Cell towers in Black Hawk County, IA

The FCC registry lists 89 constructed antenna structures in Black Hawk County, 3% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 26 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 22 (25%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 23 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 89
2Tallest 1403 ft
3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
4Median height (state 259 ft) 199 ft

Structures

rank 4 of 99 in IA

Most common type

Lattice tower

36% of structures

Over 200 feet

37% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

35% built then

Who owns the towers in Black Hawk County

26 different registrants own the 89 structures. 5 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.

Constructed structures in Black Hawk County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 199 feet, 60 feet shorter than the Iowa median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a guyed tower near Jesup at 1403 feet, built in 1985. More than in any other decade, 35% were built in the 2000s.

Structures in Black Hawk County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.

Structures in Black Hawk County by decade built, columns to scale. Source: FCC ASR.

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
1016705	Guyed tower	1403 ft	1985	Jesup	PTI US TOWERS II, LLC
1016711	Guyed tower	604 ft	1975	Waterloo	RACOM Corp.
1015875	Other or unspecified	499 ft	1985	Waterloo	IOWA STATE OF
1017308	Guyed tower	449 ft	1996	Waterloo	Townsquare Media Waterloo, LLC
1018195	Guyed tower	449 ft	1993	Zaneta	Townsquare Media Waterloo, LLC
1018166	Tower	435 ft	1985	Waterloo	Private owner (name withheld)
1017229	Guyed tower	407 ft	1996	Waterloo	SOUTHWESTCO WIRELESS INC.
1260564	Tower	404 ft	2008	Waterloo	Iowa Public Radio, Inc.
1018188	Tower	362 ft	1991	Waterloo	HAWKEYE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
1014907	Tower	360 ft	1997	Hudson	Coloff Media, LLC
1208466	Guyed tower	357 ft	2000	Jesup	American Towers LLC
1037048	Tower	315 ft	1985	Waterloo	Pinnacle Towers LLC
1304329	Lattice tower	310 ft	2018	Cedar Falls	CHICAGO, CENTRAL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
1310162	Guyed tower	305 ft	2019	Hudson	Vertical Bridge Development, LLC
1296585	Mast	302 ft	1960	Waterloo	Coloff Media, LLC
1212202	Lattice tower	295 ft	2000	Laporte City	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1032017	Other or unspecified	290 ft	1972	Waterloo	Private owner (name withheld)
1032018	Other or unspecified	290 ft	1972	Waterloo	Private owner (name withheld)
1032019	Other or unspecified	290 ft	1972	Waterloo	Private owner (name withheld)
1037060	Tower	270 ft	1997	Cedar Falls	RACOM CORP.
1238863	Tower	269 ft	2004	Waterloo	Black Hawk county emergency Management Agency
1064629	Other or unspecified	268 ft	1999	New Hampton	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1226698	Tower	265 ft	2003	Gilbertville	Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC
1202921	Tower	260 ft	2006	Waterloo	Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC
1259876	Lattice tower	260 ft	2007	Dunkerton	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1300647	Lattice tower	255 ft	2016	Waterloo	City of Waterloo Engineering Dept
1237458	Lattice tower	235 ft	2003	La Porte City	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1304330	Lattice tower	235 ft	2018	Waterloo	CHICAGO, CENTRAL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
1017873	Lattice tower	230 ft	1992	Waterloo	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1057805	Lattice tower	227 ft	1998	Cedar Falls	American Towers LLC
1017422	Lattice tower	226 ft	1998	Cedar Falls	SOUTHWESTCO WIRELESS INC.
1278135	Water tank	211 ft	2001	Evansdale	Private owner (name withheld)
1230351	Lattice tower	203 ft	2003	Cedar Falls	CCATT LLC
1017872	Lattice tower	200 ft	1993	Raymond	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1226671	Tower	200 ft	2005	Cedar Falls	Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC
1017230	Lattice tower	199 ft	1995	Waterloo	SOUTHWESTCO WIRELESS INC.
1017231	Tower	199 ft	1996	Gilbertville	SOUTHWESTCO WIRELESS INC.
