Tower Landlord

Iowa / Marshall County

#38 of 99 IA counties · 32 structures

Cell towers in Marshall County, IA

The FCC registry lists 32 constructed antenna structures in Marshall County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 20 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 9 (28%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 6 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 32
  2. 2Tallest 651 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
  4. 4Median height (state 259 ft) 256 ft
Structures
32
rank 38 of 99 in IA
Most common type
Lattice tower
34% of structures
Over 200 feet
22
69% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
44% built then

Who owns the towers in Marshall County

20 different registrants own the 32 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 Infrastructure9American Tower3INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT C2Crown Castle2Trending Media, Inc.2Alltel2RACOM CORPORATION1Heartland Tower Inc.1
Constructed structures in Marshall County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 256 feet, close to the Iowa median of 259 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Marshalltown at 651 feet, built in 1998. More than in any other decade, 44% were built in the 2000s.

Lattice tower11Tower11Guyed tower9Monopole1
Structures in Marshall County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11950s11970s21980s41990s142000s92010s12020s
Structures in Marshall 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
1017839Guyed tower651 ft1998MarshalltownPinnacle Towers LLC
1016996Guyed tower415 ft1996RhodesARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1302448Lattice tower399 ft2018MarshalltownIOWA STATE OF
1228866Guyed tower364 ft2001RhodesAmerican Tower LLC
1032427Guyed tower345 ft1997MarshalltownARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1023009Tower328 ft1987MarshalltownTrending Media, Inc.
1016620Tower314 ft1989MarshalltownRACOM CORPORATION
1005300Lattice tower310 ft2017MarshalltownINTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1201034Guyed tower310 ft2012HaverhillUNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
1224247Guyed tower295 ft2001State CenterARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1243163Lattice tower295 ft2004MarshalltownARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1226290Tower265 ft2001MarshalltownCommunication Enhancement, LLC
1249188Guyed tower260 ft2005GilmanARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1276029Lattice tower260 ft2011MelbourneARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1321516Lattice tower260 ft2022St AnthonyMarshall County Iowa
1275862Lattice tower258 ft2010MarshalltownARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1254064Tower255 ft2006MarshalltownAlltel Corporation
1309240Lattice tower255 ft2019LaurelVertical Bridge Development, LLC
1023687Tower231 ft1950GilmanHeartland Tower Inc.
1249657Tower230 ft2006RhodesINTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1278704Tower213 ft2011LaurelMIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY
1023008Tower203 ft1997MarshalltownTrending Media, Inc.
1226676Lattice tower200 ft2001State CenterCrown Castle Tower 05 LLC
1024225Lattice tower199 ft1974MarshalltownAmerican Towers LLC
1256691Tower199 ft2007ClemmonsT-Mobile Central LLC
1266285Guyed tower199 ft2009MarshalltownAmerican Towers LLC
1309583Guyed tower199 ft2018MarshalltownCTI Assets II, LLC
1233590Lattice tower195 ft2002MarshalltownARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1255416Tower195 ft2006MarshalltownSBA Towers II LLC
1261337Tower195 ft2008MarshalltownAlltel Corporation
1306539Monopole193 ft2019MarshalltownMarshalltown, City of
1267743Lattice tower123 ft2009MarshalltownARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.

If you have a tower lease in Marshall 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: Clayton County (32), Hardin County (32), Iowa County (32), Muscatine County (32), Sioux 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.