Kansas / Pawnee County
#96 of 105 KS counties · 12 structures
Cell towers in Pawnee County, KS
The FCC registry lists 12 constructed antenna structures in Pawnee County, 0% of Kansas's 2,852. Ownership is spread across 11 registrants; the largest, SBA Communications, has 3 (25%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 4 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 12
- 2Tallest 350 ft
- 3Largest owner SBA Communications
- 4Median height (state 293 ft) 284 ft
Who owns the towers in Pawnee County
11 different registrants own the 12 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.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 284 feet, close to the Kansas median of 293 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Kinsley at 350 feet, built in 2021. More than in any other decade, 33% were built in the 2000s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1305871 | Guyed tower | 350 ft | 2021 | Kinsley | Midwest Energy, Inc. |
| 1329761 | Guyed tower | 350 ft | 2025 | Rush Center | Nex-Tech Wireless |
| 1241801 | Guyed tower | 323 ft | 2004 | Burdett | MRT Communications, Inc. |
| 1311006 | Guyed tower | 310 ft | 2019 | Larned | VB BTS III, LLC |
| 1034988 | Tower | 305 ft | 1961 | Larned | Ad Astra per Aspera Broadcasting, Inc. |
| 1215436 | Tower | 303 ft | 2000 | Sanford | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1038590 | Tower | 265 ft | 1996 | Larned | American Towers LLC |
| 1224399 | Tower | 260 ft | 2001 | Pawnee Rock | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1279439 | Tower | 200 ft | 2011 | Rozel | SBA Towers III LLC |
| 1283482 | Tower | 200 ft | 2012 | Garfield | Horvath Towers III, LLC |
| 1227879 | Water tank | 168 ft | 2001 | Larned | City of Larned |
| 1032692 | Other or unspecified | 110 ft | 1985 | Larned | Kansas Department of Transportation |
If you have a tower lease in Pawnee 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: Greeley County (12), Hodgeman County (12), Osborne County (12), Rush County (12), Cheyenne County (11).
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.