Cell towers in Williston, North Dakota
The FCC register lists 53 antenna structures in and around Williston. That is the 1st highest count of any place in North Dakota.
Overview
Williston, ND has 53 registered structures, the tallest standing 266 m (874 ft) above ground.
Area density is 2.06 per square mile — usually the more telling figure for infrastructure that follows terrain, roads and line of sight rather than population.
The tallest structure on the register here is 266 m (874 ft) above ground level.
The largest registered owner here is Northwest Dakota Cellular of North Dakota Limited Partnership, which holds 11 of them — 20.8% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.
Registrations here span 1954 to 2022.
Structure types
| Tower | 15 | 28% |
| Guyed tower | 15 | 28% |
| Monopole | 11 | 21% |
| Lattice tower | 8 | 15% |
| Pole | 4 | 8% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Northwest Dakota Cellular of North Dakota Limited Partnership Other | 11 | 21% |
| Vb-s1 Assets, LLC Tower company | 5 | 9% |
| Williams County Emergency Management Other | 4 | 8% |
| Stratcap Wireless Group Other | 4 | 8% |
| At&t Mobility Spectrum LLC Carrier | 3 | 6% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 53| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 266 m (874 ft) | Guyed tower | 2020 | Gray Local Media, INC. | 612371 |
| 256 m (840 ft) | Tower | 1969 | Nexstar Media INC. | 602905 |
| 251 m (823 ft) | Tower | 1982 | Prairie Public Broadcasting INC | 602302 |
| 152 m (498 ft) | Tower | 1981 | P&a Media LLC | 604174 |
| 113 m (370 ft) | Guyed tower | 1980 | Williams County | 2613096 |
| 113 m (370 ft) | Guyed tower | 2006 | Northwest Dakota Cellular of North Dakota Limited Partnership | 2651429 |
| 104 m (340 ft) | Guyed tower | 2010 | Northwest Communications Cooperative | 2672411 |
| 102 m (336 ft) | Guyed tower | 1990 | Vb-s1 Assets, LLC | 602888 |
| 101 m (332 ft) | Guyed tower | 1990 | Vb-s1 Assets, LLC | 602889 |
| 101 m (330 ft) | Guyed tower | 1990 | Vb-s1 Assets, LLC | 602891 |
| 101 m (330 ft) | Guyed tower | 1990 | Vb-s1 Assets, LLC | 602890 |
| 101 m (330 ft) | Tower | 1961 | North Dakota, State Of | 603630 |
| 98 m (320 ft) | Tower | 1991 | Mountrail Williams Electric Cooperative | 1098225 |
| 97 m (318 ft) | Guyed tower | 2013 | Kotana Communications INC | 2598730 |
| 96 m (315 ft) | Guyed tower | 2010 | Ccatt LLC | 105421 |
| 95 m (312 ft) | Tower | 1968 | Vb-s1 Assets, LLC | 603034 |
| 95 m (312 ft) | Guyed tower | 1990 | Northwest Dakota Cellular of North Dakota Limited Partnership | 619777 |
| 91 m (300 ft) | Guyed tower | 2004 | Williams County Emergency Management | 2715062 |
| 91 m (299 ft) | Tower | 1997 | Northern Border Pipeline Company | 601653 |
| 90 m (296 ft) | Tower | 2010 | American Towers LLC | 2674551 |
| 88 m (290 ft) | Guyed tower | 2010 | American Towers LLC | 2674552 |
| 85 m (278 ft) | Tower | 2010 | At&t Mobility Spectrum LLC | 2670405 |
| 83 m (273 ft) | Guyed tower | 2014 | Western Area Power Administration | 2684570 |
| 79 m (259 ft) | Lattice tower | 2013 | Northwest Dakota Cellular of North Dakota Limited Partnership | 2687499 |
| 66 m (218 ft) | Tower | 1954 | Kohler Communications of Williston INC. | 2611056 |
When they were registered
| 1950s | 1 | 2% |
| 1960s | 3 | 6% |
| 1970s | 2 | 4% |
| 1980s | 3 | 6% |
| 1990s | 8 | 15% |
| 2000s | 4 | 8% |
| 2010s | 25 | 47% |
| 2020s | 7 | 13% |
Nearby places
- Epping 6
- Ray 8
- Alexander 6
- Watford City 22
- Tioga 15
About this data
All figures on this page are aggregated from the federal antenna structure register of 2026-08-23, not from carrier coverage data. The two answer different questions.
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.