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Tower 1098321

Hickory, North Carolina · Catawba County

Overall height
98 m (320 ft)
Rank in NC
808th
of 4,512
Constructed
1999
27 years ago
Radio horizon
41 km (25 mi)
estimate

Overview

Dating from the 1990s, this tower in Hickory, NC is registered as ASR 1098321 and reaches 98 m (320 ft) above ground.

Among the 4,512 registered structures in North Carolina, it ranks 808th by height, taller than 82.1% of them.

FCC records list City of Hickory as the registered owner of this structure.

Line-of-sight distance from the top of a 98 m structure is about 41 km (25.3 mi) under the standard 4/3-earth model. Actual usable range is normally much shorter, since hills, buildings and foliage all cut into it.

Three other registered structures sit within 1.9 km (1.2 mi), the nearest 1.7 km (1.0 mi) to the WNW.

It is one of 37 structures on the FCC register in Hickory, NC, and dates from the 1990s.

Location

Coordinates
35.74139, -81.31278

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Registration record

as filed with the FCC
FCC registration 1098321
Structure type Tower
Overall height (AGL) 98 m (320 ft)
Height above sea level 443 m (1,455 ft)
Constructed 1999
Date on record 27 Jul 1999
Coordinates 35.74139, -81.31278
County Catawba County
Registered owner City of Hickory
Owner type Government

How it compares

calculated from the full national dataset
Height rank in North Carolina 808th of 4,512 taller than 82.1%
Height rank in Hickory 3rd of 37
Height rank in county 6th of 66
Median tower in North Carolina 79 m (259 ft) +23.6% vs median
Radio horizon (estimate) 41 km (25 mi) theoretical maximum, flat terrain
Other structures within 5 km 18

Nearest registered structures

north is up
0.4 mi 0.8 mi 1.3 mi Monopole — 1.7 km (1.0 mi) WNW Guyed tower — 1.8 km (1.1 mi) S Tower — 1.9 km (1.2 mi) WSW Tower array — 2.0 km (1.2 mi) SSE Tower array — 2.0 km (1.3 mi) SE
Distance Bearing Type Height ASR
1.7 km (1.0 mi) WNW Monopole 50 m (164 ft) 2722592
1.8 km (1.1 mi) S Guyed tower 111 m (364 ft) 110158
1.9 km (1.2 mi) WSW Tower 148 m (485 ft) 121560
2.0 km (1.2 mi) SSE Tower array 63 m (208 ft) 121377
2.0 km (1.3 mi) SE Tower array 63 m (208 ft) 121376

About this record

A freestanding tower whose specific construction is not further specified in the registration.

These figures come from the FCC's Antenna Structure Registration database, filed under registration 1098321. Heights and coordinates are as submitted by the registrant, not independently surveyed.

"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.