Cell towers in Guthrie County, IA

The FCC registry lists 18 constructed antenna structures in Guthrie County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 12 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 4 (22%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 2 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 18
2Tallest 493 ft
3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
4Median height (state 259 ft) 265 ft

Structures

rank 82 of 99 in IA

Most common type

Lattice tower

44% of structures

Over 200 feet

67% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

44% built then

Who owns the towers in Guthrie County

12 different registrants own the 18 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.

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

Height and age

The median structure here stands 265 feet, close to the Iowa median of 259 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Casey at 493 feet, built in 2002. More than in any other decade, 44% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Guthrie 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
1015418	Guyed tower	493 ft	2002	Casey	RSA 7 Limited Partnership
1002757	Lattice tower	370 ft	2005	Panora	RSA 7 Limited Partnership
1017088	Other or unspecified	315 ft	1994	Panora	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1230425	Guyed tower	312 ft	2001	Guthrie Center	American Towers LLC
1249844	Guyed tower	306 ft	2017	Guthrie Center	CENTRAL IOWA POWER COOPERATIVE
1308966	Guyed tower	305 ft	2019	Bagley	Vertical Bridge Development, LLC
1260909	Lattice tower	290 ft	2008	Panora	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1229105	Tower	279 ft	2001	Bagley	American Towers LLC
1237454	Lattice tower	265 ft	2003	Guthrie Center	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1326909	Lattice tower	265 ft	2025	Panora	The Towers, LLC
1328983	Lattice tower	254 ft	2025	Stuart	TowerNorth Development, LLC
1307473	Lattice tower	224 ft	2019	Gulthrie Center	RSA 7 Limited Partnership
1018208	Tower	199 ft	1987	Panora	PANORA COOPERATIVE TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION INC
1302060	Monopole	194 ft	2018	Bayard	1 Source Towers, LLC
1205677	Tower	169 ft	1972	Guthrie Center	Iowa Department of Transportation
1255033	Tower	165 ft	2006	Panora	Heartland Tower Inc.
1266444	Lattice tower	129 ft	2009	Dexter	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1324187	Lattice tower	112 ft	2023	Adair	MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY

If you have a tower lease in Guthrie 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: Palo Alto County (19), Pocahontas County (19), Davis County (18), Calhoun County (17), Clarke 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.