Iowa / Clay County
#59 of 99 IA counties · 25 structures
Cell towers in Clay County, IA
The FCC registry lists 25 constructed antenna structures in Clay County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 17 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 5 (20%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 3 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 25
- 2Tallest 459 ft
- 3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
- 4Median height (state 259 ft) 260 ft
Who owns the towers in Clay County
17 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 260 feet, close to the Iowa median of 259 feet. The tallest is a tower near Fostoria at 459 feet, built in 1993. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1016592 | Tower | 459 ft | 1993 | Fostoria | ALPHA WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS CO DBA = COMMUNICATION SPECIALISTS CO |
| 1216772 | Mast | 402 ft | 2000 | Spencer | Spencer Municipal Utilities |
| 1026653 | Tower | 400 ft | 1968 | Spencer | Community State Bank, Inc. |
| 1021884 | Tower | 394 ft | 1965 | Spencer | Saga Communications of Iowa, LLC |
| 1017897 | Tower | 388 ft | 2003 | Everly | Corn Belt Power Cooperative |
| 1059340 | Tower | 380 ft | 1998 | Spencer | RACOM CORP. |
| 1293164 | Guyed tower | 340 ft | 2014 | Sioux Rapids | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1016658 | Guyed tower | 324 ft | 1991 | Spencer | SBA Towers IV, LLC |
| 1018092 | Tower | 312 ft | 1990 | Fostoria | Alltel Corporation |
| 1307872 | Lattice tower | 310 ft | 2018 | Everly | INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY |
| 1053249 | Tower | 299 ft | 1980 | Spencer | S & C STRUCTURES INC |
| 1220449 | Tower | 265 ft | 2001 | Sioux Rapids | Alltel Corporation |
| 1260353 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2008 | Peterson | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1289888 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2013 | Spencer | Great Lakes Communication Corp |
| 1296334 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2015 | Everly | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1286681 | Lattice tower | 255 ft | 2014 | Everly | Alltel Corporation |
| 1313847 | Lattice tower | 250 ft | 2022 | Webb | TowerCo 2013 LLC |
| 1254870 | Lattice tower | 246 ft | 2007 | Peterson | Wireless TowerCo LLC Attn: Symphony Wireless: Compliance |
| 1245433 | Tower | 195 ft | 2004 | Dickens | SBA Towers IV, LLC |
| 1250018 | Tower | 195 ft | 2004 | Spencer | SBA Towers VII, LLC |
| 1315228 | Monopole | 194 ft | 2020 | Spencer | ALLTEL Corporation |
| 1256695 | Tower | 190 ft | 2009 | Greenville | Wireless TowerCo LLC Attn: Symphony Wireless: Compliance |
| 1299414 | Monopole | 190 ft | 2018 | Spencer | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1016273 | On a building | 158 ft | 1979 | Spencer | Qwest Corporation |
| 1299103 | Monopole | 133 ft | 2016 | Spencer | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
If you have a tower lease in Clay 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: O'Brien County (26), Adair County (25), Butler County (25), Kossuth County (25), Allamakee County (24).
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.