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ND · #34 of 51 by structures

Cell towers in North Dakota

North Dakota has 1,212 constructed antenna structures in the FCC registry — 1% of the national total and number 34 of 51. The most common kind is the tower (47%), the median overall height is 260 feet, and 63% stand taller than 200 feet. The largest owner is Crown Castle, with 100 structures (8%).

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  1. 1Constructed structures 1,212
  2. 2Median height 260 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Crown Castle
  4. 4Counties with a county page 41
Williams County99Cass County89Ward County83Burleigh County66Stutsman County51Mountrail County50Morton County46McKenzie County44Barnes County36Grand Forks County33
Constructed FCC-registered structures in North Dakota's ten counties with the most, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Who owns North Dakota's towers

The FCC registry names the owner of each structure. In North Dakota the eight largest owner groups hold 436 of the 1,212 structures. Where a tower stands on leased land, that owner — or whoever bought the tower from it — is usually the landowner's tenant and the party a lease buyout offer is ultimately about.

Crown Castle100SBA Communications58Northwest Dakota Cellular of53BNSF Railway51American Tower48NORTH DAKOTA, STATE OF44Badlands Cellular of North D44North Dakota RSA No. 3 Limit38
Constructed structures in North Dakota by owner group, bars to scale. Families group registrant names carrying the brand; private owners' names are withheld. Source: FCC ASR.

Types and age

More of North Dakota's registered structures went up in the 2010s than in any other decade (36%). A tower's age matters to a landowner because a ground lease runs for a set term plus renewals: the older the tower, the more of that term has been used, and the fewer years of rent are left to value when an offer arrives.

Tower572Guyed tower229Lattice tower211Monopole98Other or unspecified39Pole38On a building15Mast6Water tank4
Constructed structures in North Dakota by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR structure types.
231950s681960s541970s631980s1251990s3192000s4342010s1172020s
Structures in North Dakota by decade built (1950s on), columns to scale. Source: FCC ASR construction dates.

Every county

Adams County 10Barnes County 36Benson County 23Billings County 5Bottineau County 18Bowman County 16Burke County 19Burleigh County 66Cass County 89Cavalier County 23Dickey County 13Divide County 16Dunn County 32Eddy County 6Emmons County 13Foster County 7Golden Valley County 15Grand Forks County 33Grant County 12Griggs County 6Hettinger County 9Kidder County 13LaMoure County 9Logan County 8McHenry County 18McIntosh County 11McKenzie County 44McLean County 27Mercer County 31Morton County 46Mountrail County 50Nelson County 14Oliver County 7Pembina County 23Pierce County 10Ramsey County 13Ransom County 12Renville County 10Richland County 25Rolette County 15Sargent County 11Sheridan County 12Sioux County 5Slope County 5Stark County 30Steele County 8Stutsman County 51Towner County 4Traill County 22Walsh County 16Ward County 83Wells County 13Williams County 99

Counties with fewer than 10 structures have no page of their own; their towers are in the lookup.

Source: FCC Antenna Structure Registration, weekly public access file (r_tower.zip, created 2026-10-18); county names from the U.S. Census Bureau 2024 gazetteer. Checked 2026-10-23. Methodology.