Cell towers in Thermal, California
The FCC register lists 10 antenna structures in and around Thermal. That is the 166th highest count of any place in California.
Overview
Thermal, CA has 10 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 166th largest count among the 801 places in California that have any.
Area density is 1.07 per square mile — usually the more telling figure for infrastructure that follows terrain, roads and line of sight rather than population.
Median height here is 21 m (70 ft), compared with 24 m (77 ft) across California as a whole.
By structure type the register shows 3 monopoles and 2 lattice towers.
The earliest structure still on the register here dates from 1993.
Structure types
| Monopole | 3 | 30% |
| Tower | 2 | 20% |
| Lattice tower | 2 | 20% |
| Not specified | 1 | 10% |
| Pole | 1 | 10% |
| Building with antenna | 1 | 10% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| At&t Mobility Spectrum LLC Carrier | 2 | 20% |
| Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLC Tower company | 2 | 20% |
| Desert Fruit Ranches Labor Pool INC Other | 1 | 10% |
| Stc One LLC Tower company | 1 | 10% |
| California, State Of Government | 1 | 10% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 m (158 ft) | Monopole | 2001 | American Towers LLC | 2698401 |
| 34 m (111 ft) | Lattice tower | 2001 | Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLC | 2644126 |
| 32 m (105 ft) | Lattice tower | 2021 | Vb Bts III, LLC | 2714013 |
| 23 m (75 ft) | Pole | 2004 | Stc One LLC | 2638589 |
| 21 m (70 ft) | Tower | 2007 | Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLC | 2672143 |
| 21 m (70 ft) | Not specified | 2010 | Los Angeles Smsa Limited Partnership | 2674487 |
| 21 m (70 ft) | Monopole | 2019 | At&t Mobility Spectrum LLC | 2709203 |
| 21 m (70 ft) | Monopole | 2023 | At&t Mobility Spectrum LLC | 2722995 |
| 20 m (65 ft) | Building with antenna | 1993 | California, State Of | 117586 |
| 18 m (59 ft) | Tower | 1998 | Desert Fruit Ranches Labor Pool INC | 621531 |
When they were registered
| 1990s | 2 | 20% |
| 2000s | 4 | 40% |
| 2010s | 2 | 20% |
| 2020s | 2 | 20% |
Nearby places
- Coachella 8
- Indio 22
- Bermuda Dunes 7
- Palm Desert 16
- Thousand Palms 10
About this data
Figures are drawn from the FCC's public antenna structure register (2026-08-23). It covers structures that need registering — broadly those over 200 feet or close to an airport — and not the many shorter installations that carry mobile traffic.
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.