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Cell towers in Portage, Michigan

The FCC register lists 14 antenna structures in and around Portage. That is the 65th highest count of any place in Michigan.

Registered structures
14
Median height
55 m (181 ft)
−19.9% vs state median
Tallest
91 m (300 ft)
Per 100k residents
28.1
population 49,862 (2025)

Overview

14 antenna structures are registered with the FCC in Portage, MI.

Density works out to 0.43 registered structures per square mile of land area.

At a median of 55 m (181 ft), structures here run 19.9% shorter than the Michigan median of 69 m (226 ft).

The mix here is 2 monopoles, 2 lattice towers — the rest of the register is made up of rooftops, water tanks and structures the FCC records without a specific type.

The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1986, the newest in 2022 — 36 years of build-out visible in one register.

Structure types

Pole 4
29%
Tower array 3
21%
Tower 3
21%
Monopole 2
14%
Lattice tower 2
14%

Largest registered owners

owner is not the same as carrier
Midwest Communications, INC. Other 3
21%
Alltel Corporation Carrier 2
14%
American Towers LLC Tower company 2
14%
Peterman Mobile Concrete INC Other 1
7%
State Systems Radio INC Broadcaster 1
7%

Tallest registered structures

Height Type Built Owner ASR
91 m (300 ft) Tower 1986 State Systems Radio INC 110794
61 m (199 ft) Lattice tower 2022 Kalamazoo County Consolidated Dispatch Authority 2719734
61 m (199 ft) Pole 2002 American Towers LLC 2631906
61 m (199 ft) Pole 1999 Alltel Corporation 2655908
56 m (184 ft) Tower array 1986 Midwest Communications, INC. 597140
56 m (182 ft) Tower array 1986 Midwest Communications, INC. 597141
56 m (182 ft) Tower array 1986 Midwest Communications, INC. 597142
55 m (180 ft) Monopole 1999 American Towers LLC 2637643
52 m (170 ft) Monopole 2000 T-mobile USA Tower LLC 2612230
51 m (167 ft) Lattice tower 1996 Sba Structures, LLC 106819
48 m (159 ft) Pole 2013 Alltel Corporation 2686108
43 m (140 ft) Tower 2000 Peterman Mobile Concrete INC 2608275
41 m (134 ft) Pole 2006 Cellco Partnership 2650400
38 m (124 ft) Tower 2007 Vb Run, LLC 2656874

When they were registered

1980s 4
29%
1990s 3
21%
2000s 5
36%
2010s 1
7%
2020s 1
7%

Nearby places

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.