Iowa / Hancock County

#68 of 99 IA counties · 21 structures

Cell towers in Hancock County, IA

The FCC registry lists 21 constructed antenna structures in Hancock County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 13 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 5 (24%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 1 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 21
  2. 2Tallest 363 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
  4. 4Median height (state 259 ft) 259 ft
Structures
21
rank 68 of 99 in IA
Most common type
Tower
38% of structures
Over 200 feet
13
62% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
43% built then

Who owns the towers in Hancock County

13 different registrants own the 21 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 Infrastructure5Alltel4APC Towers IV LLC2Wireless Towerco LLC2Corn Belt Power Cooperative1MCC Iowa LLC1SBA Communications1Horvath Communications1
Constructed structures in Hancock County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 259 feet, close to the Iowa median of 259 feet. The tallest is a tower near Klemme at 363 feet, built in 2003. More than in any other decade, 43% were built in the 2000s.

Tower8Guyed tower5Lattice tower5Pole2Water tank1
Structures in Hancock County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
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Structures in Hancock 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
1017904Tower363 ft2003KlemmeCorn Belt Power Cooperative
1247759Tower349 ft2005GarnerSBA Towers II LLC
1260124Lattice tower310 ft2008BrittARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1304379Guyed tower310 ft2018GarnerAPC Towers IV LLC
1310161Guyed tower305 ft2020CorwithVertical Bridge Development, LLC
1027153Tower304 ft1980DuncanMCC Iowa LLC
1227022Guyed tower270 ft2001GarnerARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1222835Tower265 ft2001WesleyAlltel Corporation
1333978Lattice tower265 ft2026Forest CityThe Towers, LLC
1323456Lattice tower260 ft2022GarnerCOUNTY OF HANCOCK
1276684Guyed tower259 ft2011KanawhaARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1311898Lattice tower250 ft2022KlemmeTowerCo 2013 LLC
1227981Water tank225 ft2002BrittARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1255721Tower199 ft2007BrittAPC Towers IV LLC
1253075Tower195 ft2006GarnerAlltel Corporation
1286574Lattice tower195 ft2012BrittHorvath Towers III, LLC
1273066Guyed tower194 ft2010Forest CityWireless Towerco LLC
1018086Tower189 ft1995BrittAlltel Corporation
1265092Tower187 ft2009Crystal LakeWireless Towerco LLC
1324608Pole39 ft2023Forest CityARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1303361Pole31 ft2017Forest CityALLTEL Corporation

If you have a tower lease in Hancock 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: Dickinson County (22), Montgomery County (22), Worth County (22), Lucas County (21), Sac County (21).

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.