Iowa / Adair County
#57 of 99 IA counties · 25 structures
Cell towers in Adair County, IA
The FCC registry lists 25 constructed antenna structures in Adair County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 16 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 5 (20%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 6 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 25
- 2Tallest 445 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 259 ft) 304 ft
Who owns the towers in Adair County
16 different registrants own the 25 structures. Owner names are the registrant's legal entity as filed with the FCC; the large tower companies file under many subsidiary names, which this site groups into families where the brand is in the name or listed in the company's SEC filings.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 304 feet, 45 feet taller than the Iowa median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Casey at 445 feet, built in 1990. Most 52% were built in the 2000s.
Every registered structure
Sorted tallest first. The registration number opens the FCC record, which shows the exact location and the owner's contact for the structure. A tower on your land that is not in this list is probably under 200 feet and away from airports, so it did not need registering — see why some towers aren't listed.
| FCC reg. | Type | Height | Built | City | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1017728 | Guyed tower | 445 ft | 1990 | Casey | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1238377 | Tower | 443 ft | 2003 | Casey | M & M Broadcasting, Inc. |
| 1015419 | Guyed tower | 370 ft | 2002 | Fontanelle | RSA 7 Limited Partnership |
| 1027784 | Tower | 370 ft | 2002 | Near Stuart | RSA 7 Limited Partnership |
| 1207250 | Guyed tower | 365 ft | 2000 | Casey | American Towers LLC |
| 1207836 | Tower | 358 ft | 2000 | Xasey | SpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC. |
| 1208408 | Tower | 358 ft | 2000 | Anita | SpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC. |
| 1302436 | Lattice tower | 349 ft | 2017 | Adair | IOWA STATE OF |
| 1224333 | Lattice tower | 345 ft | 2001 | Greenfield | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1323065 | Guyed tower | 343 ft | 2022 | Greenfield | VB-S1 Assets, LLC |
| 1327704 | Guyed tower | 331 ft | 2025 | Fontanelle | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC |
| 1249748 | Guyed tower | 310 ft | 2005 | Orient | K2 Towers III, LLC |
| 1316536 | Guyed tower | 304 ft | 2021 | Orient | VB BTS, ll, LLC |
| 1018052 | Tower | 290 ft | 1989 | Casey | American Towers LLC |
| 1017379 | Tower | 280 ft | 2005 | Greenfield | CENTRAL IOWA POWER COOPERATIVE |
| 1212755 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 2000 | Stuart | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1278267 | Mast | 259 ft | 2011 | Adair | RSA 7 Limited Partnership |
| 1220291 | Tower | 256 ft | 2001 | Adair | CCATT LLC |
| 1307516 | Lattice tower | 255 ft | 2020 | Menlo | Xcell Towers II, LLC |
| 1276151 | Tower | 205 ft | 2010 | Greenfiled | RSA 7 Limited Partnership |
| 1304714 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2018 | Greenfield | IOWA STATE OF |
| 1023674 | Tower | 197 ft | 1950 | Adair | American Towers LLC |
| 1272775 | Tower | 197 ft | 2010 | Bridge Water | D Diamond Infra LLC |
| 1244619 | Tower | 120 ft | 2004 | Greenfield | ADAIR, COUNTY OF |
| 1237621 | Tower | 110 ft | 2003 | Greenfield | IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION |
If you have a tower lease in Adair County
Find your structure above, open its FCC record and confirm the owner — that is the company your lease runs to today, even if a different carrier signed it originally. Before answering a buyout offer, put your current rent, escalator and remaining term into the calculator to see what the rent is worth and what return the offer assumes.
Counties in Iowa with similar tower counts: Wright County (27), Crawford County (26), O'Brien County (26), Butler County (25), Clay County (25).
Source: FCC Antenna Structure Registration, weekly public access file (r_tower.zip, created 2026-10-18); constructed registrations only; locations rounded. Checked 2026-10-23. Methodology.