Cell towers in Payette County, ID

The FCC registry lists 15 constructed antenna structures in Payette County, 2% of Idaho's 929. Ownership is spread across 10 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 3 (20%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 4 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 15
2Tallest 420 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 140 ft) 199 ft

Structures

rank 23 of 44 in ID

Most common type

Tower

67% of structures

Over 200 feet

47% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

53% built then

Who owns the towers in Payette County

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

Height and age

The median structure here stands 199 feet, 59 feet taller than the Idaho median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a tower near Caldwell at 420 feet, built in 2006. Most 53% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Payette 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
1254837	Tower	420 ft	2006	Caldwell	RADIO TOWERS, LLC
1235627	Tower	405 ft	1982	Payette	SUTRO CORPORATION
1051640	Tower	320 ft	1991	Letha	PEGASUS CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY
1210111	Tower	318 ft	2000	New Plymouth	SpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC.
1039685	Tower	313 ft	1995	New Plymouth	Verizon Americas LLC
1210983	Tower	311 ft	2000	Caldwell	SpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC.
1228571	Guyed tower	310 ft	1996	New Plymouth	AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC
1226405	Tower	199 ft	2001	New Plymouth	SpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC.
1239419	Tower	196 ft	2002	Parma	Farmers Mutual Telephone Company
1239417	Tower	165 ft	2001	Fruitland	Farmers Mutual Telephone Company
1039686	Tower	159 ft	2004	Payette	Verizon Americas LLC
1240254	Monopole	153 ft	2003	Payette	CCATT LLC
1013943	Guyed tower	109 ft	1996	Payette	T-Mobile West Tower LLC
1300798	Lattice tower	100 ft	2017	Payette	Farmers Mutual Telephone Company
1320271	Lattice tower	100 ft	2021	Payette	Digis LLC

If you have a tower lease in Payette 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: Caribou County (16), Fremont County (16), Minidoka County (15), Boise County (14), Shoshone County (14).

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.