Iowa / Winneshiek County

#29 of 99 IA counties · 35 structures

Cell towers in Winneshiek County, IA

The FCC registry lists 35 constructed antenna structures in Winneshiek County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 17 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 7 (20%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 1 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 35
  2. 2Tallest 499 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
  4. 4Median height (state 259 ft) 264 ft
Structures
35
rank 29 of 99 in IA
Most common type
Lattice tower
46% of structures
Over 200 feet
25
71% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
37% built then

Who owns the towers in Winneshiek County

17 different registrants own the 35 structures. 2 are registered to individuals or family trusts, whose names 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 Infrastructure7NEIT Properties, LLC6Winneshiek Co EMA5Alltel3Private owners2The Towers, LLC2INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT C1Crown Castle1
Constructed structures in Winneshiek County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 264 feet, close to the Iowa median of 259 feet. The tallest is a tower near Decorah at 499 feet, built in 2000. More than in any other decade, 37% were built in the 2000s.

Lattice tower16Tower14Guyed tower4Other or unspecified1
Structures in Winneshiek County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11960s31970s51990s132000s62010s72020s
Structures in Winneshiek 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
1200203Tower499 ft2000DecorahHawkeye Towers LLC
1026151Other or unspecified417 ft1991DecorahLA Communications, Inc.
1026017Tower401 ft1997DecorahIOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD DBA = IOWA PUBLIC TELEVISION
1017107Guyed tower390 ft2009DecorahARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1331053Guyed tower359 ft2025DecorahThe Towers, LLC
1228666Lattice tower355 ft2001CalmerARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1017698Lattice tower335 ft1993DecorahINTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1300031Lattice tower325 ft2017DecorahWinneshiek Co EMA
1017840Tower322 ft1978DecorahPinnacle Towers LLC
1220207Tower310 ft2001CalmarNEIT Properties, LLC
1223762Tower310 ft2001DecorahNEIT Properties, LLC
1235022Tower310 ft2002PostvilleNEIT Properties, LLC
1260785Lattice tower309 ft2008OssianARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1331093Lattice tower284 ft2025OssianThe Towers, LLC
1324656Lattice tower269 ft2023DecorahWinneshiek Co EMA
1310998Lattice tower265 ft2020DecorahAlltel Communications, LLC
1065677Guyed tower264 ft1999CalmarAlltel Corporation
1324657Lattice tower264 ft2023DecorahWinneshiek Co EMA
1268239Guyed tower260 ft2009RidgewayARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1285203Lattice tower259 ft2013DecorahAlltel Corporation
1285521Lattice tower259 ft2012SpillvilleARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1250582Lattice tower252 ft2005DecorahARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1324654Lattice tower244 ft2023CalmarWinneshiek Co EMA
1018143Tower208 ft1968DecorahLUTHER COLLEGE DBA = KWLC RADIO
1324655Lattice tower204 ft2023OssianWinneshiek Co EMA
1220214Tower199 ft2001Ft AtkinsonNEIT Properties, LLC
1222173Tower199 ft2001RidgewayNEIT Properties, LLC
1223745Tower175 ft2001DecorahNEIT Properties, LLC
1306573Lattice tower169 ft2018DecorahARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1209586Tower148 ft1974DecorahPrivate owner (name withheld)
1289721Lattice tower125 ft2014DecorahPrivate owner (name withheld)
1307961Lattice tower99 ft2017DecorahCTI Assets II, LLC
1236720Tower85 ft2002DecorahEIP Holdings II, LLC
1255799Tower52 ft1970DecorahDecorah Municipal Airport
1202988Tower30 ft1992DecorahIOWA, STATE OF IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

If you have a tower lease in Winneshiek 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: Cass County (36), Mills County (36), Page County (36), Washington County (34), Carroll County (33).

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.