Cell towers in Plains, Texas
The FCC register lists 9 antenna structures in and around Plains. That is the 402nd highest count of any place in Texas.
Overview
Plains, TX has 9 registered structures, the tallest standing 151 m (496 ft) above ground.
Density works out to 6.01 registered structures per square mile of land area.
Heights are uneven: the median is 82 m (269 ft) but the tallest is 151 m (496 ft), roughly 1.8 times that — usually the signature of a broadcast mast among shorter mobile sites.
The mix here is 5 guyed masts, 1 monopole, 1 lattice tower — the rest of the register is made up of rooftops, water tanks and structures the FCC records without a specific type.
The most recent registration on file here dates from 2017.
Structure types
| Guyed tower | 5 | 56% |
| Tower | 2 | 22% |
| Monopole | 1 | 11% |
| Lattice tower | 1 | 11% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Lea County Electric Cooperative INC Utility | 2 | 22% |
| Alltel Corporation Carrier | 2 | 22% |
| Plains Independent School District Government | 1 | 11% |
| Yoakum, County of- Sheriff'S Dept Government | 1 | 11% |
| El Paso Natural Gas Company, LLC Utility | 1 | 11% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 m (496 ft) | Guyed tower | 1998 | Alltel Corporation | 127954 |
| 98 m (320 ft) | Tower | 1962 | Yoakum, County of- Sheriff'S Dept | 2603373 |
| 95 m (313 ft) | Guyed tower | 1990 | Octagon Towers, LLC | 110721 |
| 93 m (305 ft) | Guyed tower | 2014 | Alltel Corporation | 2687599 |
| 82 m (269 ft) | Guyed tower | 2017 | Occidental Petroleum Corporation | 2630279 |
| 76 m (248 ft) | Guyed tower | 2002 | El Paso Natural Gas Company, LLC | 2631197 |
| 59 m (195 ft) | Lattice tower | 2014 | Lea County Electric Cooperative INC | 2711019 |
| 50 m (164 ft) | Tower | 1991 | Lea County Electric Cooperative INC | 2605302 |
| 46 m (150 ft) | Monopole | 2011 | Plains Independent School District | 2685395 |
When they were registered
| 1960s | 1 | 11% |
| 1990s | 3 | 33% |
| 2000s | 1 | 11% |
| 2010s | 4 | 44% |
Nearby places
- Denver City 21
- Seagraves 6
- Brownfield 15
- Seminole 28
- Morton 10
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.