Texas / Zapata County
#176 of 254 TX counties · 23 structures
Cell towers in Zapata County, TX
The FCC registry lists 23 constructed antenna structures in Zapata County, 0% of Texas's 14,607. Ownership is spread across 15 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 6 (26%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 10 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 23
- 2Tallest 521 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 247 ft) 325 ft
Who owns the towers in Zapata County
15 different registrants own the 23 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.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 325 feet, 78 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 Zapata at 521 feet, built in 1981. More than in any other decade, 35% were built in the 2000s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1049621 | Guyed tower | 521 ft | 1981 | Zapata | American Towers LLC |
| 1207547 | Tower | 499 ft | 2009 | Zapata | American Towers LLC |
| 1048651 | Guyed tower | 490 ft | 2014 | Zapata | Border to Border Communications, Inc. |
| 1292944 | Guyed tower | 490 ft | 2014 | Zapata | Border to Border Communications, Inc. |
| 1271404 | Tower | 480 ft | 2010 | Zapata | Zapata County Sheriff's Office |
| 1050600 | Tower | 403 ft | 1994 | Lopeno | Grain Communications IV, LLC |
| 1050593 | Guyed tower | 395 ft | 1996 | San Ygnacio | CCATT LLC |
| 1330218 | Guyed tower | 367 ft | 2025 | Zapata | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC |
| 1047921 | Tower | 347 ft | 1995 | Falcon | TEXAS RSA 19 TOWER HOLDINGS, L.P. |
| 1050596 | Tower | 342 ft | 2007 | Zapata | CCATT LLC |
| 1311619 | Lattice tower | 341 ft | 2020 | Zapata | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1048650 | Tower | 325 ft | 1995 | Zapata | BORDER TO BORDER COMMUNICATIONS INC |
| 1202219 | Tower | 319 ft | 1981 | Bustamante | ROCKDALE ENERGY, LLC |
| 1207556 | Guyed tower | 317 ft | 2013 | San Ygnacio | American Towers LLC |
| 1207560 | Guyed tower | 317 ft | 1999 | Zapata | American Towers LLC |
| 1253102 | Guyed tower | 316 ft | 2000 | Zapata | American Towers LLC |
| 1048227 | Guyed tower | 310 ft | 2006 | Zapata | Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline LLC |
| 1236343 | Tower | 305 ft | 2003 | Laredo | Cellco Partnership |
| 1253054 | Tower | 264 ft | 2006 | Chihuahua | CCATT LLC |
| 1222050 | Guyed tower | 257 ft | 2009 | Zapata | Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC |
| 1320725 | Lattice tower | 245 ft | 2022 | Zapata | CitySwitch II, LLC |
| 1051257 | Guyed tower | 231 ft | 1993 | Zapata | American Towers LLC |
| 1258551 | Mast | 36 ft | 2008 | Zapata | Zapata County Airport |
If you have a tower lease in Zapata 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: Refugio County (24), Trinity County (24), Brooks County (23), Castro County (22), Garza County (22).
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.