Cell towers in Rice County, KS

The FCC registry lists 19 constructed antenna structures in Rice County, 1% of Kansas's 2,852. Ownership is spread across 13 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 3 (16%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 4 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 19
2Tallest 558 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 293 ft) 344 ft

Structures

rank 66 of 105 in KS

Most common type

Guyed tower

53% of structures

Over 200 feet

89% of structures

Peak build decade

1990s

26% built then

Who owns the towers in Rice County

13 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 Rice County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 344 feet, 51 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 Sterling at 558 feet, built in 2006. More than in any other decade, 26% were built in the 1990s.

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

Structures in Rice 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
1248492	Guyed tower	558 ft	2006	Sterling	Ad Astra per Aspera Broadcasting, Inc.
1032230	Guyed tower	497 ft	1991	Bushton	American Towers LLC
1013809	Other or unspecified	496 ft	1996	Lyons	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1330120	Guyed tower	449 ft	2025	Bushton	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1041612	Other or unspecified	413 ft	1998	Lyons	Kansas Department of Transportation
1032924	Tower	354 ft	1983	Lyons	Mutual Telephone Company
1305872	Guyed tower	350 ft	2021	Chase	Midwest Energy, Inc.
1307104	Guyed tower	350 ft	2021	Lyons	Midwest Energy, Inc.
1042566	Tower	349 ft	1989	Alden	ANR Pipeline Company
1034963	Tower	344 ft	1996	Nickerson	JMZ Corporation
1323200	Guyed tower	309 ft	2023	Lyons	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1031164	Guyed tower	306 ft	1984	Lyons	American Towers LLC
1031279	Guyed tower	303 ft	1962	Lyons	SBA Towers II LLC
1063632	Tower	295 ft	1999	Nickerson	ANR Pipeline Company
1032407	Guyed tower	260 ft	2017	Lyons	Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.
1262194	Other or unspecified	260 ft	2010	Sterling	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1285092	Guyed tower	256 ft	2012	Alden	Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC
1321695	Monopole	120 ft	2022	Lyons	AMG Technology Investment Group
1032691	Other or unspecified	70 ft	1981	Lyons	Kansas Department of Transportation

If you have a tower lease in Rice 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: Smith County (20), Decatur County (19), Lincoln County (19), Chautauqua County (18), Clark County (18).

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.