Idaho / Caribou County

#20 of 44 ID counties · 16 structures

Cell towers in Caribou County, ID

The FCC registry lists 16 constructed antenna structures in Caribou County, 2% of Idaho's 929. Ownership is spread across 14 registrants; the largest, Caribou, County of, has 3 (19%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 2 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 16
  2. 2Tallest 326 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Caribou, County of
  4. 4Median height (state 140 ft) 106 ft
Structures
16
rank 20 of 44 in ID
Most common type
Tower
75% of structures
Over 200 feet
1
6% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
31% built then

Who owns the towers in Caribou County

14 different registrants own the 16 structures. One is registered to an individual or family trust, whose name 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.

Caribou, County of3Union Pacific Railroad2Qwest Corporation1Silver Star Telephone Compan1Idaho 6-Clark Limited Partne1GoldenState Towers, LLC1NTCH Idaho, Inc.1SBA Communications1
Constructed structures in Caribou County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 106 feet, 34 feet shorter than the Idaho median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Soda Springs at 326 feet, built in 1957. More than in any other decade, 31% were built in the 2000s.

Tower12Lattice tower2Monopole2
Structures in Caribou County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
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Structures in Caribou 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
1241728Tower326 ft1957Soda SpringsFlash Broadcasting, LLC
1317165Monopole140 ft2021BancroftAmerican Towers LLC
1228989Tower123 ft2002DowneyNTCH Idaho, Inc.
1060102Tower121 ft2012Soda SpringsUNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
1226372Lattice tower120 ft2001Soda SpringsGoldenState Towers, LLC
1231785Tower116 ft2002LundSBA Towers II LLC
1055813Tower110 ft1994Soda SpringsSilver Star Telephone Company, Inc.
1059462Tower109 ft1994Soda SpringsIdaho 6-Clark Limited Partnership
1041504Tower104 ft1975Soda SpringsQwest Corporation
1247989Tower80 ft2006Soda SpringsCaribou, County of
1259455Lattice tower70 ft2020Soda SpringsCaribou, County of
1234590Tower65 ft1986Soda SpringsNorthwest Pipeline West Inc
1305385Monopole65 ft2018BancroftUNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
1242958Tower62 ft1997Soda SpringINDEPENDENT CABLE SYSTEMS OF IDAHO, LLC
1277471Tower59 ft2011Soda SpringsCaribou, County of
1237305Tower22 ft2003Soda SpringsPrivate owner (name withheld)

If you have a tower lease in Caribou 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 Idaho with similar tower counts: Clearwater County (19), Benewah County (17), Valley County (17), Fremont County (16), Minidoka County (15).

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.