Tower Landlord

Iowa / Wapello County

#34 of 99 IA counties · 33 structures

Cell towers in Wapello County, IA

The FCC registry lists 33 constructed antenna structures in Wapello County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 19 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 8 (24%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 4 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 33
  2. 2Tallest 500 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
  4. 4Median height (state 259 ft) 259 ft
Structures
33
rank 34 of 99 in IA
Most common type
Lattice tower
48% of structures
Over 200 feet
21
64% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
45% built then

Who owns the towers in Wapello County

19 different registrants own the 33 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 Infrastructure8Alltel4Crown Castle3INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT C2TowerCo 2013 LLC2TowerCo IV LLC2O-Town Communications, Inc. 1O-Town Communications, Inc. 1
Constructed structures in Wapello County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 259 feet, close to the Iowa median of 259 feet. The tallest is a tower near Ottumwa at 500 feet, built in 2006. More than in any other decade, 45% were built in the 2000s.

Lattice tower16Tower12Guyed tower4On a building1
Structures in Wapello County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11950s31980s51990s152000s62010s32020s
Structures in Wapello 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
1026021Tower500 ft2006OttumwaIowa Public Radio, Inc.
1018177Tower433 ft1986OttumwaOTTUMWA AREA TRANSLATOR SYSTEM INC
1017948Guyed tower420 ft1991EldonAlltel Corporation
1014417Tower415 ft1998OttumwaO-Town Communications, Inc. = KLEE
1016773On a building357 ft1980ChillicotheINTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1023677Lattice tower354 ft1958BlakesburgNortheast Missouri Electric Cooperative, Inc
1254811Lattice tower350 ft2006ChillicotheINTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1233577Tower315 ft2002OttumwaCommunication Enhancement, LLC
1234703Lattice tower315 ft2002OttumwaARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1016093Tower312 ft1985OttumwaO-Town Communications, Inc. = KTWA
1259029Guyed tower312 ft2007BloomfieldTowerCo IV LLC
1061269Guyed tower280 ft2018OttumwaBNSF Railway Co.
1235937Guyed tower274 ft2002OttumwaAmerican Towers LLC
1286927Lattice tower267 ft2013OttumwaWAPELLO, COUNTY OF
1209252Lattice tower265 ft2000OttumwaARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1232358Tower259 ft2003OttumwaGray Local Media, Inc.
1331332Lattice tower259 ft2025BlakesburgThe Towers, LLC
1286227Lattice tower254 ft2014OttumwaAlltel Corporation
1308828Lattice tower254 ft2020OttumwaALLTEL Corporation
1228669Lattice tower245 ft2001OttumwaARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1016271Lattice tower215 ft1991OttumwaQwest Corporation
1230263Tower200 ft2003AgencyCrown Castle Tower 05 LLC
1059573Tower199 ft1998BlakesburgAlltel Corporation
1256641Lattice tower199 ft2007EldonTowerCo IV LLC
1272021Tower197 ft2010OttumwaTowerCo 2013 LLC
1017084Lattice tower196 ft1992OttumwaARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1263183Lattice tower174 ft2026OttumwaARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1230264Tower165 ft2003OttumwaCrown Castle Tower 05 LLC
1230265Tower165 ft2003OttumwaCrown Castle Tower 05 LLC
1277178Lattice tower160 ft2012EldonARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1280790Lattice tower160 ft2011OttumwaARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1256640Tower150 ft2007OttumwaTowerCo 2013 LLC
1254632Lattice tower140 ft2006OttumwaARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.

If you have a tower lease in Wapello 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: Carroll County (33), Dallas County (33), Jones County (33), Clayton County (32), Hardin 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.