South Dakota / Potter County
#36 of 66 SD counties · 11 structures
Cell towers in Potter County, SD
The FCC registry lists 11 constructed antenna structures in Potter County, 1% of South Dakota's 949. Ownership is spread across 11 registrants; the largest, Horvath Communications, has 2 (18%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 2 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 11
- 2Tallest 497 ft
- 3Largest owner Horvath Communications
- 4Median height (state 285 ft) 266 ft
Who owns the towers in Potter County
11 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.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 266 feet, 19 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 Gettysburg at 497 feet, built in 2010. Most 64% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1032571 | Guyed tower | 497 ft | 2010 | Gettysburg | CCATT LLC |
| 1316904 | Guyed tower | 460 ft | 2021 | Gettysburg | Skyway Towers, LLC |
| 1291044 | Guyed tower | 415 ft | 2014 | Forest City | American Towers LLC |
| 1326625 | Guyed tower | 339 ft | 2025 | Gettysburg | Horvath Towers VI, LLC |
| 1284681 | Tower | 309 ft | 2012 | Hoven | CommNet Cellular Inc. |
| 1041775 | Lattice tower | 266 ft | 2015 | Gettysburg | Basin Electric Power Cooperative |
| 1307687 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2019 | Gettysburg | VB BTS III, LLC |
| 1209200 | Tower | 216 ft | 1995 | Gettysburg | Western Area Power Administration |
| 1272722 | Tower | 199 ft | 2010 | Hoven | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1287241 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2013 | Lebanon | Horvath Towers III, LLC |
| 1202376 | Tower | 190 ft | 1994 | Gettysburg | Communications Center Inc |
If you have a tower lease in Potter 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: Hyde County (11), McCook County (11), Oglala Lakota County (formerly Shannon) (11), Roberts County (11), Spink County (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.