Cell towers in Lyon County, KS

The FCC registry lists 36 constructed antenna structures in Lyon County, 1% of Kansas's 2,852. Ownership is spread across 24 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 10 (28%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 12 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 36
2Tallest 514 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 293 ft) 320 ft

Structures

rank 18 of 105 in KS

Most common type

Tower

42% of structures

Over 200 feet

89% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

33% built then

Who owns the towers in Lyon County

24 different registrants own the 36 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 Lyon County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 320 feet, 27 feet taller than the Kansas median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Emporia at 514 feet, built in 1981. More than in any other decade, 33% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Lyon 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
1032290	Guyed tower	514 ft	1981	Emporia	SBA Towers II LLC
1065873	Tower	499 ft	1989	Reading	C&C CONSULTING, INC.
1254614	Guyed tower	430 ft	2007	Admire	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1025222	Guyed tower	420 ft	1991	Emporia	American Towers LLC
1028150	Guyed tower	419 ft	1997	Emporia	American Towers LLC
1031982	Other or unspecified	415 ft	1993	Reading	Kansas Department of Transportation
1257315	Lattice tower	415 ft	2008	Emporia	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1214884	Guyed tower	404 ft	2000	Bushong	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1032975	Tower	367 ft	1966	Emporia	VALU BROADCASTING INC DBA = KVOE AM KFFX FM
1032247	Tower	365 ft	1990	Allen	American Towers LLC
1032420	Guyed tower	364 ft	2017	Lyons	Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.
1064077	Guyed tower	360 ft	2010	Emporia	American Towers LLC
1063762	Tower	354 ft	1999	Neosho Rapids	American Towers LLC
1063754	Tower	353 ft	1999	Reading	American Towers LLC
1063764	Guyed tower	339 ft	1999	Reading	American Towers LLC
1064628	Guyed tower	336 ft	2011	Admire	American Towers LLC
1241948	Tower	325 ft	2004	Emporia	City of Emporia
1052183	Tower	320 ft	1973	Emporia	Great Plains Christian Radio, Inc.
1250001	Tower	320 ft	2007	Allen	Lyon County Board Of Commissioners Of Emporia, Kansas
1252745	Tower	320 ft	2008	Olpe	Lyon County Board Of Commissioners of Emporia, Kansas
1323108	Lattice tower	320 ft	2023	Emporia	Private owner (name withheld)
1032976	Tower	315 ft	1984	Emporia	VALU BROADCASTING INC DBA = KVOE FM
1324403	Lattice tower	315 ft	2023	Americus	ALLTEL Corporation
1017306	Tower	300 ft	2002	Olpe	Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LP
1056710	Tower	300 ft	1998	Americus	Zito Midwest, LLC
1029384	Tower	297 ft	1996	Emporia	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.
1253929	Tower	282 ft	2006	Olpe	My Town Media, Inc.
1046385	Guyed tower	273 ft	2000	Emporia	BNSF Railway Co.
1328690	Lattice tower	271 ft	2025	Emporia	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1263271	Guyed tower	264 ft	2008	Olpe	SBA Towers III LLC
1065231	Lattice tower	259 ft	1999	Emporia	American Towers LLC
1301938	Guyed tower	250 ft	2017	Council Grove	Nex-Tech Wireless, LLC
1040903	Tower	198 ft	2009	Emporia	CTI Towers, Inc.
1314382	Lattice tower	185 ft	2020	Emporia	PI Tower Development LLC, C/O LendLease Americas Inc.
1294241	Guyed tower	170 ft	2001	Emporia	American Towers LLC
1028340	Lattice tower	166 ft	1997	Emporia	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.

If you have a tower lease in Lyon 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: Ford County (41), Ellsworth County (40), Leavenworth County (37), Dickinson County (35), Douglas County (34).

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.