Cell towers in Merced, California
The FCC register lists 28 antenna structures in and around Merced. That is the 42nd highest count of any place in California.
Overview
Merced, CA has 28 registered structures, the tallest standing 166 m (543 ft) above ground.
Density works out to 1.08 registered structures per square mile of land area.
Heights are uneven: the median is 38 m (126 ft) but the tallest is 166 m (543 ft), roughly 4.3 times that — usually the signature of a broadcast mast among shorter mobile sites.
Lattice towers (2) and guyed masts (1) between them make up much of the register here — both are older, taller designs than the monopoles that dominate newer urban sites.
The most recent registration on file here dates from 2022.
Structure types
| Tower | 10 | 36% |
| Monopole | 6 | 21% |
| Pole | 5 | 18% |
| Lattice tower | 2 | 7% |
| Utility pole | 1 | 4% |
| Mast | 1 | 4% |
| Guyed tower | 1 | 4% |
| Building with tower | 1 | 4% |
| Building with pole | 1 | 4% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| California Rsa No. 4 Limited Partnership Other | 5 | 18% |
| Crown Castle Tower company | 4 | 14% |
| American Towers LLC Tower company | 4 | 14% |
| Pacific Bell Telephone Company D/b/a At&t California Carrier | 2 | 7% |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Company Utility | 2 | 7% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 28| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 166 m (543 ft) | Tower | 1974 | Merced Radio Partners LP | 123745 |
| 108 m (353 ft) | Mast | 1997 | Crown Castle | 123744 |
| 107 m (350 ft) | Tower | 2003 | Crown Castle | 2637660 |
| 91 m (300 ft) | Lattice tower | 2012 | Union Pacific Railroad Company | 116731 |
| 88 m (288 ft) | Tower | 1991 | Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC | 100499 |
| 79 m (259 ft) | Tower | 1988 | Not listed | 119185 |
| 73 m (241 ft) | Guyed tower | 1975 | Crown Castle | 115681 |
| 55 m (180 ft) | Lattice tower | 2001 | American Towers LLC | 612563 |
| 52 m (172 ft) | Monopole | 1993 | Pacific Bell Telephone Company D/b/a At&t California | 117522 |
| 52 m (171 ft) | Tower | 1998 | American Towers LLC | 616446 |
| 48 m (157 ft) | Monopole | 2013 | Merced County Office of Education | 2689159 |
| 48 m (156 ft) | Tower | 1980 | Pacific Gas & Electric Company | 118502 |
| 46 m (150 ft) | Tower | 2001 | American Towers LLC | 2621426 |
| 40 m (132 ft) | Monopole | 2018 | California Rsa No. 4 Limited Partnership | 2705602 |
| 37 m (120 ft) | Tower | 2003 | Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLC | 2634133 |
| 36 m (116 ft) | Building with pole | 1997 | California Rsa No. 4 Limited Partnership | 98725 |
| 33 m (109 ft) | Pole | 2022 | California Rsa No. 4 Limited Partnership | 2720497 |
| 32 m (106 ft) | Tower | 2009 | Crown Castle | 2626890 |
| 32 m (105 ft) | Tower | 2007 | Sba Monarch Towers III, LLC | 2658218 |
| 31 m (100 ft) | Pole | 2015 | California Rsa No. 4 Limited Partnership | 2692998 |
| 31 m (100 ft) | Building with tower | 1990 | Pacific Bell Telephone Company D/b/a At&t California | 2697203 |
| 31 m (100 ft) | Monopole | 2020 | At&t Mobility Spectrum LLC | 2715457 |
| 30 m (98 ft) | Pole | 1997 | Ccatt LLC | 106542 |
| 28 m (93 ft) | Monopole | 1997 | American Towers LLC | 597332 |
| 27 m (90 ft) | Pole | 2017 | California Rsa No. 4 Limited Partnership | 2700322 |
When they were registered
| 1970s | 2 | 7% |
| 1980s | 2 | 7% |
| 1990s | 8 | 29% |
| 2000s | 7 | 25% |
| 2010s | 6 | 21% |
| 2020s | 3 | 11% |
Nearby places
- Atwater 7
- Chowchilla 13
- Los Banos 18
- Waterford 8
- Hughson 5
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.