Cell towers in Watertown, New York
The FCC register lists 18 antenna structures in and around Watertown. That is the 8th highest count of any place in New York.
Overview
Watertown, NY has 18 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 8th largest count among the 811 places in New York that have any.
Area density is 1.99 per square mile — usually the more telling figure for infrastructure that follows terrain, roads and line of sight rather than population.
At a median of 61 m (200 ft), structures here run 5.3% taller than the New York median of 58 m (190 ft).
The mix here is 3 guyed masts, 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 earliest structure still on the register here dates from 1941.
Structure types
| Not specified | 4 | 22% |
| Tower | 4 | 22% |
| Guyed tower | 3 | 17% |
| Monopole | 2 | 11% |
| Mast | 2 | 11% |
| Lattice tower | 2 | 11% |
| Building | 1 | 6% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Stephens Media Group - Watertown, LLC Broadcaster | 5 | 28% |
| St. Lawrence Seaway Rsa Cellular Partnership Other | 2 | 11% |
| American Towers LLC Tower company | 2 | 11% |
| Jefferson, County Of Government | 1 | 6% |
| National Grid USA Service CO, INC. Other | 1 | 6% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123 m (405 ft) | Guyed tower | 1991 | American Towers LLC | 108992 |
| 113 m (371 ft) | Guyed tower | 1998 | Stephens Media Group - Watertown, LLC | 605485 |
| 102 m (333 ft) | Tower | 1948 | Gray Local Media, INC. | 118929 |
| 98 m (320 ft) | Lattice tower | 2016 | National Grid USA Service CO, INC. | 108843 |
| 81 m (267 ft) | Not specified | 1941 | Stephens Media Group - Watertown, LLC | 112009 |
| 81 m (267 ft) | Not specified | 1941 | Stephens Media Group - Watertown, LLC | 114198 |
| 81 m (267 ft) | Not specified | 2001 | Stephens Media Group - Watertown, LLC | 114199 |
| 69 m (226 ft) | Guyed tower | 2010 | Towerco V Holdings LLC | 108380 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Not specified | 1968 | Stephens Media Group - Watertown, LLC | 112002 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Tower | 1988 | Nexstar Media INC. | 2606358 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Tower | 2000 | St. Lawrence Seaway Rsa Cellular Partnership | 109038 |
| 59 m (195 ft) | Tower | 1998 | K2 Towers II, LLC | 2603881 |
| 58 m (190 ft) | Lattice tower | 2004 | American Towers LLC | 2621517 |
| 38 m (124 ft) | Monopole | 2022 | Cellco Partnership | 2720409 |
| 38 m (124 ft) | Monopole | 2022 | Horvath Towers V, LLC | 2720994 |
| 37 m (121 ft) | Building | 1998 | Jefferson, County Of | 616759 |
| 32 m (105 ft) | Mast | 2010 | St. Lawrence Seaway Rsa Cellular Partnership | 2674748 |
| 21 m (70 ft) | Mast | 2018 | Csx Transportation | 2705586 |
When they were registered
| 1940s | 3 | 17% |
| 1960s | 1 | 6% |
| 1980s | 1 | 6% |
| 1990s | 4 | 22% |
| 2000s | 3 | 17% |
| 2010s | 4 | 22% |
| 2020s | 2 | 11% |
Nearby places
- Adams 5
- Copenhagen 6
- Lowville 10
- Altmar 9
- Gouverneur 5
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.