Tower Landlord

Iowa / Fayette County

#41 of 99 IA counties · 31 structures

Cell towers in Fayette County, IA

The FCC registry lists 31 constructed antenna structures in Fayette County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 14 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 8 (26%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 6 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 31
  2. 2Tallest 1000 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
  4. 4Median height (state 259 ft) 251 ft
Structures
31
rank 41 of 99 in IA
Most common type
Guyed tower
35% of structures
Over 200 feet
19
61% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
42% built then

Who owns the towers in Fayette County

14 different registrants own the 31 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.

Array Digital Infrastructure8American Tower6Townsquare Media Waterloo, L4INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT C3Alltel2DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE1RACOM Corp.1IOWA, STATE OF IOWA DEPARTME1
Constructed structures in Fayette County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 251 feet, close to the Iowa median of 259 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Oelwein at 1000 feet, built in 1987. More than in any other decade, 42% were built in the 2000s.

Guyed tower11Lattice tower10Tower5Other or unspecified4Monopole1
Structures in Fayette County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
31950s11970s31980s41990s132000s62010s12020s
Structures in Fayette County by decade built, columns to scale. Source: FCC ASR.

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.TypeHeightBuiltCityOwner
1017309Guyed tower1000 ft1987OelweinTownsquare Media Waterloo, LLC
1017748Guyed tower410 ft1994West UnionARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1302442Lattice tower399 ft2017West UnionIOWA STATE OF
1018158Guyed tower362 ft1970OelweinAmerican Towers LLC
1237171Lattice tower315 ft2003WaucomaARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1220856Guyed tower310 ft2000FayetteAmerican Towers LLC
1222752Tower310 ft2001OelweinAmerican Towers LLC
1307447Lattice tower304 ft2019ElginALLTEL Corporation
1017692Guyed tower295 ft2017OelweinINTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1239394Guyed tower265 ft2003OelweinARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1246719Guyed tower265 ft2005West UnionARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1030188Other or unspecified263 ft1950OelweinTownsquare Media Waterloo, LLC
1030189Other or unspecified263 ft1950OelweinTownsquare Media Waterloo, LLC
1030190Other or unspecified263 ft1950OelweinTownsquare Media Waterloo, LLC
1332077Lattice tower261 ft2026WaucomaThe Towers, LLC
1016269Tower251 ft2005OelweinRACOM Corp.
1223758Lattice tower240 ft2001West UnionAmerican Towers LLC
1233762Lattice tower240 ft2002FayetteARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1017648Guyed tower238 ft1989West UnionDAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE
1205987Tower199 ft1989West UnionFayette, County of
1269130Lattice tower199 ft2009ElginARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1277929Lattice tower199 ft2011ArlingtonARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1278577Lattice tower199 ft2011HawkeyeARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1296304Lattice tower199 ft2006ArlingtonAmerican Towers LLC
1203216Guyed tower198 ft1999OelweinAmerican Towers LLC
1220857Other or unspecified198 ft2000ClermontStargazer Wireless, LLC
1059569Guyed tower184 ft1998FayetteAlltel Corporation
1309158Guyed tower165 ft2004ElginCTI Towers Assets II, LLC
1249743Tower125 ft2005OelweinINTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1311621Monopole125 ft2019OelweinINTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1202821Tower30 ft1992OelweinIOWA, STATE OF IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

If you have a tower lease in Fayette 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: Marshall County (32), Muscatine County (32), Sioux County (32), Jackson County (31), Franklin County (30).

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.