Cell towers in Winnebago County, IA

The FCC registry lists 20 constructed antenna structures in Winnebago County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 13 registrants; the largest, Alltel, has 4 (20%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 1 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 20
2Tallest 410 ft
3Largest owner Alltel
4Median height (state 259 ft) 260 ft

Structures

rank 73 of 99 in IA

Most common type

Tower

50% of structures

Over 200 feet

55% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

30% built then

Who owns the towers in Winnebago County

13 different registrants own the 20 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.

Constructed structures in Winnebago 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 guyed tower near Winnebago at 410 feet, built in 1992. More than in any other decade, 30% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Winnebago 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
1017362	Guyed tower	410 ft	1992	Winnebago	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1303043	Lattice tower	399 ft	2017	Leland	IOWA STATE OF
1019524	Tower	318 ft	1993	Forest City	PILOT KNOB BROADCASTING INC DBA = KIOW FM RADIO
1308150	Guyed tower	315 ft	2019	Thompson	Vertical Bridge Development, LLC
1059845	Tower	313 ft	1997	Forest City	Alltel Corporation
1255208	Other or unspecified	310 ft	2006	Buffalo Center	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1300011	Guyed tower	300 ft	2014	Forest City	Wireless Towerco LLC
1018088	Tower	272 ft	1995	Lake Mills	Alltel Corporation
1238650	Lattice tower	265 ft	2003	Lake Mills	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1249597	Tower	265 ft	2005	Forest City	SBA Towers II LLC
1259865	Tower	255 ft	2007	Buffalo Center	Alltel Corporation
1315459	Monopole	199 ft	2020	Rake	TowerCo 2013 LLC
1017656	On a building	190 ft	1984	Lake Mills	WINNEBAGO COOPERATIVE TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION
1254179	Tower	190 ft	2006	Lake Mills	Wireless Towerco LLC
1264614	Tower	187 ft	2008	Scarville	Wireless Towerco LLC
1281044	Tower	160 ft	2011	Lake Mills	Kingland Systems Corp
1305252	Monopole	133 ft	2019	Forest City	ALLTEL Corporation
1016812	Tower	130 ft	1986	Thompson	WINNEBAGO COOPERATIVE TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION DBA = WINNEBAGO CO OP CABLEVISION
1016811	Tower	110 ft	1980	Lake Mills	WINNEBAGO COOPERATIVE TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION DBA = WINNEBAGO CO OP CABLEVISION
1307954	Lattice tower	80 ft	2017	Forest City	CTI Towers Assets II, LLC

If you have a tower lease in Winnebago 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: Sac County (21), Audubon County (20), Shelby County (20), Cherokee County (19), Floyd 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.