Tower Landlord

South Dakota / Hyde County

#33 of 66 SD counties · 11 structures

Cell towers in Hyde County, SD

The FCC registry lists 11 constructed antenna structures in Hyde County, 1% of South Dakota's 949. Ownership is spread across 8 registrants; the largest, BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, has 2 (18%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 2 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 11
  2. 2Tallest 410 ft
  3. 3Largest owner BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE
  4. 4Median height (state 285 ft) 276 ft
Structures
11
rank 33 of 66 in SD
Most common type
Lattice tower
36% of structures
Over 200 feet
7
64% of structures
Peak build decade
2010s
55% built then

Who owns the towers in Hyde County

8 different registrants own the 11 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.

BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERA2RIBOB & ELJIM A SD PARTNERSH2CommNet Cellular Inc.2Communications Center Inc1Crown Castle1American Tower1NorthWestern Corporation1PI Tower Development LLC1
Constructed structures in Hyde County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 276 feet, close to the South Dakota median of 285 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Highmore at 410 feet, built in 2014. Most 55% were built in the 2010s.

Lattice tower4Tower4Guyed tower3
Structures in Hyde County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
21970s11980s62010s22020s
Structures in Hyde 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
1291689Guyed tower410 ft2014HighmoreAmerican Towers LLC
1315362Guyed tower404 ft2020HighmorePI Tower Development LLC
1042147Tower343 ft1974StepaanRIBOB & ELJIM A SD PARTNERSHIP
1042458Tower343 ft1974StepaanRIBOB & ELJIM A SD PARTNERSHIP
1285606Lattice tower306 ft2013HighmoreCommNet Cellular Inc.
1284339Guyed tower276 ft2012HighmoreCommNet Cellular Inc.
1041774Lattice tower207 ft2014HighmoreBASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE
1257568Tower198 ft2010HighmoreCCATT LLC
1202625Tower195 ft1985HighmoreCommunications Center Inc
1315588Lattice tower190 ft2020HighmoreBASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE
1293429Lattice tower74 ft2014HighmoreNorthWestern Corporation

If you have a tower lease in Hyde 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: Fall River County (11), Gregory County (11), Haakon County (11), McCook County (11), Oglala Lakota County (formerly Shannon) (11).

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.