Kansas / Osage County

#47 of 105 KS counties · 23 structures

Cell towers in Osage County, KS

The FCC registry lists 23 constructed antenna structures in Osage County, 1% of Kansas's 2,852. American Tower owns 8 of them (35%), 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 9 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 23
  2. 2Tallest 504 ft
  3. 3Largest owner American Tower
  4. 4Median height (state 293 ft) 260 ft
Structures
23
rank 47 of 105 in KS
Most common type
Tower
43% of structures
Over 200 feet
19
83% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
43% built then

Who owns the towers in Osage County

13 different registrants own the 23 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.

American Tower8Topeka Cellular Telephone Co3US Army Corps of Engineers2Tillman Infrastructure2Southern Star Central Gas Pi1CTI Towers Assets II, LLC1CTI Towers, Inc.1LYON COFFEY ELECTRIC COOPERA1
Constructed structures in Osage County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 260 feet, 33 feet shorter than the Kansas median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a guyed tower near Scranton at 504 feet, built in 2003. More than in any other decade, 43% were built in the 2000s.

Tower10Guyed tower9Lattice tower4
Structures in Osage County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11970s11980s61990s102000s22010s32020s
Structures in Osage 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
1212114Guyed tower504 ft2003ScrantonGlobal Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC
1252178Guyed tower500 ft2006OverbrookViking Enterprises, LLC
1032077Guyed tower408 ft1991ScrantonAmerican Towers LLC
1034059Tower370 ft1993OsageTopeka Cellular Telephone Company, Inc.
1063111Guyed tower337 ft2001BurlingameAmerican Towers LLC
1212153Guyed tower336 ft2000OverbrookAmerican Towers LLC
1063110Guyed tower334 ft1999MelvernAmerican Towers LLC
1063112Guyed tower334 ft1999WakarusaAmerican Towers LLC
1063109Guyed tower333 ft1999LeboAmerican Towers LLC
1275221Tower289 ft2010Osage CityTopeka Cellular Telephone Company, Inc.
1034006Guyed tower280 ft1976Osage CityCTI Towers, Inc.
1317503Lattice tower260 ft2021QuenemoBNSF Railway Co.
1250623Lattice tower259 ft2006BurlingameTopeka Cellular Telephone Company, Inc.
1216227Tower257 ft2010LeboSTC Five LLC
1318159Lattice tower255 ft2021BurlingameTillman Infrastructure, LLC
1061469Tower247 ft1981Osage CityLYON COFFEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC
1032408Tower225 ft2007LyndonSouthern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.
1034000Tower220 ft1990CarbondaleCTI Towers Assets II, LLC
1320960Lattice tower215 ft2023LyndonTillman Infrastructure, LLC
1272181Tower200 ft2009VassarUS Army Corps of Engineers
1213622Tower199 ft2000LyndonSBA Steel, LLC.
1268690Tower199 ft2009Osage CityAmerican Towers LLC
1272536Tower197 ft2009MelvernUS Army Corps of Engineers

If you have a tower lease in Osage 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: Logan County (24), Neosho County (24), Jefferson County (23), Sherman County (23), Wabaunsee County (23).

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.