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Cell towers in Washington

2,527 antenna structures are on the FCC register across Washington, spread over 348 places and 390 registered owners. That is the 26th largest count of any state.

Registered structures
2,527
26th of 52 states
Per 100k residents
31.6
33rd by density
Median height
39 m (128 ft)
Tallest
287 m (940 ft)

Places with the most registered structures

top 3
Place Structures Per 100k Population
Seattle 263 33.5 784,777
Spokane 107 46.4 230,783
Vancouver 89 44.6 199,698

Structure types

Tower 699
28%
Monopole 508
20%
Lattice tower 439
17%
Pole 302
12%
Building with antenna 83
3%
Guyed tower 82
3%
Not specified 74
3%
Building 70
3%
Building with tower 66
3%
Tower array 65
3%
Mast 39
2%
Utility pole 37
1%
Tank 36
1%
Guyed tower array 12
<1%
Building with mast 3
<1%
Tree 2
<1%
Silo 2
<1%
Bridge 2
<1%
Smokestack 1
<1%
Oil or gas rig 1
<1%
Pipe 1
<1%
Other 1
<1%
Building with pole 1
<1%
Building with pipe 1
<1%

Largest registered owners

owner is not the same as carrier
T-mobile West LLCCarrier 240
9%
American Towers LLCTower company 187
7%
Ccatt LLCTower company 137
5%
T-mobile West Tower LLCCarrier 134
5%
Array Digital Infrastructure, INC.Tower company 119
5%
Cellco PartnershipCarrier 114
5%
The Boeing CompanyOther 95
4%
Seattle Smsa Limited PartnershipCarrier 87
3%
Bnsf Railway CO.Railroad 74
3%
Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLCTower company 54
2%

Tallest structures in Washington

HeightTypePlaceASR
287 m (940 ft) Tower Spokane 599030
276 m (906 ft) Tower Spokane 598117
251 m (823 ft) Tower Spokane 598664
215 m (704 ft) Guyed tower Bremerton 105425
212 m (694 ft) Tank Puyallup 623971
208 m (682 ft) Tower Seattle 2623822
194 m (637 ft) Lattice tower Seattle 598417
191 m (628 ft) Building Seattle 598527
185 m (608 ft) Guyed tower Seattle 99192
182 m (598 ft) Tower Spokane 605459

When they were registered

1930s 3
<1%
1940s 15
<1%
1950s 28
1%
1960s 29
1%
1970s 40
2%
1980s 123
5%
1990s 467
18%
2000s 997
39%
2010s 556
22%
2020s 269
11%

About this data

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.