South Dakota / Brookings County
#4 of 66 SD counties · 39 structures
Cell towers in Brookings County, SD
The FCC registry lists 39 constructed antenna structures in Brookings County, 4% of South Dakota's 949. South Dakota Network, LLC owns 12 of them (31%), 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 8 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 39
- 2Tallest 417 ft
- 3Largest owner South Dakota Network, LLC
- 4Median height (state 285 ft) 180 ft
Who owns the towers in Brookings County
17 different registrants own the 39 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 180 feet, 105 feet shorter than the South Dakota median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Brookings at 417 feet, built in 2010. Most 56% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1050672 | Tower | 417 ft | 2010 | Brookings | CCATT LLC |
| 1287150 | Lattice tower | 355 ft | 2013 | Bruce | American Towers LLC |
| 1042108 | Tower | 350 ft | 1997 | Brookings | Gray Local Media, Inc. |
| 1249344 | Guyed tower | 313 ft | 2005 | Aurora | CommNet Cellular Inc. |
| 1305475 | Lattice tower | 309 ft | 2018 | Bruce | Cellular Inc. Network Corporation |
| 1037203 | Tower | 299 ft | 1997 | Hendricks | Pioneer Wireless LLC |
| 1058958 | Tower | 297 ft | 1999 | Brookings | CommNet Cellular Inc. |
| 1201939 | Guyed tower | 292 ft | 2010 | Estelline | CCATT LLC |
| 1040456 | Tower | 287 ft | 1964 | Arlington | American Towers LLC |
| 1042189 | Other or unspecified | 276 ft | 1970 | Volga | Vertical Bridge S3 Assets, LLC |
| 1042190 | Other or unspecified | 276 ft | 1970 | Volga | Vertical Bridge S3 Assets, LLC |
| 1042191 | Other or unspecified | 276 ft | 1995 | Volga | Vertical Bridge S3 Assets, LLC |
| 1040231 | Guyed tower | 272 ft | 2004 | Arlington | SBA Towers III LLC |
| 1325796 | Guyed tower | 270 ft | 2024 | White | Great Plains Towers, LLC |
| 1248128 | Guyed tower | 260 ft | 2005 | Volga | CommNet Cellular Inc. |
| 1269987 | Tower | 260 ft | 2010 | Arlington | Octagon Towers, LLC |
| 1305992 | Water tank | 207 ft | 2018 | Bookings | Brookings Municipal Utilities dba Swiftel Communications |
| 1055712 | Guyed tower | 191 ft | 1998 | Brookings | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1327377 | Monopole | 185 ft | 2024 | Brookings | Brookings Municipal Utilities dba Swiftel Communications |
| 1319988 | Lattice tower | 180 ft | 2021 | Brookings | East River Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. |
| 1207246 | Tower | 175 ft | 1999 | Brookings | Northern Border Pipeline Company |
| 1065577 | Guyed tower | 168 ft | 2016 | Brookings | VB-S1 Assets, LLC |
| 1045613 | Tower | 160 ft | 1997 | Brookings | CTI Towers Assets II, LLC |
| 1264605 | Pole | 158 ft | 2010 | Volga | CCATT LLC |
| 1250048 | Pole | 130 ft | 2006 | Brookings | CommNet Cellular Inc. |
| 1253814 | Monopole | 106 ft | 2013 | Brookings | CommNet Cellular Inc. |
| 1248146 | Pole | 102 ft | 2010 | Brookings | CCATT LLC |
| 1303934 | Monopole | 54 ft | 2018 | Brookings | South Dakota Network, LLC |
| 1305674 | Pole | 45 ft | 2018 | Brookings | South Dakota Network, LLC |
| 1303935 | Monopole | 35 ft | 2018 | Brookings | South Dakota Network, LLC |
| 1303937 | Monopole | 35 ft | 2018 | Brookings | South Dakota Network, LLC |
| 1303938 | Monopole | 35 ft | 2018 | Brookings | South Dakota Network, LLC |
| 1303940 | Monopole | 35 ft | 2018 | Brookings | South Dakota Network, LLC |
| 1303941 | Monopole | 35 ft | 2018 | Brookings | South Dakota Network, LLC |
| 1303942 | Monopole | 35 ft | 2018 | Brookings | South Dakota Network, LLC |
| 1303943 | Monopole | 35 ft | 2018 | Brookings | South Dakota Network, LLC |
| 1303944 | Monopole | 35 ft | 2018 | Brookings | South Dakota Network, LLC |
| 1305675 | Pole | 35 ft | 2018 | Brookings | South Dakota Network, LLC |
| 1303936 | Monopole | 34 ft | 2018 | Brookings | South Dakota Network, LLC |
If you have a tower lease in Brookings 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: Minnehaha County (95), Pennington County (52), Brown County (40), Lincoln County (31), Codington 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.