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Iowa / Poweshiek County

#19 of 99 IA counties · 42 structures

Cell towers in Poweshiek County, IA

The FCC registry lists 42 constructed antenna structures in Poweshiek County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 21 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 7 (17%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 8 between them.

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  1. 1Constructed structures 42
  2. 2Tallest 535 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
  4. 4Median height (state 259 ft) 254 ft
Structures
42
rank 19 of 99 in IA
Most common type
Lattice tower
38% of structures
Over 200 feet
26
62% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
40% built then

Who owns the towers in Poweshiek County

21 different registrants own the 42 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 Infrastructure7American Tower6INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT C4Poweshiek, County of4Alltel2Crown Castle2City of Grinnell, IA2Cooperative Telephone Compan2
Constructed structures in Poweshiek County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 254 feet, close to the Iowa median of 259 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Grinnell at 535 feet, built in 2016. More than in any other decade, 40% were built in the 2000s.

Lattice tower16Tower11Guyed tower8Monopole4Pole2Mast1
Structures in Poweshiek County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
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Structures in Poweshiek 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
1018221Guyed tower535 ft2016GrinnellCrown Castle South LLC
1045883Tower500 ft1998VictorFLORIDA PUBLIC RADIO INC
1209806Tower415 ft2000GrinnellSpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC.
1302999Lattice tower408 ft2017MalcomIOWA STATE OF
1005010Lattice tower375 ft1996MalcomARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1036448Guyed tower345 ft1998MontezumaARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1224838Lattice tower345 ft2001BrooklynARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1242868Tower338 ft2004MalcomVCY America, Inc
1048378Tower315 ft1999VictorNorthern Border Pipeline Company
1308210Guyed tower315 ft2019MalcomVB-S1 Assets, LLC
1018063Guyed tower311 ft1991GrinnellAlltel Corporation
1255669Guyed tower310 ft2007GrinnellINTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1322870Lattice tower310 ft2022BrooklynTowerCo 2013 LLC
1257838Guyed tower309 ft2007Deep RiverARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1052680Guyed tower308 ft2000BrooklynAmerican Towers LLC
1323357Lattice tower305 ft2023MomtezumaPoweshiek, County of
1323358Lattice tower305 ft2023MalcomPoweshiek, County of
1243445Tower265 ft2004MontezumaAlltel Corporation
1309527Lattice tower265 ft2019Deep RiverVertical Bridge Development, LLC
1331882Lattice tower260 ft2026BrooklynCitySwitch II, LLC
1258976Lattice tower259 ft2007BrooklynARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1312346Lattice tower250 ft2022Barnes CityTowerCo 2013 LLC
1323167Lattice tower225 ft2023GrinnellPoweshiek, County of
1323356Lattice tower225 ft2023BrooklynPoweshiek, County of
1299113Lattice tower220 ft2017MontezumaINTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1206914Guyed tower215 ft2008GrinnellINTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1063291Lattice tower199 ft1998BrooklynAmerican Towers LLC
1211533Lattice tower199 ft2005GrinnellARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1254231Tower199 ft2006GuernseyCooperative Telephone Company
1017715Tower195 ft1975GrinnellPrivate owner (name withheld)
1231814Lattice tower195 ft2002MontezumaAmerican Towers LLC
1254229Tower192 ft2006HartwickCooperative Telephone Company
1050585Monopole180 ft1998GrinnellAmerican Towers LLC
1247533Tower160 ft2005GrinnellBrooklyn Mutual Telephone
1252622Monopole157 ft2006GrinnellAmerican Towers LLC
1240586Tower155 ft1957GrinnellCrown Castle South LLC
1311591Monopole129 ft2019GrinnellARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1313142Monopole105 ft1997GrinnellINTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1211343Tower79 ft2000GrinnellIOWA, STATE OF
1205307Pole56 ft1993GrinnellMAYFLOWER HOME INC.
1203119Pole55 ft1999GrinnellCity of Grinnell, IA
1251037Mast33 ft2006GrinnellCity of Grinnell, IA

If you have a tower lease in Poweshiek 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: Cerro Gordo County (45), Jasper County (44), Plymouth County (44), Cedar County (39), Boone County (38).

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.