Iowa / Madison County
#51 of 99 IA counties · 28 structures
Cell towers in Madison County, IA
The FCC registry lists 28 constructed antenna structures in Madison County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 15 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 6 (21%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 7 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 28
- 2Tallest 500 ft
- 3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
- 4Median height (state 259 ft) 259 ft
Who owns the towers in Madison County
15 different registrants own the 28 structures. 2 are registered to individuals or family trusts, whose names 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 259 feet, close to the Iowa median of 259 feet. The tallest is a tower near Winterset at 500 feet, built in 2002. More than in any other decade, 39% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1015758 | Tower | 500 ft | 2002 | Winterset | RSA 7 Limited Partnership |
| 1270602 | Tower | 500 ft | 2010 | St. Charles | Iowa Public Radio, Inc. |
| 1017087 | Lattice tower | 415 ft | 1993 | Winterset | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1017080 | Guyed tower | 408 ft | 1995 | Earlham | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1302447 | Lattice tower | 333 ft | 2017 | Winterset | IOWA STATE OF |
| 1017094 | Guyed tower | 315 ft | 1995 | St Charles | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1249972 | Tower | 310 ft | 2005 | Winterset | SBA Towers X, LLC |
| 1314243 | Guyed tower | 304 ft | 2022 | Winterset | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1317229 | Guyed tower | 304 ft | 2021 | Winterset | VB-S1 Assets, LLC |
| 1017079 | Guyed tower | 298 ft | 1993 | Cumming | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1018141 | Tower | 285 ft | 1992 | Winterset | POSITIVE IMPACT MEDIA INC |
| 1291392 | Lattice tower | 270 ft | 2014 | Truro | TowerCo 2013 LLC |
| 1252928 | Tower | 260 ft | 2006 | Macksburg | RSA 7 Limited Partnership |
| 1264475 | Tower | 259 ft | 2008 | Van Meter | RSA 7 Limited Partnership |
| 1323418 | Lattice tower | 259 ft | 2022 | East Peru | RSA 7 Limited Partnership |
| 1249973 | Guyed tower | 256 ft | 2005 | Madison | SBA Towers X, LLC |
| 1308160 | Lattice tower | 255 ft | 2021 | Winterset | RSA 7 Limited Partnership |
| 1252035 | Mast | 248 ft | 2006 | Winterset | CCATT LLC |
| 1023685 | Tower | 232 ft | 1950 | Earlham | American Towers LLC |
| 1023751 | Tower | 220 ft | 1973 | Webster | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1295869 | Lattice tower | 208 ft | 2016 | Winterset | SBA Towers IX, LLC |
| 1230780 | Tower | 199 ft | 2001 | Winterset | STC Five LLC |
| 1249737 | Tower | 199 ft | 2005 | Winterset | SBA Towers X, LLC |
| 1249738 | Tower | 199 ft | 2005 | Winterset | SBA Towers X, LLC |
| 1226075 | Lattice tower | 195 ft | 2001 | Winterset | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1253019 | Lattice tower | 195 ft | 2006 | Winterset | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1240824 | Tower | 150 ft | 1993 | Winterset | Madison, County of |
| 1308114 | Guyed tower | 125 ft | 2018 | Winterset | CTI Towers Assets II, LLC |
If you have a tower lease in Madison 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: Mahaska County (29), Appanoose County (28), Bremer County (28), Union County (28), Jefferson County (27).
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.