Iowa / Pocahontas County
#80 of 99 IA counties · 19 structures
Cell towers in Pocahontas County, IA
The FCC registry lists 19 constructed antenna structures in Pocahontas County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 12 registrants; the largest, Alltel, has 5 (26%). None belongs to American Tower, Crown Castle or SBA.
Who owns the towers in Pocahontas County
12 different registrants own the 19 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.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 290 feet, 31 feet taller than the Iowa median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a tower near Palmer at 489 feet, built in 1990. More than in any other decade, 47% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1017578 | Tower | 489 ft | 1990 | Palmer | EVERTEK, INC. |
| 1244421 | Guyed tower | 400 ft | 2004 | Laurens | Laurens Municipal Communications Utility |
| 1017898 | Tower | 388 ft | 2003 | Laurens | Corn Belt Power Cooperative |
| 1308025 | Guyed tower | 315 ft | 2019 | Gilmore City | VB-S1 Assets, LLC |
| 1258180 | Guyed tower | 310 ft | 2007 | Gilmore City | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1259663 | Guyed tower | 310 ft | 2007 | Laurens | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1296560 | Lattice tower | 309 ft | 2020 | Fonda | Alltel Corporation |
| 1016185 | Tower | 306 ft | 1994 | Havelock | Northwest Telephone Cooperative Association |
| 1017899 | Tower | 293 ft | 2004 | Pocahontas | Corn Belt Power Cooperative |
| 1241585 | Guyed tower | 290 ft | 1976 | Pocahontas | CTI Towers, Inc. |
| 1258914 | Tower | 265 ft | 2007 | Laurens | Alltel Corporation |
| 1264189 | Tower | 265 ft | 2008 | Havelock | Alltel Corporation |
| 1308151 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 2019 | Albert City | Vertical Bridge Development, LLC |
| 1258602 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2007 | Pocahontas | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1295817 | Lattice tower | 256 ft | 2017 | Palmer | Alltel Corporation |
| 1310002 | Lattice tower | 228 ft | 2019 | Fonda | TowerCo 2013 LLC |
| 1252947 | Tower | 195 ft | 2006 | Pocahontas | Alltel Corporation |
| 1065092 | On a building | 138 ft | 1976 | Pocahontas | POCAHONTAS, COUNTY OF |
| 1205972 | Tower | 98 ft | 1996 | Pocahantas | IOWA, STATE OF IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION |
If you have a tower lease in Pocahontas 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: Louisa County (19), Monona County (19), Palo Alto County (19), Davis County (18), Guthrie County (18).
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.