Tower Landlord

South Dakota / Brown County

#3 of 66 SD counties · 40 structures

Cell towers in Brown County, SD

The FCC registry lists 40 constructed antenna structures in Brown County, 4% of South Dakota's 949 — one of the three most in the state. Ownership is spread across 19 registrants; the largest, South Dakota Network, LLC, has 9 (23%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 3 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 40
  2. 2Tallest 500 ft
  3. 3Largest owner South Dakota Network, LLC
  4. 4Median height (state 285 ft) 199 ft
Structures
40
rank 3 of 66 in SD
Most common type
Monopole
30% of structures
Over 200 feet
19
48% of structures
Peak build decade
2010s
40% built then

Who owns the towers in Brown County

19 different registrants own the 40 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.

South Dakota Network, LLC9James Valley Cooperative Tel5CommNet Cellular Inc.4Northern Electric Cooperativ3PRAIRIE WINDS BROADCASTING, 3Crown Castle3NorthWestern Corporation2EAST RIVER ELECTRIC POWER CO1
Constructed structures in Brown County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 199 feet, 86 feet shorter than the South Dakota median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Bath at 500 feet, built in 1996. More than in any other decade, 40% were built in the 2010s.

Monopole12Tower10Lattice tower9Guyed tower5Other or unspecified4
Structures in Brown County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
41970s11980s71990s42000s162010s82020s
Structures in Brown 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
1041652Tower500 ft1996BathNorthern Electric Cooperative
1042356Other or unspecified498 ft1975AberdeenPRAIRIE WINDS BROADCASTING, INC.
1041643Tower412 ft1989AberdeenNorthern Electric Cooperative
1211916Tower412 ft2000BathNorthern Electric Cooperative
1048744Guyed tower343 ft1998AberdeenK2 Towers III, LLC
1318447Guyed tower331 ft2022AberdeenTillman Infrastructure, LLC
1040229Tower320 ft1990AberdeenEAST RIVER ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE INC
1058970Tower320 ft2005AberdeenCommNet Cellular Inc.
1209123Tower316 ft1999AberdeenPinnacle Towers LLC
1267618Tower300 ft2010FrederickCCATT LLC
1219829Tower285 ft199035AberdeenFrey's Electronics, Inc.
1042352Other or unspecified270 ft1975AberdeenPRAIRIE WINDS BROADCASTING, INC.
1042353Other or unspecified270 ft1975AberdeenPRAIRIE WINDS BROADCASTING, INC.
1041105Guyed tower263 ft2025AberdeenBIT/State Radio Communications Engineering
1258747Lattice tower260 ft2007GrotonCommNet Cellular Inc.
1263023Lattice tower260 ft2010BathCCATT LLC
1323330Lattice tower250 ft2021FrederickJames Valley Cooperative Telephone Company dba James Valley Telecommunications
1285681Guyed tower245 ft2012AberdeenBROWN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS
1037199Tower240 ft1997AberdeenNorthern Border Pipeline Company
1323327Lattice tower199 ft2021StratfordJames Valley Cooperative Telephone Company dba James Valley Telecommunications
1323328Lattice tower199 ft2021HeclaJames Valley Cooperative Telephone Company dba James Valley Telecommunications
1323329Lattice tower199 ft2021HoughtonJames Valley Cooperative Telephone Company dba James Valley Telecommunications
1323331Lattice tower199 ft2021BathNorthern Valley Communications, LLC
1323334Lattice tower199 ft2021GrotonJames Valley Cooperative Telephone Company dba James Valley Telecommunications
1267545Tower197 ft2009AberdeenSWS LLC
1307480Monopole165 ft2019AberdeenCommNet Cellular Inc.
1288495Lattice tower160 ft2014AberdeenNorthWestern Corporation
1201149Guyed tower146 ft1979AberdeenPrivate owner (name withheld)
1205990Other or unspecified146 ft1999WestportJames Valley Cooperative Telephone Company
1277952Monopole86 ft2011AberdeenCommNet Cellular Inc.
1288475Monopole52 ft2013AberdeenNorthWestern Corporation
1302729Monopole35 ft2017AberdeenSouth Dakota Network, LLC
1302730Monopole35 ft2017AberdeenSouth Dakota Network, LLC
1302731Monopole35 ft2017AberdeenSouth Dakota Network, LLC
1302752Monopole35 ft2017AberdeenSouth Dakota Network, LLC
1302753Monopole35 ft2017AberdeenSouth Dakota Network, LLC
1302754Monopole35 ft2017AberdeenSouth Dakota Network, LLC
1302755Monopole35 ft2017AberdeenSouth Dakota Network, LLC
1302756Monopole35 ft2017AberdeenSouth Dakota Network, LLC
1302757Monopole35 ft2017AberdeenSouth Dakota Network, LLC

If you have a tower lease in Brown 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), Brookings County (39), 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.