Cell towers in Fremont County, IA

The FCC registry lists 17 constructed antenna structures in Fremont County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 11 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 4 (24%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 3 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 17
2Tallest 349 ft
3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
4Median height (state 259 ft) 260 ft

Structures

rank 86 of 99 in IA

Most common type

Tower

53% of structures

Over 200 feet

76% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

35% built then

Who owns the towers in Fremont County

11 different registrants own the 17 structures. One is registered to an individual or family trust, whose name 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.

Constructed structures in Fremont County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 260 feet, close to the Iowa median of 259 feet. The tallest is a lattice tower near Sidney at 349 feet, built in 2017. More than in any other decade, 35% were built in the 2000s.

Structures in Fremont County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.

Structures in Fremont 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.	Type	Height	Built	City	Owner
1302443	Lattice tower	349 ft	2017	Sidney	IOWA STATE OF
1246409	Tower	322 ft	2005	Tabor	CitySwitch DevCo 1, LLC
1064676	Tower	311 ft	1963	Thurman	RACOM CORP.
1007129	Tower	280 ft	2002	Hamburg	N W ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE INC
1016744	Tower	273 ft	1989	Sidney	KN Telecommunications Inc.
1282032	Tower	269 ft	2012	Farragut	CitySwitch DevCo 1, LLC
1240061	Tower	265 ft	2003	Nebraska City	CitySwitch DevCo 1, LLC
1017732	Guyed tower	263 ft	1991	Sidney	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1239463	Tower	260 ft	2003	Percival	Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC
1282304	Lattice tower	260 ft	2012	Thurman	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1314359	Lattice tower	254 ft	2020	Sidney	Private owner (name withheld)
1316350	Lattice tower	254 ft	2021	Tabor	VB BTS, ll, LLC
1238859	Lattice tower	249 ft	2003	Percival	CCATT LLC
1248140	Tower	199 ft	2002	Hamburg	Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC
1276161	Monopole	160 ft	2011	Hamburg	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1271997	Monopole	155 ft	2010	Sidney	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1203000	Tower	30 ft	1992	Shenandoh	IOWA, STATE OF IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

If you have a tower lease in Fremont 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: Calhoun County (17), Clarke County (17), Decatur County (17), Greene County (17), Howard County (17).

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.