1024385	Guyed tower	199 ft	2012	Waterloo	UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN - ST PAUL
1054914	Tower	199 ft	1998	Waterloo	TowerCo 2013 LLC
1229279	Tower	199 ft	2001	Cedar Falls	SBA Structures, LLC
1234445	Lattice tower	199 ft	2000	Cedar Falls	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1251124	Lattice tower	199 ft	2005	Evansdale	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1268282	Lattice tower	199 ft	2009	Cedar Falls	American Towers LLC
1272234	Lattice tower	199 ft	2010	Waterloo	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1279576	Tower	199 ft	2011	Jesup	American Towers LLC
1280205	Lattice tower	199 ft	1998	Evansdale	American Towers LLC
1280207	Lattice tower	196 ft	1998	La Porte City	American Towers LLC
1324461	Lattice tower	196 ft	2004	Cedar Falls	ALLTEL Corporation
1225677	Lattice tower	195 ft	2001	Hudson	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1231931	Lattice tower	195 ft	2002	Cedar Falls	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1240679	Tower	195 ft	2001	Cedar Falls	Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC
1280206	Lattice tower	195 ft	1998	Waterloo	American Towers LLC
1240741	Lattice tower	190 ft	2003	Waterloo	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1323751	Guyed tower	190 ft	1981	Evansdale	PTI US TOWERS II, LLC
1323773	Guyed tower	190 ft	1981	Evansdale	PTI US TOWERS II, LLC
1323774	Guyed tower	190 ft	1981	Evansdale	PTI US TOWERS II, LLC
1323786	Guyed tower	190 ft	1981	Evansdale	PTI US TOWERS II, LLC
1323787	Guyed tower	190 ft	1981	Evansdale	PTI US TOWERS II, LLC
1204707	Guyed tower	183 ft	1999	La Porte City	American Towers LLC
1274678	Monopole	169 ft	2011	Waterloo	American Towers LLC
1275612	Monopole	169 ft	2011	Hudson	American Towers LLC
1220817	Water tank	165 ft	2000	Cedar Falls	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1054912	Pole	160 ft	1998	Cedar Falls	American Towers LLC
1054913	Pole	160 ft	1998	Waterloo	TowerCo 2013 LLC
1240985	Lattice tower	160 ft	2003	Waterloo	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1294987	Monopole	157 ft	2015	Waterloo	SOUTHWESTCO WIRELESS INC.
1051515	Monopole	155 ft	1998	Waterloo	American Towers LLC
1289646	Monopole	155 ft	2015	Waterloo	SOUTHWESTCO WIRELESS INC.
1256637	Monopole	153 ft	2022	Watreloo	American Towers LLC
1017738	Lattice tower	151 ft	1995	Waterloo	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1208276	Tower	150 ft	1978	Cedar Falls	IOWA STATE OF
1019012	Tower	149 ft	1997	Waterloo	SOUTHWESTCO WIRELESS INC.
1203073	Water tank	140 ft	1999	Waterloo	City of Waterloo
1309071	Guyed tower	140 ft	2018	Waterloo	CTI Towers Assets II, LLC
1030983	Tower	139 ft	1997	Cedar Falls	SOUTHWESTCO WIRELESS INC.
1228662	Lattice tower	130 ft	2002	Waterloo	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1228667	Monopole	126 ft	2002	Waterloo	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1323780	Lattice tower	125 ft	2021	Waterloo	PTI US TOWERS II, LLC
1017737	Lattice tower	120 ft	1994	Cedar Falls	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1247359	Lattice tower	120 ft	2005	Cedar Falls	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1251123	Lattice tower	120 ft	2005	Waterloo	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1251798	Tower	120 ft	2006	Cedar Falls	SOUTHWESTCO WIRELESS INC.
1253705	Monopole	120 ft	2006	Waterloo	CCATT LLC
1042245	Lattice tower	101 ft	1998	Waterloo	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1227092	Lattice tower	100 ft	2000	Cedar Falls	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1256635	Pole	84 ft	2007	Waterloo	American Towers LLC
1265867	Monopole	68 ft	2009	Waterloo	American Towers LLC
1301417	Mast	66 ft	2017	Cedar Falls	CHICAGO, CENTRAL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
1305138	Monopole	65 ft	2018	Cedar Falls	CHICAGO, CENTRAL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

If you have a tower lease in Black Hawk 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: Polk County (158), Linn County (103), Pottawattamie County (94), Johnson County (89), Scott County (77).

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.