Cell towers in Yates County, NY

The FCC registry lists 17 constructed antenna structures in Yates County, 1% of New York's 2,735. Ownership is spread across 13 registrants; the largest, SBA Communications, has 3 (18%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 8 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 17
2Tallest 320 ft
3Largest owner SBA Communications
4Median height (state 190 ft) 190 ft

Structures

rank 50 of 62 in NY

Most common type

Tower

41% of structures

Over 200 feet

29% of structures

Peak build decade

1990s

29% built then

Who owns the towers in Yates County

13 different registrants own the 17 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 Yates County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 190 feet, close to the New York median of 190 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Naples at 320 feet, built in 1998. More than in any other decade, 29% were built in the 1990s.

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

Structures in Yates 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
1054743	Guyed tower	320 ft	1998	Naples	SBA Properties, LLC
1007714	Tower	300 ft	1980	Dundee	The Fingerlakes Radio Group, Inc.
1052067	Tower	274 ft	2000	Starkey	Crown Atlantic Company, LLC
1236506	Lattice tower	249 ft	2002	Penn Yan	SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1232828	Guyed tower	216 ft	2004	Branchport	American Towers LLC
1053034	Guyed tower	199 ft	1997	Penn Yan	SBA Properties, LLC
1025870	Tower	197 ft	2000	Benton	Crown Atlantic Company, LLC
1042765	Other or unspecified	190 ft	1999	Bluff Point	AirAccess, LLC
1280383	Tower	190 ft	2012	Naples	County of Ontario
1309649	Lattice tower	185 ft	2018	Penn Yan	Horvath Towers V, LLC
1004185	Tower	184 ft	1996	Dundee	American Towers LLC
1321362	Monopole	155 ft	2018	Penn Yan (Torrey)	Blue Sky Towers II, LLC
1327655	Lattice tower	150 ft	2023	Rushville	Blue Sky Towers III, LLC
1298271	Monopole	129 ft	2016	Penn Yan	BELL ATLANTIC MOBILE SYSTEMS OF ALLENTOWN, INC
1235944	Tower	122 ft	2002	Middlesex	County of Yates, New York
1298395	Monopole	122 ft	2016	Penn Yan	APC Towers, LLC
1004183	Tower	92 ft	1995	Jerusalem	American Towers LLC

If you have a tower lease in Yates 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 York with similar tower counts: Tioga County (20), Franklin County (18), Fulton County (17), Orleans County (16), Bronx County (15).

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.