Iowa / Buchanan County
#22 of 99 IA counties · 37 structures
Cell towers in Buchanan County, IA
The FCC registry lists 37 constructed antenna structures in Buchanan County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 18 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 9 (24%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 13 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 37
- 2Tallest 1999 ft
- 3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
- 4Median height (state 259 ft) 260 ft
Who owns the towers in Buchanan County
18 different registrants own the 37 structures. One is registered to an individual or family trust, whose name 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 260 feet, close to the Iowa median of 259 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Rowley at 1999 feet, built in 1984. More than in any other decade, 32% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1025917 | Guyed tower | 1999 ft | 1984 | Rowley | Cedar-Rapids TV License Company, LLC |
| 1017602 | Guyed tower | 1857 ft | 2025 | Walker | Gray Local Media, Inc. |
| 1024406 | Tower | 1093 ft | 1983 | Independence | UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN - ST PAUL |
| 1053693 | Guyed tower | 433 ft | 1994 | Independence | American Towers LLC |
| 1017749 | Guyed tower | 401 ft | 1996 | Brandon | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1208462 | Guyed tower | 362 ft | 1999 | Brandon | American Towers LLC |
| 1209216 | Guyed tower | 358 ft | 2000 | Independence | American Towers LLC |
| 1028170 | Other or unspecified | 345 ft | 1997 | Independence | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1224525 | Lattice tower | 345 ft | 2001 | Winthrop | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1283259 | Tower | 342 ft | 2012 | Independence | BUCHANAN, COUNTY OF |
| 1017108 | Guyed tower | 315 ft | 1995 | Hazelton | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1220846 | Tower | 310 ft | 2000 | Fairbank | American Towers LLC |
| 1225764 | Tower | 310 ft | 2001 | Independence | American Towers LLC |
| 1254521 | Lattice tower | 310 ft | 2006 | Rowley | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1225883 | Tower | 307 ft | 2001 | Brandon | American Towers LLC |
| 1262329 | Guyed tower | 305 ft | 2008 | Hazelton | SBA Towers X, LLC |
| 1286207 | Guyed tower | 304 ft | 2013 | Winthrop | SBA Towers X, LLC |
| 1291862 | Lattice tower | 300 ft | 2014 | Independence | Iowa, State of, Dept. of Transportation |
| 1273575 | Guyed tower | 260 ft | 2010 | Lamont | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1296131 | Lattice tower | 257 ft | 2015 | Rowley | Central Iowa Power Cooperative (CIPCO) |
| 1314354 | Lattice tower | 256 ft | 2023 | Quasqueton | ALLTEL Corporation |
| 1307912 | Lattice tower | 255 ft | 2019 | Coggon | VB-S1 Assets, LLC |
| 1304331 | Lattice tower | 250 ft | 2018 | Doris | CHICAGO, CENTRAL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY |
| 1227276 | Lattice tower | 240 ft | 2001 | Fairbank | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1228256 | Lattice tower | 240 ft | 2001 | Jesup | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1230672 | Tower | 200 ft | 2005 | Winthrop | Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC |
| 1246813 | Lattice tower | 200 ft | 1998 | Independance | American Towers LLC |
| 1204925 | Tower | 199 ft | 1999 | Aurora | SBA Towers X, LLC |
| 1204926 | Tower | 199 ft | 1999 | Quasqueton | SBA Towers X, LLC |
| 1280208 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 1998 | Brandon | American Towers LLC |
| 1281997 | Tower | 199 ft | 2011 | Independence | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1204706 | Tower | 198 ft | 1999 | Winthrop | TowerCo IV LLC |
| 1233761 | Lattice tower | 195 ft | 2002 | Independence | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1317190 | Lattice tower | 195 ft | 1992 | Independence | Buchanan, County of |
| 1286451 | Lattice tower | 194 ft | 2012 | Fairbank | BUCHANAN, COUNTY OF |
| 1261268 | Lattice tower | 185 ft | 2008 | Fairbank | Alltel Corporation |
| 1304733 | Lattice tower | 165 ft | 2018 | Independence | Uniti Towers LLC |
If you have a tower lease in Buchanan 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: Poweshiek County (42), Cedar County (39), Boone County (38), Delaware County (37), Marion 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.