Texas / Briscoe County

#239 of 254 TX counties · 10 structures

Cell towers in Briscoe County, TX

The FCC registry lists 10 constructed antenna structures in Briscoe County, 0% of Texas's 14,607. Ownership is spread across 8 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 2 (20%). 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 10
  2. 2Tallest 412 ft
  3. 3Largest owner American Tower
  4. 4Median height (state 247 ft) 304 ft
Structures
10
rank 239 of 254 in TX
Most common type
Tower
60% of structures
Over 200 feet
8
80% of structures
Peak build decade
1990s
30% built then

Who owns the towers in Briscoe County

8 different registrants own the 10 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.

American Tower2AT&T2Alltel1South Plains Communications1Private owners1SBA Communications1Panhandle Regional Planning 1VB BTS III, LLC1
Constructed structures in Briscoe County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 304 feet, 57 feet taller than the Texas median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Silverton at 412 feet, built in 1999. More than in any other decade, 30% were built in the 1990s.

Tower6Guyed tower3Lattice tower1
Structures in Briscoe County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11960s11970s31990s22000s32010s
Structures in Briscoe 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
1019826Guyed tower412 ft1999SilvertonAlltel Corporation
1232756Tower348 ft2002SilvertonAT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC
1053354Tower320 ft1995SilvertonAmerican Towers LLC
1217811Tower315 ft2001QuitaqueAT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC
1295214Guyed tower305 ft2015SilvertonSBA Towers VI, LLC
1042905Tower303 ft1970SilvertonSouth Plains Communications
1300369Guyed tower300 ft2016QuitaquePanhandle Regional Planning Commission
1048991Tower231 ft1967SilvertonPrivate owner (name withheld)
1052416Tower199 ft1998SilvertonAmerican Towers LLC
1312443Lattice tower199 ft2016QuitaqueVB BTS III, LLC

If you have a tower lease in Briscoe 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 Texas with similar tower counts: Dickens County (11), Fisher County (11), Sterling County (11), Jeff Davis County (10), Loving County (10).

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.