Iowa / Hamilton County
#45 of 99 IA counties · 29 structures
Cell towers in Hamilton County, IA
The FCC registry lists 29 constructed antenna structures in Hamilton County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 16 registrants; the largest, Verizon, has 5 (17%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 8 between them.
Who owns the towers in Hamilton County
16 different registrants own the 29 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 270 feet, 11 feet taller than the Iowa median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Webster City at 485 feet, built in 1990. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1016675 | Guyed tower | 485 ft | 1990 | Webster City | Cellco Partnership |
| 1018211 | Tower | 436 ft | 1991 | Webster City | Riverfront Broadcasting of Iowa, LLC |
| 1017365 | Guyed tower | 417 ft | 1992 | Blairsburg | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1025364 | Guyed tower | 370 ft | 1997 | Ellsworth | Cellco Partnership |
| 1221365 | Guyed tower | 350 ft | 2001 | Kamrar | HAMILTON, COUNTY OF |
| 1228691 | Guyed tower | 350 ft | 2001 | Story City | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1233307 | Lattice tower | 350 ft | 2002 | Ellsworth | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1222004 | Guyed tower | 345 ft | 2001 | Stanhope | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1224833 | Tower | 309 ft | 2001 | Story City | American Towers LLC |
| 1224987 | Tower | 309 ft | 2001 | Elsworth | American Towers LLC |
| 1226209 | Tower | 309 ft | 2001 | Blairsburg | American Towers LLC |
| 1264445 | Tower | 309 ft | 2008 | Williams | Cellco Partnership |
| 1308877 | Guyed tower | 305 ft | 2019 | Stanhope | Vertical Bridge Development, LLC |
| 1229979 | Lattice tower | 286 ft | 2001 | Webster City | American Towers LLC |
| 1057842 | Tower | 270 ft | 1971 | Webster City | Cellco Partnership |
| 1216003 | Tower | 268 ft | 2000 | Williams | SBA Structures, LLC |
| 1218820 | Tower | 260 ft | 2001 | Ellsworth | SBA Structures, LLC |
| 1276031 | Other or unspecified | 260 ft | 2011 | Stratford | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1304418 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2018 | Webster City | CHICAGO, CENTRAL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY |
| 1308037 | Lattice tower | 255 ft | 2019 | Jewell | Cellco Partnership |
| 1015881 | Tower | 220 ft | 1976 | Blairsburg | IOWA STATE OF |
| 1238633 | Water tank | 208 ft | 2003 | Stratford | Xenia Rural Water District |
| 1226680 | Tower | 200 ft | 2005 | Webster City | Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC |
| 1231002 | Tower | 200 ft | 2005 | Story City | Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC |
| 1268066 | Tower | 199 ft | 2010 | Webster City | Iowa Central Community College |
| 1274118 | Tower | 194 ft | 2010 | Webster City | TowerCo IV LLC |
| 1018040 | Tower | 184 ft | 1980 | Blairsburg | STINER RADIO SYSTEMS LTD |
| 1308091 | Guyed tower | 150 ft | 1982 | Webster City | CTI Towers Assets II, LLC |
| 1203004 | Tower | 30 ft | 1992 | Webester City | IOWA, STATE OF IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION |
If you have a tower lease in Hamilton 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: Jackson County (31), Franklin County (30), Van Buren County (30), Harrison County (29), Henry County (29).
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.