Iowa / Butler County
#58 of 99 IA counties · 25 structures
Cell towers in Butler County, IA
The FCC registry lists 25 constructed antenna structures in Butler County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 16 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 7 (28%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 1 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 25
- 2Tallest 420 ft
- 3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
- 4Median height (state 259 ft) 257 ft
Who owns the towers in Butler County
16 different registrants own the 25 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 257 feet, close to the Iowa median of 259 feet. The tallest is a tower near Allison at 420 feet, built in 1995. More than in any other decade, 48% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1018076 | Tower | 420 ft | 1995 | Allison | Alltel Corporation |
| 1018191 | Tower | 362 ft | 1991 | Allison | HAWKEYE COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
| 1304327 | Lattice tower | 355 ft | 2018 | Aplington | CHICAGO, CENTRAL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY |
| 1017906 | Tower | 340 ft | 2002 | Dumont | Corn Belt Power Cooperative |
| 1212629 | Guyed tower | 323 ft | 2000 | Aplington | OnTheGoMedia, Inc. |
| 1057516 | Guyed tower | 322 ft | 2015 | Allison | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1016992 | Guyed tower | 315 ft | 1994 | Parkersburg | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1248587 | Other or unspecified | 309 ft | 2005 | Greene | FMTC Wireless, Inc |
| 1230873 | Lattice tower | 295 ft | 2002 | Shell Rock | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1245612 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 2004 | Clarksville | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1254912 | Lattice tower | 259 ft | 2006 | Dumont | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1266443 | Guyed tower | 259 ft | 2009 | New Hartford | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1237459 | Lattice tower | 257 ft | 2003 | Allison | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1296836 | Lattice tower | 254 ft | 2022 | Dumont | Alltel Corporation |
| 1320176 | Lattice tower | 245 ft | 2021 | Shell Rock | Corn Belt Power Cooperative |
| 1255272 | Lattice tower | 229 ft | 2006 | Aplington | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1247543 | Tower | 199 ft | 2005 | Clarksville | Cedar-Wapsie Communications Inc |
| 1304763 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2018 | Dumont | Dumont Telephone Company |
| 1277643 | Tower | 197 ft | 2011 | Shell Rock | Cedar Wapsie Communications,inc |
| 1258648 | Tower | 195 ft | 2007 | Clarksville | Alltel Corporation |
| 1018041 | Tower | 194 ft | 1979 | Parkersburg | STINER RADIO SYSTEMS LTD |
| 1018167 | Tower | 190 ft | 1994 | Allison | BUTLER, COUNTY OF |
| 1252201 | Tower | 190 ft | 2006 | Parkersburg | DUMONT TELEPHONE COMPANY |
| 1279851 | Tower | 146 ft | 2012 | Allison | Butler County Rural Electric Cooperative |
| 1020911 | Tower | 51 ft | 1995 | Allison | IOWA, STATE OF |
If you have a tower lease in Butler 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: Crawford County (26), O'Brien County (26), Adair County (25), Clay County (25), Kossuth County (25).
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.