Cell towers in Chester, Montana
The FCC register lists 10 antenna structures in and around Chester. That is the 23rd highest count of any place in Montana.
Overview
Chester, MT has 10 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 23rd largest count among the 226 places in Montana that have any.
The 10 structures here sit at 20.53 per square mile of land.
Median height here is 18 m (60 ft), compared with 46 m (150 ft) across Montana as a whole.
The largest registered owner here is Bnsf Railway CO., which holds 4 of them — 40.0% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.
The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1986, the newest in 2014 — 28 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Tower | 6 | 60% |
| Mast | 2 | 20% |
| Pole | 1 | 10% |
| Lattice tower | 1 | 10% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Bnsf Railway CO. Railroad | 4 | 40% |
| Terrapact Towers, LLC Tower company | 2 | 20% |
| Northwestern Corporation Other | 2 | 20% |
| Ccatt LLC Tower company | 1 | 10% |
| Cellco Partnership Carrier | 1 | 10% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 m (286 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Ccatt LLC | 2665921 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Terrapact Towers, LLC | 2674532 |
| 41 m (135 ft) | Tower | 2003 | Terrapact Towers, LLC | 2638630 |
| 38 m (125 ft) | Lattice tower | 2014 | Cellco Partnership | 2689708 |
| 18 m (60 ft) | Mast | 2011 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2613193 |
| 18 m (60 ft) | Mast | 2003 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2638780 |
| 16 m (52 ft) | Tower | 1986 | Northwestern Corporation | 612985 |
| 15 m (50 ft) | Tower | 2011 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2679305 |
| 15 m (50 ft) | Tower | 2011 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2679307 |
| 9.7 m (32 ft) | Pole | 1994 | Northwestern Corporation | 2610025 |
When they were registered
| 1980s | 1 | 10% |
| 1990s | 1 | 10% |
| 2000s | 2 | 20% |
| 2010s | 6 | 60% |
Nearby places
- Shelby 9
- Fort Benton 5
- Conrad 7
- Havre 14
- Valier 6
About this data
Counts here are computed from the FCC's registered structure file, dated 2026-08-23. If a mast near you is missing, the usual reason is that it sits below the 200-foot registration threshold.
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.