Cell towers in Piatt County, IL

The FCC registry lists 21 constructed antenna structures in Piatt County, 0% of Illinois's 5,168. American Tower owns 7 of them (33%), so a landowner here with a tower lease is more likely than not dealing with one company. The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 11 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 21
2Tallest 1047 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 207 ft) 258 ft

Structures

rank 75 of 102 in IL

Most common type

Tower

52% of structures

Over 200 feet

81% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

33% built then

Who owns the towers in Piatt County

13 different registrants own the 21 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.

Constructed structures in Piatt County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 258 feet, 51 feet taller than the Illinois median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a tower near Monticello at 1047 feet, built in 1966. More than in any other decade, 33% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Piatt 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
1009570	Tower	1047 ft	1966	Monticello	Private owner (name withheld)
1051760	Guyed tower	383 ft	2014	Monticello	Champaign Multimedia Group, LLC
1009508	Tower	325 ft	1993	Hammond	KN Telecommunications Inc.
1014804	Guyed tower	319 ft	1993	Bement	American Towers LLC
1036156	Tower	313 ft	1962	Cisco	American Towers LLC
1294856	Lattice tower	306 ft	2015	Monticello	SBA Towers VI, LLC
1025688	Tower	305 ft	1990	Bement	Norfolk Southern Corporation
1008836	Tower	297 ft	1991	Deland	Crown Castle GT Company, LLC
1207783	Tower	295 ft	1995	Monticello	Crown Castle GT Company, LLC
1225023	Tower	260 ft	2001	Monticello	American Towers LLC
1271912	Tower	258 ft	2010	Ceroo Gordo	VB-S1 Assets, LLC
1279523	Mast	257 ft	2011	Atwood	Octagon Towers, LLC
1225295	Lattice tower	256 ft	2002	Mansfield	American Towers LLC
1227916	Lattice tower	256 ft	2001	Mansfield	American Towers LLC
1223564	Tower	255 ft	2001	White Heath	American Towers LLC
1295589	Lattice tower	225 ft	2015	Monticello	SBA Towers VI, LLC
1208836	Tower	209 ft	2000	Monticello	American Towers LLC
1218170	Lattice tower	199 ft	2004	Monticello	T-Mobile USA Tower LLC
1303335	Monopole	199 ft	2019	Bement	PI Tower Development LLC
1239587	Tower	171 ft	2003	Monticello	Piatt, County of
1309069	Lattice tower	100 ft	2018	Cerro Gordo	CTI Towers Assets II, LLC

If you have a tower lease in Piatt 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 Illinois with similar tower counts: Cumberland County (22), Richland County (22), Washington County (22), Warren County (21), Pulaski County (20).

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.