Cell towers in Philip, South Dakota
The FCC register lists 9 antenna structures in and around Philip. That is the 12th highest count of any place in South Dakota.
Overview
9 antenna structures are registered with the FCC in Philip, SD.
Density works out to 14.47 registered structures per square mile of land area.
Median height here is 96 m (314 ft), compared with 87 m (286 ft) across South Dakota as a whole.
The mix here is 4 guyed masts, 2 lattice towers — the rest of the register is made up of rooftops, water tanks and structures the FCC records without a specific type.
The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1981, the newest in 2020 — 39 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Guyed tower | 4 | 44% |
| Tower | 3 | 33% |
| Lattice tower | 2 | 22% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| West Central Electric Cooperative, INC Utility | 1 | 11% |
| Golden West Telecommunications Other | 1 | 11% |
| Bit/state Radio Communications Engineering Broadcaster | 1 | 11% |
| Dakota Leasing for Telecommunications I LLC Other | 1 | 11% |
| Ctl Other | 1 | 11% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147 m (482 ft) | Tower | 1981 | West Central Electric Cooperative, INC | 600180 |
| 126 m (414 ft) | Guyed tower | 2010 | Ccatt LLC | 105521 |
| 106 m (349 ft) | Tower | 2001 | Dakota Leasing for Telecommunications I LLC | 2616750 |
| 99 m (323 ft) | Guyed tower | 2020 | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC | 2713541 |
| 96 m (314 ft) | Lattice tower | 2009 | Commnet Cellular INC. | 2666472 |
| 94 m (307 ft) | Lattice tower | 1991 | Ctl | 605609 |
| 92 m (300 ft) | Guyed tower | 2015 | Bit/state Radio Communications Engineering | 604767 |
| 85 m (278 ft) | Tower | 2000 | Golden West Telecommunications | 2600565 |
| 59 m (195 ft) | Guyed tower | 2012 | American Towers LLC | 2617038 |
When they were registered
| 1980s | 1 | 11% |
| 1990s | 1 | 11% |
| 2000s | 3 | 33% |
| 2010s | 3 | 33% |
| 2020s | 1 | 11% |
Nearby places
- Midland 8
- Wall 5
- Cherry Creek 5
- Murdo 9
- White River 5
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.