Iowa / Dubuque County
#7 of 99 IA counties · 63 structures
Cell towers in Dubuque County, IA
The FCC registry lists 63 constructed antenna structures in Dubuque County, 2% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 21 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 15 (24%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 20 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 63
- 2Tallest 430 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 259 ft) 266 ft
Who owns the towers in Dubuque County
21 different registrants own the 63 structures. 2 are registered to individuals or family trusts, whose names 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 266 feet, close to the Iowa median of 259 feet. The tallest is a tower near Dubuque at 430 feet, built in 1998. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1055299 | Tower | 430 ft | 1998 | Dubuque | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1017240 | Guyed tower | 414 ft | 1996 | Epworth | American Towers LLC |
| 1018140 | Tower | 408 ft | 1975 | Dubuque | Townsquare Media Dubuque, LLC |
| 1017868 | Lattice tower | 393 ft | 1989 | Farley | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1051946 | Lattice tower | 378 ft | 2006 | Dubuque County | Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC |
| 1208470 | Guyed tower | 366 ft | 1999 | Peosta | American Towers LLC |
| 1228860 | Guyed tower | 349 ft | 2002 | Zwingle | American Towers LLC |
| 1212532 | Lattice tower | 334 ft | 2000 | Cascade | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1037059 | Tower | 320 ft | 1997 | Sherrill | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1038235 | Tower | 320 ft | 1988 | Dubuque | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1225853 | Lattice tower | 320 ft | 2001 | New Vienna | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1017201 | Lattice tower | 316 ft | 1996 | Farley | Qwest Corporation |
| 1054826 | Lattice tower | 315 ft | 1998 | Dubuque | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1220800 | Other or unspecified | 315 ft | 2000 | Peosta | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1239141 | Lattice tower | 315 ft | 2003 | Durango | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1310087 | Guyed tower | 315 ft | 2019 | Epworth | DUBUQUE COUNTY 911 |
| 1311387 | Guyed tower | 315 ft | 2019 | Bellevue | DUBUQUE COUNTY 911 |
| 1018272 | Lattice tower | 313 ft | 1989 | Dubuque | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1266013 | Guyed tower | 310 ft | 2009 | Holy Cross | American Towers LLC |
| 1225707 | Lattice tower | 305 ft | 2001 | Epworth | American Towers LLC |
| 1303760 | Lattice tower | 305 ft | 2018 | Peosta | CHICAGO, CENTRAL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY |
| 1304908 | Lattice tower | 305 ft | 2018 | Dyersville | CHICAGO, CENTRAL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY |
| 1307591 | Guyed tower | 305 ft | 2018 | Worthington | Vertical Bridge Development, LLC |
| 1029843 | Tower | 295 ft | 1985 | Sherrill | WATERWAY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM INC |
| 1204542 | Tower | 295 ft | 2003 | Dubuque | Comelec Services Inc. |
| 1280708 | Guyed tower | 289 ft | 2013 | Worthington | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1286692 | Lattice tower | 284 ft | 2013 | Rickardsville | Dubuque MSA Limited Partnership |
| 1286228 | Lattice tower | 283 ft | 2014 | New Vienna | Dubuque MSA Limited Partnership |
| 1213920 | Tower | 275 ft | 2000 | Dubuque | TowerCo 2013 LLC |
| 1030982 | Lattice tower | 269 ft | 1998 | Dubuque | Dubuque MSA Limited Partnership |
| 1210117 | Lattice tower | 267 ft | 2000 | Dubuque | American Towers, LLC |
| 1016260 | Lattice tower | 266 ft | 1993 | Dubuque | Qwest Corporation |
| 1017234 | Tower | 265 ft | 1993 | Dubuque | Dubuque MSA Limited Partnership |
| 1228096 | Tower | 265 ft | 2001 | Dubuque | Communication Enhancement, LLC |
| 1234936 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 2003 | Dubuque | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1237440 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 2003 | Dubuque | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1310490 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 2019 | Cascade | DUBUQUE COUNTY 911 |
| 1253536 | Lattice tower | 264 ft | 2006 | Bernard | Dubuque MSA Limited Partnership |
| 1257837 | Guyed tower | 260 ft | 2007 | Durango | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1023679 | Tower | 259 ft | 1988 | Centralia | AT&T Corp |
| 1217250 | Lattice tower | 255 ft | 2000 | Farley | American Towers LLC |
| 1229174 | Lattice tower | 247 ft | 2001 | Dyersville | SBA Structures, LLC |
| 1308589 | Lattice tower | 240 ft | 2019 | Dyersville | DUBUQUE COUNTY 911 |
| 1309341 | Guyed tower | 240 ft | 2019 | Zwingle | DUBUQUE COUNTY 911 |
| 1310085 | Lattice tower | 235 ft | 2019 | Sherrill | DUBUQUE COUNTY 911 |
| 1017694 | Guyed tower | 230 ft | 1993 | Holy Cross | INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY |
| 1227522 | Tower | 200 ft | 2005 | Peosta | Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC |
| 1228772 | Tower | 200 ft | 2003 | Bernard | Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC |
| 1209389 | Tower | 199 ft | 2000 | Peosta | American Towers LLC |
| 1210583 | Tower | 199 ft | 2000 | Dyersville | TowerCo 2013 LLC |
| 1254302 | Tower | 199 ft | 2006 | Bernard | Bernard Telephone Co., Inc |
| 1264613 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2008 | Dubuque | American Towers LLC |
| 1322836 | Pole | 199 ft | 2023 | Dyersville | TowerCo 2013 LLC |
| 1307466 | Lattice tower | 194 ft | 2018 | Peosta | American Towers LLC |
| 1210853 | Guyed tower | 189 ft | 2000 | Zwingle | American Towers LLC |
| 1279489 | Lattice tower | 184 ft | 2011 | Dyersville | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1217538 | Tower | 170 ft | 1997 | Dubuque | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1210852 | Tower | 160 ft | 2000 | Dubuque | TowerCo 2013 LLC |
| 1264834 | Monopole | 150 ft | 2008 | Dubuque | American Towers LLC |
| 1248826 | Monopole | 135 ft | 2005 | Dubuque | INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY |
| 1283539 | Lattice tower | 109 ft | 2012 | Dubuque | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1258531 | Monopole | 107 ft | 2007 | Dubuque | American Towers LLC |
| 1261663 | Pole | 53 ft | 2008 | Dubuque | American Towers LLC |
If you have a tower lease in Dubuque 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: Black Hawk County (89), Johnson County (89), Scott County (77), Woodbury County (62), Warren County (56).
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.