Cell towers in Worth County, IA

The FCC registry lists 22 constructed antenna structures in Worth County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 15 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 4 (18%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 2 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 22
2Tallest 498 ft
3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
4Median height (state 259 ft) 302 ft

Structures

rank 67 of 99 in IA

Most common type

Tower

50% of structures

Over 200 feet

82% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

41% built then

Who owns the towers in Worth County

15 different registrants own the 22 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 Worth County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 302 feet, 43 feet taller than the Iowa median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a tower near Kensett at 498 feet, built in 2006. More than in any other decade, 41% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Worth 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
1253099	Tower	498 ft	2006	Kensett	AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION
1228295	Tower	366 ft	2001	Hanlontown	SpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC.
1016628	Tower	345 ft	1965	Emmons	ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING CO
1230423	Tower	330 ft	2010	Grafton	Coloff Media
1232395	Other or unspecified	325 ft	2002	Hanlontown	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1017894	Tower	324 ft	1994	Northwood	Vertical Bridge S3 Assets, LLC
1017359	Other or unspecified	315 ft	1994	Northwood	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1018090	Tower	310 ft	1995	Northwood	Alltel Corporation
1059848	Tower	310 ft	1998	Hanlontown	Alltel Corporation
1333278	Guyed tower	310 ft	2026	Manly	Great Plains Towers, LLC
1308795	Guyed tower	305 ft	2019	Manly	Vertical Bridge Development, LLC
1258983	Tower	299 ft	2007	Halontown	Wireless Towerco LLC
1306027	Guyed tower	295 ft	1990	Northwood	Worth County
1232501	Tower	265 ft	2002	Garfton	Alltel Corporation
1302646	Lattice tower	265 ft	2019	Joice	Horvath Towers V, LLC
1258181	Other or unspecified	260 ft	2007	Northwood	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1220787	Guyed tower	256 ft	2001	Kensett	SBA Towers, LLC
1258984	Tower	249 ft	2007	Northwood	Wireless Towerco LLC
1278837	Other or unspecified	199 ft	2004	Kensett	INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1282056	Monopole	160 ft	2013	Northwood	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1307079	Lattice tower	149 ft	2019	Northwood	ALLTEL Corporation
1272072	Tower	138 ft	2010	Joice	Wireless Towerco LLC

If you have a tower lease in Worth 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: Chickasaw County (22), Dickinson County (22), Montgomery County (22), Hancock County (21), Lucas County (21).

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.