Cell towers in Kingsbury County, SD

The FCC registry lists 13 constructed antenna structures in Kingsbury County, 1% of South Dakota's 949. Ownership is spread across 11 registrants; the largest, NorthWestern Corporation, has 2 (15%). None belongs to American Tower, Crown Castle or SBA.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 13
2Tallest 800 ft
3Largest owner NorthWestern Corporation
4Median height (state 285 ft) 273 ft

Structures

rank 24 of 66 in SD

Most common type

Tower

54% of structures

Over 200 feet

69% of structures

Peak build decade

2010s

38% built then

Who owns the towers in Kingsbury County

11 different registrants own the 13 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.

Constructed structures in Kingsbury County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 273 feet, 12 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 Hetland at 800 feet, built in 1967. More than in any other decade, 38% were built in the 2010s.

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

Structures in Kingsbury 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
1049729	Guyed tower	800 ft	1967	Hetland	SOUTH DAKOTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS DBA ,SOUTH DAKOTA PUBLIC BROADCASTING NETWORK
1062136	Tower	506 ft	1990	Arlington	Vertical Bridge S3 Assets, LLC
1283580	Tower	359 ft	2013	Desmet	Nexstar Media Inc.
1039353	Tower	350 ft	1993	Bancroft	NorthWestern Corporation
1053765	Tower	350 ft	1998	Badger	Gray Local Media, Inc.
1049727	Guyed tower	300 ft	2018	De Smet	SOUTH DAKOTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS DBA ,SOUTH DAKOTA PUBLIC BROADCASTING NETWORK
1041777	Guyed tower	273 ft	2020	Erwin	K2 Towers III, LLC
1307552	Guyed tower	255 ft	2018	Arlington	NorthWestern Corporation
1041158	Tower	250 ft	1967	Hetland	SOUTH DAKOTA, STATE OF
1304429	Monopole	199 ft	2019	Lake Preston	Cellular Inc. Network Corporation
1215227	Tower	170 ft	2001	De Smet	Private owner (name withheld)
1248689	Tower	150 ft	2006	Lake Peterson	OTTER TAIL POWER CO.
1273557	Pole	128 ft	2010	Lake Preston	Octagon Towers LLC

If you have a tower lease in Kingsbury 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: Grant County (14), Turner County (14), Corson County (13), Deuel County (12), Dewey County (12).

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.