Iowa / Tama County
#15 of 99 IA counties · 46 structures
Cell towers in Tama County, IA
The FCC registry lists 46 constructed antenna structures in Tama County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 24 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 9 (20%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 8 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 46
- 2Tallest 450 ft
- 3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
- 4Median height (state 259 ft) 264 ft
Who owns the towers in Tama County
24 different registrants own the 46 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 264 feet, close to the Iowa median of 259 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Traer at 450 feet, built in 2003. More than in any other decade, 48% were built in the 2010s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1240125 | Guyed tower | 450 ft | 2003 | Traer | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1016872 | Guyed tower | 420 ft | 1996 | Gladbrook | Alltel Corporation |
| 1229811 | Guyed tower | 350 ft | 2002 | Vining | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1056817 | Lattice tower | 345 ft | 1998 | Elberon | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1002706 | Guyed tower | 338 ft | 1996 | Toledo | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1017354 | Monopole | 320 ft | 1994 | Traer | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1272581 | Lattice tower | 320 ft | 2010 | Montour | Alltel Corporation |
| 1017835 | Tower | 316 ft | 1992 | Dunbar | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1032534 | Lattice tower | 315 ft | 1997 | Lincoln | INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY |
| 1307907 | Guyed tower | 315 ft | 2019 | Garwin | VB-S1 Assets, LLC |
| 1309960 | Guyed tower | 315 ft | 2019 | Traer | Vertical Bridge Development, LLC |
| 1016763 | Lattice tower | 311 ft | 2017 | Traer | INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY |
| 1233442 | Other or unspecified | 310 ft | 1997 | Toledo | Tama County |
| 1302998 | Lattice tower | 308 ft | 2017 | Toledo | IOWA STATE OF |
| 1045074 | Other or unspecified | 281 ft | 1943 | Dysart | TVT I, LLC |
| 1045075 | Other or unspecified | 281 ft | 1943 | Dysart | TVT I, LLC |
| 1323772 | Guyed tower | 280 ft | 1943 | Dysart | PTI US TOWERS II, LLC |
| 1314209 | Lattice tower | 270 ft | 2020 | Garwin | Tama County Emergency Management |
| 1314211 | Lattice tower | 270 ft | 2020 | Traer | Tama County Emergency Management |
| 1314212 | Lattice tower | 270 ft | 2020 | Vining | Tama County Emergency Management |
| 1230194 | Tower | 265 ft | 2001 | Tama | Communication Enhancement, LLC |
| 1248374 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 2005 | Gladbrook | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1308353 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 2019 | Gladbrook | Vertical Bridge Development, LLC |
| 1014911 | Tower | 262 ft | 1997 | Chelsea | Grupo Roble, LLC |
| 1287390 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2013 | Garwin | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1285603 | Lattice tower | 256 ft | 2013 | Dysart | Alltel Corporation |
| 1285388 | Lattice tower | 250 ft | 2012 | Gladbrook | MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY |
| 1314213 | Lattice tower | 245 ft | 2020 | Tama | Tama County Emergency Management |
| 1023680 | Tower | 238 ft | 1950 | Chelsea | Heartland Tower Inc. |
| 1201434 | Guyed tower | 237 ft | 2012 | Toledo | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY |
| 1238649 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2003 | Le Grand | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1249617 | Tower | 199 ft | 2005 | Clutier | DC Communications |
| 1287523 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2014 | Le Grand | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1297074 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2015 | Toledo | PI Telecom Infrastructure, LLC |
| 1238609 | Other or unspecified | 198 ft | 1997 | Toledo | Tama County |
| 1279611 | Monopole | 189 ft | 2011 | Tama | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1218581 | Monopole | 180 ft | 2000 | Elberon | TV6 Holdings LLC |
| 1281948 | Pole | 175 ft | 2012 | Toledo | American Towers LLC |
| 1309156 | Guyed tower | 150 ft | 2018 | Toledo | CTI Towers Assets II, LLC |
| 1302322 | Monopole | 135 ft | 2014 | Montour | American Towers LLC |
| 1302324 | Monopole | 135 ft | 2014 | Chelsea | American Towers LLC |
| 1299434 | Monopole | 121 ft | 2016 | Traer | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1302326 | Monopole | 107 ft | 2014 | Tama | American Towers LLC |
| 1302325 | Monopole | 106 ft | 2014 | Gladbrook | American Towers LLC |
| 1302323 | Monopole | 105 ft | 2014 | Toledo | American Towers LLC |
| 1322888 | Monopole | 99 ft | 2018 | Traer | Windstream Iowa Communications, LLC |
If you have a tower lease in Tama 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: Clinton County (53), Story County (53), Des Moines County (46), Cerro Gordo County (45), Jasper County (44).
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.