South Dakota / Roberts County

#37 of 66 SD counties · 11 structures

Cell towers in Roberts County, SD

The FCC registry lists 11 constructed antenna structures in Roberts County, 1% of South Dakota's 949. Crown Castle owns 4 of them (36%), 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 5 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 11
  2. 2Tallest 806 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Crown Castle
  4. 4Median height (state 285 ft) 392 ft
Structures
11
rank 37 of 66 in SD
Most common type
Tower
64% of structures
Over 200 feet
11
100% of structures
Peak build decade
2010s
45% built then

Who owns the towers in Roberts County

7 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.

Crown Castle4Rural Cellular Corporation2EAST RIVER ELECTRIC POWER CO1Praise Broadcasting, Inc.1American Tower1RC Technologies Corporation1Tillman Infrastructure1
Constructed structures in Roberts County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 392 feet, 107 feet taller than the South Dakota median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a tower near Summit at 806 feet, built in 1983. More than in any other decade, 45% were built in the 2010s.

Tower7Guyed tower3Mast1
Structures in Roberts County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11980s21990s22000s52010s12020s
Structures in Roberts 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
1042061Tower806 ft1983SummitPraise Broadcasting, Inc.
1254031Tower499 ft2006SissetonRC Technologies Corporation
1243565Guyed tower482 ft2010RosholtCCATT LLC
1050364Tower410 ft2010SummitCCATT LLC
1041655Guyed tower399 ft1994SummitRural Cellular Corporation
1248557Tower392 ft2010PeeverCCATT LLC
1318444Guyed tower333 ft2021SissetonTillman Infrastructure, LLC
1040245Tower308 ft1993VictorEAST RIVER ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE INC
1257559Tower304 ft2010WilmotCCATT LLC
1216524Tower260 ft2000SissetonAmerican Towers LLC
1272487Mast256 ft2010WilmotRural Cellular Corporation

If you have a tower lease in Roberts 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: McCook County (11), Oglala Lakota County (formerly Shannon) (11), Potter County (11), Spink County (11), Tripp 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.