Cell towers in Jackson County, IA

The FCC registry lists 31 constructed antenna structures in Jackson County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 22 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 8 (26%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 6 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 31
2Tallest 423 ft
3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
4Median height (state 259 ft) 275 ft

Structures

rank 42 of 99 in IA

Most common type

Tower

35% of structures

Over 200 feet

74% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

42% built then

Who owns the towers in Jackson County

22 different registrants own the 31 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 Jackson County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 275 feet, 16 feet taller than the Iowa median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a lattice tower near Zwingle at 423 feet, built in 2018. More than in any other decade, 42% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Jackson 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
1302453	Lattice tower	423 ft	2018	Zwingle	IOWA STATE OF
1018639	Tower	415 ft	1984	Maquoketa	MAQUOKETA BROADCASTING COMPANY
1016858	Lattice tower	414 ft	1996	Miles	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1008155	Tower	413 ft	1995	Bellevue	Crown Castle GT Company, LLC
1228175	Guyed tower	350 ft	2001	Maquoketa	SBA Structures, LLC
1243672	Guyed tower	315 ft	2004	Maquoketa	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1222172	Tower	310 ft	2001	Sabula	TowerCo 2013 LLC
1246824	Guyed tower	309 ft	2005	Bellevue	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1250612	Guyed tower	309 ft	2005	St Donatus	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1273931	Tower	308 ft	2011	Springbrook	La Motte Telephone Company
1304712	Lattice tower	308 ft	2017	Sabula	IOWA STATE OF
1206519	Guyed tower	305 ft	1999	Maquoketa	American Towers LLC
1308156	Guyed tower	305 ft	2019	Baldwin	Vertical Bridge Development, LLC
1029825	Tower	295 ft	1985	Miles	WATERWAY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM INC
1016266	Guyed tower	286 ft	1978	Maquoketa	Qwest Corporation
1033545	Lattice tower	275 ft	1998	Otter Creek	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1231905	Lattice tower	265 ft	2002	Bellevue	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1238491	Guyed tower	265 ft	2003	Monmouth	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1255837	Other or unspecified	259 ft	2007	Maquoketa	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1312238	Lattice tower	235 ft	2019	Maquoketa	INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1017385	Guyed tower	223 ft	2012	Maquoketa	CENTRAL IOWA POWER COOPERATIVE
1226647	Tower	220 ft	2005	Maquoketa	Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC
1285524	Lattice tower	205 ft	2012	Maquoketa	SBA Towers IV, LLC
1204924	Tower	199 ft	1999	Preston	The Preston Telephone Company
1210585	Guyed tower	199 ft	2000	Maquoketa	American Towers LLC
1218570	Tower	199 ft	2000	Bellevue	LaMotte Telephone Company
1254301	Tower	199 ft	2007	Bernard	Bernard Telephone Co., Inc
1222000	Tower	191 ft	1999	Bellevue	RACOM Corporation
1263779	Tower	187 ft	2008	Bernard	Bernard Telephone Company Inc
1307851	Monopole	145 ft	2019	Maquoketa	NEIT Properties, LLC
1322655	Monopole	85 ft	2022	Maquketa	JACKSON, COUNTY OF

If you have a tower lease in Jackson 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: Muscatine County (32), Sioux County (32), Fayette County (31), Franklin County (30), Van Buren County (30).

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.