them (35%), 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 9 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 20
2Tallest 733 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 195 ft) 313 ft

Structures

rank 20 of 33 in NM

Most common type

Tower

50% of structures

Over 200 feet

85% of structures

Peak build decade

1990s

25% built then

Who owns the towers in Roosevelt County

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

Height and age

The median structure here stands 313 feet, 118 feet taller than the New Mexico median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a tower near Midway at 733 feet, built in 2002. More than in any other decade, 25% were built in the 1990s.

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

Structures in Roosevelt 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
1225246	Tower	733 ft	2002	Midway	Eastern New Mexico University, Regents
1003344	Tower	724 ft	1968	Portales	KVII Licensee, LLC
1017059	Tower	508 ft	1983	Milnesand	Key Communications, Inc.
1029647	Guyed tower	499 ft	2015	Kenna	Pinnacle Towers LLC
1030569	Guyed tower	469 ft	2006	Milnesand	SBA Towers II LLC
1002573	Tower	370 ft	1978	Portales	Rooney Moon Broadcasting, Inc.
1057451	Tower	320 ft	1993	Dora	ROOSEVELT, COUNTY OF
1285401	Guyed tower	320 ft	2012	Lingo	American Towers LLC
1037075	Tower	315 ft	1961	Portales	Transwestern Pipeline Company LLC
1332514	Guyed tower	315 ft	2025	Milnesand	Occidental Petroleum Corporation
1005329	Guyed tower	311 ft	1995	Dora	American Towers LLC
1007166	Guyed tower	303 ft	1977	Portales	American Towers LLC
1298692	Lattice tower	284 ft	2017	Portales	Xcel Energy Services Inc.
1038662	Tower	270 ft	1996	Portales	ROOSEVELT COUNTY RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE
1225607	Guyed tower	265 ft	2001	Poratales	Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC
1284645	Guyed tower	258 ft	2012	Floyd	American Towers LLC
1319783	Lattice tower	217 ft	2021	Elida	Uniti Towers, LLC
1240192	Tower	200 ft	2004	Portales	Eastern New Mexico University
1059557	Tower	191 ft	1999	Floyd	American Towers LLC
1059559	Tower	91 ft	1999	Elida	American Towers LLC

If you have a tower lease in Roosevelt 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: Luna County (25), Rio Arriba County (23), San Miguel County (22), Union County (19), Socorro County (18).

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.