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Cell towers in Buffalo, South Dakota

The FCC register lists 7 antenna structures in and around Buffalo. That is the 20th highest count of any place in South Dakota.

Registered structures
7
Median height
94 m (309 ft)
+7.9% vs state median
Tallest
152 m (500 ft)
Per 100k residents
1955.3
population 358 (2025)

Overview

The FCC register lists 7 antenna structures in and around Buffalo, SD. That is the 20th highest count of any place in South Dakota.

Spread over the land area here, the register works out to 12.64 structures per square mile. No population estimate is published for this place, so a per-head figure is not given.

At a median of 94 m (309 ft), structures here run 7.9% taller than the South Dakota median of 87 m (286 ft).

Lattice towers (3) and guyed masts (1) between them make up much of the register here — both are older, taller designs than the monopoles that dominate newer urban sites.

The earliest structure still on the register here dates from 2010.

Structure types

Tower 3
43%
Lattice tower 3
43%
Guyed tower 1
14%

Largest registered owners

owner is not the same as carrier
Commnet Cellular INC. Other 5
71%
Octagon Towers, LLC Tower company 1
14%
At&t Mobility Spectrum LLC Carrier 1
14%

Tallest registered structures

Height Type Built Owner ASR
152 m (500 ft) Guyed tower 2010 At&t Mobility Spectrum LLC 105931
109 m (357 ft) Lattice tower 2016 Commnet Cellular INC. 2696337
94 m (309 ft) Tower 2012 Commnet Cellular INC. 2684110
94 m (309 ft) Lattice tower 2016 Commnet Cellular INC. 2696139
93 m (306 ft) Tower 2010 Octagon Towers, LLC 2671013
93 m (305 ft) Lattice tower 2013 Commnet Cellular INC. 2684686
91 m (300 ft) Tower 2010 Commnet Cellular INC. 2674952

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About this data

Source is the FCC Antenna Structure Registration file of 2026-08-23. What it records is structures, not the radios mounted on them: the register cannot tell you which carrier operates from a given site.

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.