Iowa / Buena Vista County
#62 of 99 IA counties · 23 structures
Cell towers in Buena Vista County, IA
The FCC registry lists 23 constructed antenna structures in Buena Vista County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 18 registrants; the largest, SBA Communications, has 6 (26%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 6 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 23
- 2Tallest 499 ft
- 3Largest owner SBA Communications
- 4Median height (state 259 ft) 259 ft
Who owns the towers in Buena Vista County
18 different registrants own the 23 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 259 feet, close to the Iowa median of 259 feet. The tallest is a tower near Sioux Rapids at 499 feet, built in 1988. More than in any other decade, 35% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1016739 | Tower | 499 ft | 1988 | Sioux Rapids | Community Broadcasting, Inc. |
| 1015247 | Tower | 407 ft | 1969 | Storm Lake | Community First Broadcasting |
| 1026558 | Guyed tower | 400 ft | 1982 | Storm Lake | CTI Towers, Inc. |
| 1016657 | Guyed tower | 338 ft | 1991 | Storm Lake | SBA Towers IV, LLC |
| 1057518 | Tower | 329 ft | 1998 | Storm Lake | RACOM CORP. |
| 1210732 | Tower | 322 ft | 1996 | Linn Grove | SBA Towers IV, LLC |
| 1018093 | Tower | 320 ft | 1992 | Sulphur Springs | Alltel Corporation |
| 1259347 | Lattice tower | 310 ft | 2007 | Newell | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1215069 | Guyed tower | 276 ft | 2000 | Alta | Storm Lake Power Partners I, LCC |
| 1257918 | Tower | 275 ft | 2008 | Storm Lake | BUENA VISTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT |
| 1021972 | Guyed tower | 260 ft | 1982 | Storm Lake | MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY |
| 1307081 | Lattice tower | 259 ft | 2021 | Alta | Branch Towers III, LLC |
| 1307090 | Lattice tower | 259 ft | 2020 | Albert City | Branch Towers III, LLC |
| 1257711 | Tower | 245 ft | 2007 | Storm Lake | SBA Towers IV, LLC |
| 1294963 | Guyed tower | 220 ft | 2018 | Alta | Storm Lake Power Partners II LLC |
| 1257707 | Tower | 199 ft | 2006 | Peterson | SBA Steel LLC |
| 1204611 | Other or unspecified | 190 ft | 2008 | Storm Lake | Evertek INC |
| 1264836 | Tower | 187 ft | 2009 | Truesdale | Wireless TowerCo LLC Attn: Symphony Wireless: Compliance |
| 1257677 | Monopole | 182 ft | 2002 | Alta | SBA Infrastructures, LLC |
| 1269077 | Tower | 138 ft | 2010 | Sioux Rapids | Wireless TowerCo LLC Attn: Symphony Wireless: Compliance |
| 1061611 | Tower | 133 ft | 1998 | Storm Lake | SBA Infrastructures, LLC |
| 1238404 | Mast | 47 ft | 1993 | Storm Lake | CITY OF STORM LAKE IOWA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT |
| 1203002 | Tower | 30 ft | 1992 | Storm Lake | IOWA, STATE OF IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION |
If you have a tower lease in Buena Vista 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: Clay County (25), Kossuth County (25), Allamakee County (24), Keokuk County (23), Chickasaw County (22).
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.