South Dakota / Beadle County
#15 of 66 SD counties · 17 structures
Cell towers in Beadle County, SD
The FCC registry lists 17 constructed antenna structures in Beadle County, 2% of South Dakota's 949. Ownership is spread across 12 registrants; the largest, Crown Castle, has 4 (24%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 6 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 17
- 2Tallest 323 ft
- 3Largest owner Crown Castle
- 4Median height (state 285 ft) 210 ft
Who owns the towers in Beadle County
12 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.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 210 feet, 75 feet shorter than the South Dakota median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a guyed tower near Huron at 323 feet, built in 1991. More than in any other decade, 41% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1036498 | Guyed tower | 323 ft | 1991 | Huron | American Towers LLC |
| 1058959 | Guyed tower | 317 ft | 1990 | Huron | CommNet Cellular Inc. |
| 1278601 | Mast | 315 ft | 2011 | Wolsey | CommNet Cellular Inc. |
| 1291071 | Lattice tower | 309 ft | 2017 | Huron | CommNet Cellular Inc. |
| 1265295 | Tower | 306 ft | 2010 | Iroquois | CCATT LLC |
| 1257747 | Tower | 302 ft | 2010 | Hitchcock | CCATT LLC |
| 1257059 | Tower | 301 ft | 2010 | Wolsey | CCATT LLC |
| 1277757 | Lattice tower | 298 ft | 2012 | Huron | American Towers LLC |
| 1041147 | Guyed tower | 210 ft | 1987 | Huron | BIT/State Radio Communications Engineering |
| 1049868 | Tower | 208 ft | 1974 | Huron | DAKOTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD |
| 1054365 | Tower | 201 ft | 1970 | Huron | Dakota Communications, Ltd. |
| 1326012 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2025 | Wolsey | Horvath Towers VI, LLC |
| 1039351 | Tower | 198 ft | 1984 | Huron | NorthWestern Corporation |
| 1051567 | Tower | 186 ft | 1998 | Huron | K2 Towers III, LLC |
| 1055711 | Tower | 145 ft | 1998 | Huron | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1330310 | Monopole | 104 ft | 2025 | Huron | The Towers, LLC |
| 1311010 | Lattice tower | 76 ft | 2019 | Huron | BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE |
If you have a tower lease in Beadle 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 South Dakota with similar tower counts: Lawrence County (20), Meade County (20), Clay County (18), Clark County (17), Jackson County (16).
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.