Cell towers in Decatur County, KS

The FCC registry lists 19 constructed antenna structures in Decatur County, 1% of Kansas's 2,852. Ownership is spread across 15 registrants; the largest, Alltel, has 3 (16%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 1 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 19
2Tallest 679 ft
3Largest owner Alltel
4Median height (state 293 ft) 295 ft

Structures

rank 64 of 105 in KS

Most common type

Tower

42% of structures

Over 200 feet

63% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

42% built then

Who owns the towers in Decatur County

15 different registrants own the 19 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 Decatur County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 295 feet, close to the Kansas median of 293 feet. The tallest is a tower near Oberlin at 679 feet, built in 2003. More than in any other decade, 42% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Decatur 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
1031277	Tower	679 ft	2003	Oberlin	Nexstar Media Inc.
1308810	Guyed tower	497 ft	2019	Oberlin	Uniti Towers LLC
1032170	Tower	471 ft	1994	Oberlin	Alltel Corporation
1033271	Tower	453 ft	1976	Oberlin	Armada Media Corporation
1215868	Other or unspecified	415 ft	2001	Oberlin	Kansas Department of Transportation
1299787	Guyed tower	409 ft	2017	Oberlin	SBA Structures, LLC
1268541	Tower	350 ft	2009	Norcatur	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1034790	Tower	300 ft	1969	Oberlin	CTI Towers Assets II, LLC
1249566	Other or unspecified	300 ft	2005	Norcatur	Nex-Tech Wireless, LLC
1289791	Lattice tower	295 ft	2014	Norcatur	Alltel Corporation
1325838	Guyed tower	285 ft	2023	Jennings	Vertical Bridge Development, LLC
1283300	Mast	244 ft	2013	Oberlin	Alltel Corporation
1249741	Other or unspecified	198 ft	2005	Oberlin	Nex-Tech Wireless, LLC
1036750	Tower	180 ft	1999	Oberlin	Church Of Christ
1230426	Tower	177 ft	2001	Oberlin	Pinpoint Communications, Inc.
1260712	Tower	161 ft	2007	Oberlin	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC.
1286279	Lattice tower	117 ft	2013	Oberlin	Sunflower Electric Power Corporation
1254818	Pole	60 ft	2006	Oberlin	Oberlin, City of
1275786	Mast	35 ft	2010	Oberlin	Oberlin, City of

If you have a tower lease in Decatur 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 Kansas with similar tower counts: Rawlins County (20), Scott County (20), Smith County (20), Lincoln County (19), Rice County (19).

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.