Cell towers in Monona County, IA

The FCC registry lists 19 constructed antenna structures in Monona County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 14 registrants; the largest, Iowa 8-Monona Limited Partnership, has 3 (16%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 5 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 19
2Tallest 600 ft
3Largest owner Iowa 8-Monona Limited Partnership
4Median height (state 259 ft) 260 ft

Structures

rank 78 of 99 in IA

Most common type

Guyed tower

37% of structures

Over 200 feet

68% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

42% built then

Who owns the towers in Monona County

14 different registrants own the 19 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.

Constructed structures in Monona County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 260 feet, close to the Iowa median of 259 feet. The tallest is a tower near Onawa at 600 feet, built in 1988. More than in any other decade, 42% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Monona 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
1017834	Tower	600 ft	1988	Onawa	RACOM Corp.
1031567	Guyed tower	455 ft	2013	Mapleton	CCATT LLC
1204144	Guyed tower	378 ft	2020	Hornick	K-LOVE, Inc.
1223529	Guyed tower	333 ft	2001	Onawa	American Towers LLC
1223606	Guyed tower	331 ft	2001	Whiting	American Towers LLC
1018074	Guyed tower	312 ft	1998	Onawa	Iowa 8-Monona Limited Partnership
1303695	Lattice tower	300 ft	2018	Castana	IOWA STATE OF
1054545	Guyed tower	299 ft	2010	Onawa	CCATT LLC
1023678	Tower	283 ft	1963	Castana	Private owner (name withheld)
1255602	Tower	260 ft	2007	Castana	Monona, County of
1307267	Lattice tower	259 ft	2019	Blencoe	Horvath Towers V, LLC
1326804	Lattice tower	256 ft	2024	Soldier	Iowa 8-Monona Limited Partnership
1015204	Tower	250 ft	2003	Onawa	NORTHWEST IOWA POWER COOPERATIVE
1257693	Lattice tower	195 ft	2006	Onawa	SBA Infrastructures, LLC
1328155	Lattice tower	189 ft	2024	Whiting	TowerNorth Development, LLC
1031906	Guyed tower	187 ft	1989	Mapleton	Private owner (name withheld)
1276537	Tower	158 ft	2006	Soldier	TV6-W, LLC
1059695	Tower	155 ft	2007	Mapleton	Iowa 8-Monona Limited Partnership
1268702	Monopole	134 ft	2008	Mapleton	TV6 Holdings, LLC

If you have a tower lease in Monona 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: Floyd County (19), Grundy County (19), Louisa County (19), Palo Alto County (19), Pocahontas County (19).

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.