Nevada / Elko County
#3 of 17 NV counties · 46 structures
Cell towers in Elko County, NV
The FCC registry lists 46 constructed antenna structures in Elko County, 5% of Nevada's 924 — one of the three most in the state. Ownership is spread across 28 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 4 (9%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 10 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 46
- 2Tallest 285 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 81 ft) 78 ft
Who owns the towers in Elko County
28 different registrants own the 46 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.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 78 feet, close to the Nevada median of 81 feet. The tallest is a lattice tower near Currie at 285 feet, built in 2026. More than in any other decade, 48% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1331185 | Lattice tower | 285 ft | 2026 | Currie | Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems LLC |
| 1045830 | Tower | 247 ft | 1996 | Wells | American Towers LLC |
| 1289687 | Lattice tower | 204 ft | 1993 | Elko | Jerritt Canyon Gold, LLC |
| 1272662 | Pole | 197 ft | 2010 | Elko | Octagon Towers, LLC |
| 1271152 | Monopole | 185 ft | 2009 | Wells | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1331033 | Lattice tower | 164 ft | 2025 | Elko | Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems LLC |
| 1259134 | Guyed tower | 140 ft | 1984 | Deeth | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1226395 | Tower | 124 ft | 2000 | Rocky Point | Day Management Corporation |
| 1245754 | Tower | 123 ft | 2012 | Wells | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY |
| 1279909 | Tower | 120 ft | 2011 | Elko | SBA Towers III LLC |
| 1295561 | Monopole | 120 ft | 2015 | Elko | Cellco Partnership |
| 1062992 | Tower | 108 ft | 1996 | Elko | NEVADA WIRELESS |
| 1232691 | Lattice tower | 107 ft | 2003 | Jackpot | American Towers LLC |
| 1276369 | Lattice tower | 106 ft | 2010 | Montello | American Towers LLC |
| 1248964 | Tower | 105 ft | 1984 | Wendover | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY |
| 1264270 | Tower | 104 ft | 2008 | West Wendover | Cellco Partnership |
| 1298926 | Monopole | 100 ft | 2016 | Elko | Cellco Partnership |
| 1267188 | Pole | 95 ft | 2010 | Elko | Octagon Towers, LLC |
| 1232930 | Tower | 86 ft | 1968 | Elko | EIP Communications I, LLC |
| 1248232 | Monopole | 86 ft | 2010 | Elko | CCATT LLC |
| 1292303 | Lattice tower | 85 ft | 2014 | Elko | EIP Holdings IV, LLC |
| 1271358 | Other or unspecified | 80 ft | 1992 | Wells | VB-S1 Assets, LLC |
| 1295760 | Monopole | 80 ft | 2015 | Elko | Cellco Partnership |
| 1023709 | Lattice tower | 75 ft | 1960 | Wendover | American Towers LLC |
| 1226156 | Tower | 73 ft | 2000 | Spring Creek | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1276835 | Tower | 70 ft | 2011 | West Wendover | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1280923 | Lattice tower | 64 ft | 2010 | Elko | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1261325 | Tower | 63 ft | 2010 | Elko | CCATT LLC |
| 1299049 | Monopole | 63 ft | 2016 | Elko | EIP Holdings IV, LLC |
| 1297852 | Pole | 60 ft | 2008 | Elko | RUBY RADIO CORPORATION |
| 1300654 | Pole | 59 ft | 2016 | Jackpot | Nevada, State of |
| 1302980 | Lattice tower | 59 ft | 2018 | Elko | City of Elko |
| 1003645 | Tower | 52 ft | 1995 | Wendover | WELLS RURAL ELECTRIC COMPANY |
| 1014767 | Lattice tower | 48 ft | 2010 | West Wendover | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1318927 | Lattice tower | 48 ft | 2017 | West Wendover | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1303605 | Monopole | 40 ft | 2017 | Elko | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY |
| 1310878 | On a building | 35 ft | 2020 | West Wendover | T-Mobile West LLC |
| 1219588 | Tower | 33 ft | 2001 | Wendover | Nevada,State of (Dept of Trans) |
| 1300617 | Lattice tower | 33 ft | 2017 | Owyhee | SHOSHONE-PAIUTE TRIBE |
| 1229940 | Pole | 30 ft | 2001 | Jackpot | Jackpot Combined School |
| 1233880 | Tower | 30 ft | 2002 | Elko | Nevada, State of |
| 1233987 | Tower | 30 ft | 2002 | Elko | Nevada, State of |
| 1288870 | Other or unspecified | 30 ft | 2014 | Jackpot | Elko County |
| 1281623 | Tower | 26 ft | 2013 | Elko | BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION |
| 1315147 | Pole | 25 ft | 2022 | Elko | Elko Television District |
| 1206933 | Tower | 24 ft | 2000 | Wendover | Wells Rural Electric Company Inc. |
If you have a tower lease in Elko 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 Nevada with similar tower counts: Clark County (564), Washoe County (119), Nye County (37), Churchill County (24), Humboldt County (20).
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.