Iowa / Lee County

#11 of 99 IA counties · 54 structures

Cell towers in Lee County, IA

The FCC registry lists 54 constructed antenna structures in Lee County, 2% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 32 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 9 (17%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 15 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 54
  2. 2Tallest 490 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
  4. 4Median height (state 259 ft) 240 ft
Structures
54
rank 11 of 99 in IA
Most common type
Tower
41% of structures
Over 200 feet
32
59% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
44% built then

Who owns the towers in Lee County

32 different registrants own the 54 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.

Array Digital Infrastructure9American Tower8Crown Castle5INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT C3Qwest Corporation2IOWA, STATE OF IOWA DEPARTME2SBA Communications2IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOA1
Constructed structures in Lee County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 240 feet, 19 feet shorter than the Iowa median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Wever at 490 feet, built in 1990. More than in any other decade, 44% were built in the 2000s.

Tower22Guyed tower14Lattice tower14Monopole3On a building1
Structures in Lee County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
21960s31970s11980s131990s242000s82010s32020s
Structures in Lee 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
1018115Tower490 ft1990WeverTitan Broadcasting, LLC
1026018Guyed tower484 ft2014Fort MadisonIOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD DBA = IOWA PUBLIC TELEVISION
1210452Tower450 ft2000SalemAMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION
1049195Tower449 ft1993WeaverPRITCHARD BROADCASTING CO DBA = STATION KDMG
1241546Tower385 ft2004LowellPritchard Broadcasting Company
1015946Guyed tower360 ft1967KeokukCTI Towers, Inc.
1056020Lattice tower335 ft1998MiddletownARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1017866Lattice tower320 ft1994DonnellsonARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1321629Guyed tower320 ft2022KeokukLee County
1016569Tower319 ft1997KeokukUNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
1229403Guyed tower310 ft2001KeokukAmerican Towers LLC
1230365Guyed tower310 ft2001WeverAmerican Towers LLC
1007871Tower308 ft1995Pilot GroveCrown Castle GT Company, LLC
1233405Guyed tower306 ft2002DonnellsonAmerican Towers LLC
1228617Guyed tower305 ft2001West PointAmerican Towers LLC
1321630Guyed tower302 ft2022Fort MadisonLee County Lee Comm Consolidated Dispatch for Lee County Iowa
1266017Tower300 ft2008KeokukLEE, COUNTY OF
1305133Lattice tower300 ft2018DonnellsonIOWA STATE OF
1008357Tower299 ft1993Fort MadisonCrown Castle GT Company, LLC
1016768Tower299 ft1978Fort MadisonINTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1017870Guyed tower288 ft1994KeokukARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1226593Lattice tower260 ft2005MontroseCrown Castle Tower 05 LLC
1237529Guyed tower260 ft2003DonnellsonARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1266331Lattice tower260 ft2009WeverARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1266905Lattice tower260 ft2009West PointARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1228615Guyed tower249 ft2001MontroseAmerican Towers LLC
1224189Lattice tower245 ft2001HoughtonARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1285496Lattice tower235 ft2012MontroseSBA Towers IV, LLC
1302605Lattice tower215 ft2017KeokukInterstate Power and Light Company
1306891Lattice tower211 ft2018DenmarkINTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1016755Tower210 ft1993KeokukINTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1230255Lattice tower205 ft2005Ft. MadisonCrown Castle Tower 05 LLC
1227525Tower200 ft2005KeokukCrown Castle Tower 05 LLC
1225075Lattice tower199 ft2002MontroseARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1254617Guyed tower195 ft2006ArgyleAmerican Towers LLC
1256684Guyed tower195 ft2007West PointAmerican Towers LLC
1253768Tower188 ft2014KeokukIowa Public Broadcast Board
1305590Monopole176 ft2018Fort MadisonVB-S1 Assets, LLC
1018116Tower175 ft1973Fort MadisonPritchard Broadcasting Corporation
1022850Tower175 ft1985KeokukKeokuk Broadcasting Inc.
1059388Tower174 ft1965SawyerNORTHEAST MISSOURI ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE DBA = NEP
1240122Tower169 ft2003Ft. MadisonSBA Towers II LLC
1017202Lattice tower165 ft1997Fort MadisonQwest Corporation
1231448Monopole158 ft2001Ft MadisonAmerican Towers LLC
1250747Monopole158 ft2005Fort MadisonARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1244872Tower153 ft2006KoekukCommNet Cellular Inc.
1244899Tower148 ft2004KeokukQwest Corporation
1312764Lattice tower125 ft2020Fort MadisonIOWA, STATE OF
1309066Guyed tower115 ft2015MontroseCTI Towers Assets II, LLC
1216685Tower100 ft2001Ft MadisonCITY OF FT MADISON IOWA
1210084On a building60 ft1978Ft. MadisonPrivate owner (name withheld)
1250602Tower60 ft1991Fort MadisonGREAT RIVER REGIONAL WASTE AUTHORITY
1202982Tower30 ft1992Fort MadisonIOWA, STATE OF IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
1202983Tower30 ft1992KeokukIOWA, STATE OF IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

If you have a tower lease in Lee 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: Woodbury County (62), Warren County (56), Benton County (54), Clinton County (53), Story County (53).

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.