Iowa / Benton County
#10 of 99 IA counties · 54 structures
Cell towers in Benton County, IA
The FCC registry lists 54 constructed antenna structures in Benton County, 2% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 28 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 8 (15%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 12 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 54
- 2Tallest 1519 ft
- 3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
- 4Median height (state 259 ft) 216 ft
Who owns the towers in Benton County
28 different registrants own the 54 structures. 2 are registered to individuals or family trusts, whose names this site withholds. 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 216 feet, 43 feet shorter than the Iowa median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Van Horne at 1519 feet, built in 1996. More than in any other decade, 37% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1001082 | Tower | 1519 ft | 1996 | Van Horne | Sinclair Communications, LLC |
| 1012926 | Guyed tower | 1356 ft | 1983 | Walker City | ION Station Properties, LLC |
| 1052725 | Guyed tower | 940 ft | 1995 | Walker | American Towers, LLC |
| 1016873 | Tower | 420 ft | 1994 | Garrison | Alltel Corporation |
| 1017351 | Guyed tower | 420 ft | 1991 | Van Horne | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1239931 | Tower | 398 ft | 2003 | Van Horne | Benton, County of |
| 1016758 | Lattice tower | 370 ft | 2008 | Belle Plaine | INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY |
| 1046587 | Tower | 360 ft | 1969 | Walker | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD |
| 1228051 | Guyed tower | 350 ft | 2001 | Blairstown | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1247246 | Tower | 349 ft | 2005 | Van Horne | SBA Structures, LLC |
| 1023510 | Guyed tower | 345 ft | 1997 | Vinton | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1324103 | Guyed tower | 325 ft | 2023 | Vinton | Benton County Emergency Management Agency |
| 1323291 | Lattice tower | 305 ft | 2023 | Vinton | Benton County Emergency Management Agency |
| 1208438 | Lattice tower | 304 ft | 2000 | Vinton | American Towers LLC |
| 1247032 | Tower | 304 ft | 2005 | Shellsburg | Flinn Broadcasting Corporation |
| 1247505 | Tower | 304 ft | 2005 | Belle Plaine | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1291861 | Lattice tower | 300 ft | 2014 | Urbana | Iowa, State of, Dept. of Transportation |
| 1017601 | Guyed tower | 297 ft | 2010 | Vinton | SWIF - Iowa, LLC |
| 1212757 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 2000 | Atkins | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1309521 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 2019 | Vinton | Vertical Bridge Development, LLC |
| 1238099 | Guyed tower | 260 ft | 2003 | Dysart | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1249659 | Tower | 260 ft | 2006 | Vinton | INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY |
| 1016910 | Guyed tower | 258 ft | 2011 | Vinton | American Towers LLC |
| 1331038 | Lattice tower | 254 ft | 2026 | Newhall | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC |
| 1320130 | Lattice tower | 249 ft | 2022 | Urbana | PI Tower Development, LLC |
| 1323290 | Lattice tower | 234 ft | 2023 | Norway | Benton County Emergency Management Agency |
| 1249661 | Lattice tower | 233 ft | 2016 | Dysart | INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY |
| 1015367 | Tower | 200 ft | 1987 | Keystone | KEYSTONE FARMERS COOPERATIVE TELEPHONE COMPANY |
| 1210590 | Lattice tower | 200 ft | 1998 | Atkins | American Towers LLC |
| 1212562 | Tower | 199 ft | 2000 | Belle Plaine | SBA Towers III LLC |
| 1212565 | Tower | 199 ft | 2000 | Van Horne | TV6 Holdings LLC |
| 1212567 | Tower | 199 ft | 2000 | Blairstown | TV6 Holdings LLC |
| 1243806 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2004 | Belle Plaine | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1272308 | Tower | 199 ft | 1998 | Urbana | SBA Towers III LLC |
| 1281996 | Tower | 199 ft | 2011 | Urbana | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1304549 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2018 | Dysart | American Towers LLC |
| 1308211 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2019 | Belle Plaine | Vertical Bridge Development, LLC |
| 1309712 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2019 | Keystone | Vertical Bridge Development, LLC |
| 1212570 | Guyed tower | 195 ft | 2000 | Garrison | TV6 Holdings LLC |
| 1222001 | Lattice tower | 195 ft | 2001 | Urbana | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1238346 | Lattice tower | 190 ft | 2003 | Shellsburg | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1281994 | Tower | 187 ft | 2011 | Vinton | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1210855 | Tower | 180 ft | 2000 | Shellsburg | TV6 Holdings LLC |
| 1218141 | Tower | 180 ft | 2000 | Vinton | County of Benton |
| 1218578 | Monopole | 177 ft | 2000 | Keystone | TV6 Holdings LLC |
| 1064382 | Tower | 161 ft | 1994 | Belle Plaine | BENTON COUNTY SHERIFF |
| 1221987 | Tower | 150 ft | 1999 | Van Horne | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1309108 | Guyed tower | 150 ft | 2012 | Belle Plaine | CTI Towers Assets II, LLC |
| 1302684 | Monopole | 136 ft | 2014 | Atkins | American Towers LLC |
| 1024365 | Lattice tower | 115 ft | 1994 | Belle Plaine | SWIF - Iowa, LLC |
| 1302243 | Monopole | 105 ft | 2014 | Vinton | American Towers LLC |
| 1313263 | Pole | 100 ft | 2020 | Belle Plaine | Windstream Corporation |
| 1024364 | Lattice tower | 84 ft | 1994 | Belle Plaine | SWIF - Iowa, LLC |
| 1284166 | Pole | 30 ft | 2012 | Belle Plaine | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY |
If you have a tower lease in Benton 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: Dubuque County (63), Woodbury County (62), Warren County (56), Lee County (54), Clinton County (53).
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.