New Mexico / Santa Fe County

#13 of 33 NM counties · 30 structures

Cell towers in Santa Fe County, NM

The FCC registry lists 30 constructed antenna structures in Santa Fe County, 3% of New Mexico's 1,180. Ownership is spread across 22 registrants; the largest, T-Mobile, has 4 (13%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 12 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 30
  2. 2Tallest 282 ft
  3. 3Largest owner T-Mobile
  4. 4Median height (state 195 ft) 84 ft
Structures
30
rank 13 of 33 in NM
Most common type
Monopole
43% of structures
Over 200 feet
4
13% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
37% built then

Who owns the towers in Santa Fe County

22 different registrants own the 30 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.

T-Mobile4Alltel4American Tower4SBA Communications4Crown Castle4VB ACQUISITIONS LLC1Verizon1NEW MEXICO, STATE OF1
Constructed structures in Santa Fe County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 84 feet, 111 feet shorter than the New Mexico median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a lattice tower near Santa Fe at 282 feet, built in 1991. More than in any other decade, 37% were built in the 2000s.

Monopole13Lattice tower5Tower5Pole3On a building2Mast1Other or unspecified1
Structures in Santa Fe County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
21970s41990s112000s72010s62020s
Structures in Santa Fe 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.TypeHeightBuiltCityOwner
1003502Lattice tower282 ft1991Santa FeVB ACQUISITIONS LLC
1208965Tower270 ft2003Santa FeAlltel Corporation
1049132Lattice tower265 ft1998Sante FeCellco Partnership
1202212Tower236 ft1975Sante FeVB Nimbus, LLC
1260056Lattice tower200 ft2001EspanolaSBA Towers II LLC
1224069Lattice tower198 ft2000Santa FeSBA Structures, LLC
1225445Lattice tower188 ft2002EdgewoodCrown Castle Towers 09
1215492Tower180 ft2000Santa FeAmerican Towers LLC
1059969Mast175 ft1998Santa FeNEW MEXICO, STATE OF
1276269Tower168 ft1974EspanolaAmerican Towers LLC
1217425Pole150 ft2001Santa FeK2 Towers II, LLC
1330723Monopole150 ft2025GoldenSun State Towers
1305250Monopole110 ft2018Santa FeBranch Towers, LLC
1293939Monopole100 ft2012Santa FeAmerican Towers LLC
1323551Monopole87 ft2023Santa FeCrown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC
1252633Monopole80 ft2010Santa FeSBA Monarch Towers I, LLC
1260055Monopole80 ft2008Santa FeT-Mobile West Tower LLC
1323302Monopole75 ft2023Santa FeGravity Pad Towers, LLC
1281632Monopole70 ft2013Santa FeAmerican Towers LLC
1314842Monopole70 ft2021Santa FeGravity Pad Partners, LLC
1005082Tower65 ft1996Santa FeT-Mobile West LLC
1270938Monopole65 ft2006EspanolaSBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1292965Monopole64 ft2014Santa FeAlltel Corporation
1305394On a building63 ft2018Santa FeT-Mobile West LLC
1259991Other or unspecified61 ft2008Santa FeAlltel Corporation
1304637On a building51 ft2018Santa FeT-Mobile West LLC
1325131Monopole50 ft2023Santa FeALLTEL Corporation
1310799Monopole41 ft2022LamyStratCap Wireless Group
1256669Pole34 ft2007Santa FeCCATT LLC
1257241Pole31 ft2007Santa FeCCATT LLC

If you have a tower lease in Santa Fe 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: Curry County (38), Guadalupe County (35), Sandoval County (32), Valencia County (30), Cibola County (29).

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.