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Cell towers in Chico, California

The FCC register lists 23 antenna structures in and around Chico. That is the 55th highest count of any place in California.

Registered structures
23
Median height
51 m (166 ft)
+115% vs state median
Tallest
123 m (404 ft)
Per 100k residents
21.9
population 105,081 (2025)

Overview

Chico, CA has 23 registered structures, the tallest standing 123 m (404 ft) above ground.

The 23 structures here sit at 0.67 per square mile of land.

The tallest structure on the register here is 123 m (404 ft) above ground level.

The largest registered owner here is Deer Creek Broadcasting, LLC, which holds 4 of them — 17.4% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.

Registrations here span 1976 to 2022.

Structure types

Tower 8
35%
Lattice tower 4
17%
Tower array 3
13%
Monopole 3
13%
Pole 2
9%
Building with tower 2
9%
Guyed tower 1
4%

Largest registered owners

owner is not the same as carrier
Deer Creek Broadcasting, LLC Broadcaster 4
17%
American Towers LLC Tower company 3
13%
Sacramento Valley Limited Partnership Other 2
9%
Union Pacific Railroad Company Railroad 2
9%
Ccatt LLC Tower company 2
9%

Tallest registered structures

Height Type Built Owner ASR
123 m (404 ft) Guyed tower 1998 Sba Gc Towers, LLC 611226
90 m (295 ft) Tower 2000 US Coast Guard Navigation Center 2660781
89 m (293 ft) Tower 2006 Deer Creek Broadcasting, LLC 117255
72 m (236 ft) Tower 1989 At&t CORP 125023
70 m (230 ft) Lattice tower 2015 Union Pacific Railroad Company 2696677
68 m (223 ft) Tower array 2003 Deer Creek Broadcasting, LLC 117252
68 m (223 ft) Tower array 2003 Deer Creek Broadcasting, LLC 117253
68 m (223 ft) Tower array 2003 Deer Creek Broadcasting, LLC 117254
67 m (220 ft) Tower 2007 Union Pacific Railroad Company 116728
59 m (193 ft) Lattice tower 2001 American Towers LLC 625105
54 m (178 ft) Tower 1987 Sba Structures, LLC 2616596
51 m (166 ft) Lattice tower 2001 Ccatt LLC 2678138
46 m (152 ft) Pole 2006 Sacramento Valley Limited Partnership 115910
42 m (139 ft) Building with tower 1976 California State University, Chico 2600005
40 m (131 ft) Tower 1998 Eip Holdings II, LLC 621869
38 m (125 ft) Monopole 2011 Ccatt LLC 2676820
37 m (120 ft) Monopole 2019 American Towers LLC 2725589
32 m (105 ft) Pole 1999 Cctm1 LLC 106260
30 m (98 ft) Tower 2006 Sba Towers III LLC 2670684
29 m (96 ft) Lattice tower 1997 American Towers LLC 621250
25 m (82 ft) Monopole 2022 Sacramento Valley Limited Partnership 2716973
21 m (70 ft) Building with tower 2010 Digitalpath, INC 2673894
17 m (54 ft) Tower 2009 California, State Of 116851

When they were registered

1970s 1
4%
1980s 2
9%
1990s 4
17%
2000s 11
48%
2010s 4
17%
2020s 1
4%

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About this data

All figures on this page are aggregated from the federal antenna structure register of 2026-08-23, not from carrier coverage data. The two answer different questions.

The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.

"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.