Cell towers in Brookings, South Dakota
The FCC register lists 25 antenna structures in and around Brookings. That is the 4th highest count of any place in South Dakota.
Overview
25 antenna structures are registered with the FCC in Brookings, SD.
The 25 structures here sit at 1.79 per square mile of land.
At a median of 31 m (102 ft), structures here run 64.4% shorter than the South Dakota median of 87 m (286 ft).
Lattice towers (1) and guyed masts (2) between them make up much of the register here — both are older, taller designs than the monopoles that dominate newer urban sites.
The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1997, the newest in 2024 — 27 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Monopole | 12 | 48% |
| Tower | 5 | 20% |
| Pole | 4 | 16% |
| Guyed tower | 2 | 8% |
| Tank | 1 | 4% |
| Lattice tower | 1 | 4% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| South Dakota Network, LLC Other | 12 | 48% |
| Commnet Cellular INC. Other | 3 | 12% |
| Brookings Municipal Utilities Dba = Swiftel Communications Utility | 2 | 8% |
| Ccatt LLC Tower company | 2 | 8% |
| East River Electric Power Cooperative INC Utility | 1 | 4% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127 m (417 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Ccatt LLC | 612235 |
| 107 m (350 ft) | Tower | 1997 | Gray Local Media, INC. | 605359 |
| 91 m (297 ft) | Tower | 1999 | Commnet Cellular INC. | 619132 |
| 63 m (207 ft) | Tank | 2018 | Brookings Municipal Utilities Dba = Swiftel Communications | 2705688 |
| 58 m (191 ft) | Guyed tower | 1998 | Pinnacle Towers LLC | 616424 |
| 56 m (185 ft) | Monopole | 2024 | Brookings Municipal Utilities Dba = Swiftel Communications | 2727718 |
| 55 m (180 ft) | Lattice tower | 2021 | East River Electric Power Cooperative INC | 2719966 |
| 53 m (175 ft) | Tower | 1999 | Northern Border Pipeline Company | 2604114 |
| 51 m (168 ft) | Guyed tower | 2016 | Vb-s1 Assets, LLC | 625020 |
| 49 m (160 ft) | Tower | 1997 | Cti Towers Assets II, LLC | 608215 |
| 40 m (130 ft) | Pole | 2006 | Commnet Cellular INC. | 2649212 |
| 32 m (106 ft) | Monopole | 2013 | Commnet Cellular INC. | 2652979 |
| 31 m (102 ft) | Pole | 2010 | Ccatt LLC | 2647310 |
| 17 m (54 ft) | Monopole | 2018 | South Dakota Network, LLC | 2703629 |
| 14 m (45 ft) | Pole | 2018 | South Dakota Network, LLC | 2705370 |
| 11 m (35 ft) | Monopole | 2018 | South Dakota Network, LLC | 2703630 |
| 11 m (35 ft) | Monopole | 2018 | South Dakota Network, LLC | 2703632 |
| 11 m (35 ft) | Monopole | 2018 | South Dakota Network, LLC | 2703633 |
| 11 m (35 ft) | Monopole | 2018 | South Dakota Network, LLC | 2703635 |
| 11 m (35 ft) | Monopole | 2018 | South Dakota Network, LLC | 2703636 |
| 11 m (35 ft) | Monopole | 2018 | South Dakota Network, LLC | 2703637 |
| 11 m (35 ft) | Monopole | 2018 | South Dakota Network, LLC | 2703638 |
| 11 m (35 ft) | Monopole | 2018 | South Dakota Network, LLC | 2703639 |
| 11 m (35 ft) | Pole | 2018 | South Dakota Network, LLC | 2705371 |
| 10 m (34 ft) | Monopole | 2018 | South Dakota Network, LLC | 2703631 |
When they were registered
| 1990s | 5 | 20% |
| 2000s | 1 | 4% |
| 2010s | 17 | 68% |
| 2020s | 2 | 8% |
Nearby places
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.