Cell towers in Fort Pierre, South Dakota
The FCC register lists 14 antenna structures in and around Fort Pierre. That is the 10th highest count of any place in South Dakota.
Overview
14 antenna structures are registered with the FCC in Fort Pierre, SD.
Area density is 4.49 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 140 m (460 ft) above ground level.
The largest registered owner here is James River Broadcasting Company, which holds 5 of them — 35.7% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.
The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1974, the newest in 2020 — 46 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Tower | 7 | 50% |
| Tower array | 4 | 29% |
| Guyed tower | 2 | 14% |
| Not specified | 1 | 7% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| James River Broadcasting Company Broadcaster | 5 | 36% |
| Commnet Cellular INC. Other | 3 | 21% |
| Communications Center INC Other | 2 | 14% |
| Riverfront Broadcasting, LLC Broadcaster | 1 | 7% |
| Bit/state Radio Communications Engineering Broadcaster | 1 | 7% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 140 m (460 ft) | Tower | 2007 | James River Broadcasting Company | 2644976 |
| 125 m (410 ft) | Guyed tower | 2016 | Bit/state Radio Communications Engineering | 604770 |
| 123 m (404 ft) | Guyed tower | 2020 | Municipal Communications, LLC | 2713773 |
| 105 m (344 ft) | Tower | 1992 | Commnet Cellular INC. | 619122 |
| 94 m (309 ft) | Not specified | 2012 | Commnet Cellular INC. | 2683601 |
| 93 m (306 ft) | Tower | 2012 | Commnet Cellular INC. | 2679626 |
| 93 m (304 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Ccatt LLC | 2663561 |
| 86 m (282 ft) | Tower | 1981 | Riverfront Broadcasting, LLC | 605414 |
| 71 m (234 ft) | Tower array | 1974 | James River Broadcasting Company | 605543 |
| 71 m (233 ft) | Tower array | 1974 | James River Broadcasting Company | 605542 |
| 70 m (228 ft) | Tower array | 1974 | James River Broadcasting Company | 605541 |
| 68 m (223 ft) | Tower array | 1974 | James River Broadcasting Company | 605540 |
| 60 m (196 ft) | Tower | 1978 | Communications Center INC | 2599611 |
| 55 m (180 ft) | Tower | 1995 | Communications Center INC | 2615205 |
When they were registered
| 1970s | 5 | 36% |
| 1980s | 1 | 7% |
| 1990s | 2 | 14% |
| 2000s | 1 | 7% |
| 2010s | 4 | 29% |
| 2020s | 1 | 7% |
Nearby places
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.