Iowa / Hardin County
#36 of 99 IA counties · 32 structures
Cell towers in Hardin County, IA
The FCC registry lists 32 constructed antenna structures in Hardin County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 20 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 8 (25%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 3 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 32
- 2Tallest 499 ft
- 3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
- 4Median height (state 259 ft) 255 ft
Who owns the towers in Hardin County
20 different registrants own the 32 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.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 255 feet, close to the Iowa median of 259 feet. The tallest is a tower near Owasa at 499 feet, built in 2010. More than in any other decade, 38% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1016871 | Tower | 499 ft | 2010 | Owasa | Alltel Corporation |
| 1018147 | Other or unspecified | 394 ft | 1988 | Union | EIP Holdings II, LLC |
| 1305775 | Lattice tower | 359 ft | 2018 | Iowa Falls | IOWA STATE OF |
| 1023974 | Lattice tower | 332 ft | 1959 | Radcliffe | American Towers LLC |
| 1017744 | Lattice tower | 320 ft | 1994 | Eldora | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1248477 | Tower | 320 ft | 2005 | Iowa Falls | SBA Structures, LLC |
| 1267373 | Lattice tower | 308 ft | 2009 | Union | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1280666 | Tower | 307 ft | 2012 | Eldora | Hardin County Wireless |
| 1308513 | Guyed tower | 305 ft | 2019 | Hubbard | VB-S1 Assets, LLC |
| 1256682 | Tower | 300 ft | 2007 | Iowa Falls | Hardin County Wireless |
| 1238163 | Lattice tower | 274 ft | 2003 | Ackley | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1226628 | Tower | 265 ft | 2009 | Alden | Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC |
| 1017739 | Guyed tower | 260 ft | 1994 | Iowa Falls | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1254569 | Guyed tower | 260 ft | 2006 | Hubbard | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1017743 | Guyed tower | 256 ft | 1994 | Radcliffe | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1016754 | Lattice tower | 255 ft | 2017 | Iowa Falls | INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY |
| 1304987 | Lattice tower | 255 ft | 2018 | Alden | CHICAGO, CENTRAL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY |
| 1018126 | Tower | 236 ft | 1974 | Iowa Falls | Times-Citizen Communications, Inc. |
| 1018035 | Water tank | 200 ft | 1990 | Alden | STINER RADIO SYSTEMS LTD |
| 1245344 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2004 | Iowa Falls | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1252054 | Tower | 199 ft | 2006 | Iowa Falls | Hardin County Wireless |
| 1256681 | Tower | 199 ft | 2007 | Eldora | Hardin County Wireless |
| 1308833 | Guyed tower | 199 ft | 2019 | Iowa Falls | Vertical Bridge Development, LLC |
| 1061861 | Guyed tower | 198 ft | 2023 | Radcliffe | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY |
| 1231484 | Tower | 196 ft | 2001 | Eldora | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1265948 | Lattice tower | 191 ft | 2010 | Ackley | Alltel Corporation |
| 1259385 | Tower | 190 ft | 2007 | Ackely | Hubbard Co-op Telephone Assn |
| 1279063 | Lattice tower | 150 ft | 2011 | Eldora | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1321135 | Guyed tower | 150 ft | 2018 | Iowa Falls | CTI Towers Assets II, LLC |
| 1018039 | Tower | 138 ft | 1978 | Iowa Falls | STINER RADIO SYSTEMS LTD |
| 1264946 | Pole | 56 ft | 1989 | Iowa Falls | City of Iowa Falls |
| 1255431 | Mast | 33 ft | 2007 | Iowa Falls | Iowa Falls Municipal Airport |
If you have a tower lease in Hardin 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: Jones County (33), Wapello County (33), Clayton County (32), Iowa County (32), Marshall County (32).
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.