Cell towers in Richlands, North Carolina
The FCC register lists 12 antenna structures in and around Richlands. That is the 82nd highest count of any place in North Carolina.
Overview
Richlands, NC has 12 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 82nd largest count among the 603 places in North Carolina that have any.
Per head that is 482.9 structures for every 100,000 people; per unit of area it is 5.92 per square mile.
The tallest structure on the register here is 128 m (420 ft) above ground level.
The mix here is 5 lattice towers, 2 guyed masts, 1 monopole — 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 1995.
Structure types
| Lattice tower | 5 | 42% |
| Mast | 2 | 17% |
| Guyed tower | 2 | 17% |
| Tower | 1 | 8% |
| Monopole | 1 | 8% |
| Building with antenna | 1 | 8% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 3 | 25% |
| Albert J. Ellis Airport Onslow County Other | 2 | 17% |
| Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. Tower company | 2 | 17% |
| Onslow, County Of Government | 1 | 8% |
| Towercom Iv-c Other | 1 | 8% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128 m (420 ft) | Guyed tower | 1995 | American Towers LLC | 110393 |
| 98 m (320 ft) | Tower | 2008 | Onslow, County Of | 2662445 |
| 95 m (311 ft) | Mast | 1998 | American Towers LLC | 615085 |
| 93 m (304 ft) | Guyed tower | 2026 | Towercom Iv-c | 2732212 |
| 81 m (264 ft) | Lattice tower | 2021 | Diamond Towers V LLC | 2713135 |
| 80 m (263 ft) | Lattice tower | 2008 | American Towers LLC | 2655663 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Lattice tower | 2019 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2709610 |
| 66 m (218 ft) | Lattice tower | 2000 | North Carolina State Highway Patrol | 2608761 |
| 59 m (195 ft) | Lattice tower | 1995 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 106962 |
| 55 m (180 ft) | Monopole | 2020 | Stratcap Wireless Group | 2712660 |
| 27 m (89 ft) | Building with antenna | 2018 | Albert J. Ellis Airport Onslow County | 2704328 |
| 11 m (35 ft) | Mast | 2018 | Albert J. Ellis Airport Onslow County | 2704647 |
When they were registered
| 1990s | 3 | 25% |
| 2000s | 3 | 25% |
| 2010s | 3 | 25% |
| 2020s | 3 | 25% |
Nearby places
- Beulaville 5
- Jacksonville 51
- Trenton 11
- Pink Hill 9
- Piney Green 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.