Iowa / Dickinson County
#65 of 99 IA counties · 22 structures
Cell towers in Dickinson County, IA
The FCC registry lists 22 constructed antenna structures in Dickinson County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. SBA Communications owns 8 of them (36%), so a landowner here with a tower lease is more likely than not dealing with one company. The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 8 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 22
- 2Tallest 545 ft
- 3Largest owner SBA Communications
- 4Median height (state 259 ft) 186 ft
Who owns the towers in Dickinson County
14 different registrants own the 22 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 186 feet, 73 feet shorter than the Iowa median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Spirit Lake at 545 feet, built in 1990. Most 59% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1015250 | Tower | 545 ft | 1990 | Spirit Lake | Community First Broadcasting |
| 1018134 | Tower | 335 ft | 1997 | Milford | Saga Communications of Iowa, LLC |
| 1202935 | Other or unspecified | 320 ft | 1991 | Milford | Minn-Iowa Christian Broadcasting, Inc. |
| 1226952 | Tower | 315 ft | 2001 | Spirit Lake | Alltel Corporation |
| 1016764 | Tower | 299 ft | 1988 | Spirit Lake | INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY |
| 1287359 | Guyed tower | 299 ft | 2012 | Lake Park | Great Lakes Communication Corp |
| 1239320 | Lattice tower | 256 ft | 2003 | Terril | SBA Infrastructures, LLC |
| 1258909 | Tower | 199 ft | 2006 | Spirit Lk (Superior) | SBA Infrastructures, LLC |
| 1266415 | Lattice tower | 197 ft | 2009 | Superior | TowerCo IV LLC |
| 1257689 | Tower | 193 ft | 2000 | Lake Park | SBA Infrastructures, LLC |
| 1299627 | Monopole | 190 ft | 2016 | Milford | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1257696 | Tower | 183 ft | 2000 | Orleans | SBA Infrastructures, LLC |
| 1239115 | Pole | 179 ft | 2003 | Spirit Lake | SBA Towers IV, LLC |
| 1239113 | Pole | 177 ft | 2003 | Spirit Lake | SBA Infrastructures, LLC |
| 1250011 | Pole | 170 ft | 2004 | Lake | SBA Towers VII, LLC |
| 1257712 | Tower | 169 ft | 1997 | Spirit Lake (Vick'S) | SBA Towers IV, LLC |
| 1253003 | Monopole | 158 ft | 2006 | Arnold'S Park | Alltel Corporation |
| 1251019 | Water tank | 150 ft | 2005 | Okoboji | Central Water System |
| 1307162 | Lattice tower | 149 ft | 2019 | Milford | Dickinson, County of |
| 1264838 | Tower | 148 ft | 2009 | Terril | Terril Communications, L.L.C. |
| 1268977 | Tower | 148 ft | 2009 | Milford | TowerCo IV LLC |
| 1278608 | Tower | 108 ft | 2011 | Okoboji | TowerCo IV LLC |
If you have a tower lease in Dickinson 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: Buena Vista County (23), Keokuk County (23), Chickasaw County (22), Montgomery County (22), Worth 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.