Iowa / Boone County
#21 of 99 IA counties · 38 structures
Cell towers in Boone County, IA
The FCC registry lists 38 constructed antenna structures in Boone County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 23 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 7 (18%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 3 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 38
- 2Tallest 926 ft
- 3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
- 4Median height (state 259 ft) 200 ft
Who owns the towers in Boone County
23 different registrants own the 38 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 200 feet, 59 feet shorter than the Iowa median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a guyed tower near Woodward at 926 feet, built in 1985. More than in any other decade, 42% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1036828 | Guyed tower | 926 ft | 1985 | Woodward | Saga Communications of Iowa, LLC |
| 1016676 | Guyed tower | 499 ft | 1993 | Boone | Cellco Partnership |
| 1018630 | Tower | 489 ft | 1967 | Ames | TV 45 INC |
| 1017864 | Guyed tower | 415 ft | 1994 | Boone | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1228752 | Tower | 375 ft | 2001 | Ogden | Communication Enhancement, LLC |
| 1232037 | On a building | 360 ft | 1978 | Ames | JDS Investments, LLC |
| 1023165 | Other or unspecified | 345 ft | 1997 | Boxholm | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1016625 | Tower | 320 ft | 1987 | Luther | ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING CO |
| 1252620 | Tower | 309 ft | 2001 | Ames | American Towers LLC |
| 1308261 | Guyed tower | 305 ft | 2019 | Beaver | Vertical Bridge Development, LLC |
| 1019236 | Other or unspecified | 296 ft | 1927 | Boone | LATIN WORLD BROADCASTING, INC. |
| 1245402 | Lattice tower | 262 ft | 2004 | Madrid | Cellco Partnership |
| 1233921 | Mast | 260 ft | 2002 | Ogden | Cellco Partnership |
| 1309789 | Lattice tower | 259 ft | 2021 | Boxholm | Horvath Towers V, LLC |
| 1329685 | Lattice tower | 237 ft | 2025 | Pilot Mound | Boone County Sheriff's Department |
| 1329889 | Lattice tower | 229 ft | 2025 | Boone | Boone County Sheriff's Department |
| 1016759 | Lattice tower | 217 ft | 2008 | Boone | INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY |
| 1295753 | Lattice tower | 215 ft | 2015 | Ames | INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY |
| 1236989 | Monopole | 200 ft | 2002 | Ogden | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1209390 | Tower | 199 ft | 2000 | Boone | Central Iowa Wireless Co. |
| 1209395 | Tower | 199 ft | 2000 | Boone | Central Iowa Wireless Co. |
| 1226060 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2001 | Boone | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1224486 | Guyed tower | 195 ft | 2001 | Madrid | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1234963 | Lattice tower | 195 ft | 2002 | Boone | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1213648 | Other or unspecified | 194 ft | 1988 | Boone | West Central Cooperative |
| 1016442 | Tower | 192 ft | 1965 | Boone | Riverfront Broadcasting of Iowa, LLC |
| 1241138 | Monopole | 180 ft | 2004 | Boone | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1201377 | Tower | 165 ft | 1995 | Boone | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD |
| 1258244 | Tower | 163 ft | 2007 | Boone | Cellco Partnership |
| 1220307 | Monopole | 157 ft | 2001 | Boone | SBA Structures, LLC |
| 1019237 | Other or unspecified | 151 ft | 1927 | Boone | LATIN WORLD BROADCASTING, INC. |
| 1251158 | Lattice tower | 140 ft | 2005 | Boone | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1307953 | Lattice tower | 100 ft | 2017 | Boone | CTI Towers Assets II, LLC |
| 1305544 | Monopole | 90 ft | 2018 | Boone | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY |
| 1318281 | Monopole | 77 ft | 2005 | Boone | INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY |
| 1207221 | Tower | 70 ft | 1971 | Boone | Iowa Department of Transportation |
| 1305545 | Monopole | 60 ft | 2018 | Boone | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY |
| 1202993 | Tower | 30 ft | 1992 | Boone | IOWA, STATE OF IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION |
If you have a tower lease in Boone 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: Plymouth County (44), Poweshiek County (42), Cedar County (39), Buchanan County (37), Delaware County (37).
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.