Cell towers in Riley County, KS

The FCC registry lists 30 constructed antenna structures in Riley County, 1% of Kansas's 2,852. Ownership is spread across 17 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 5 (17%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 9 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 30
2Tallest 496 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 293 ft) 284 ft

Structures

rank 33 of 105 in KS

Most common type

Tower

43% of structures

Over 200 feet

73% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

30% built then

Who owns the towers in Riley County

17 different registrants own the 30 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 Riley County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 284 feet, close to the Kansas median of 293 feet. The tallest is a structure near Randolph at 496 feet, built in 1997. More than in any other decade, 30% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Riley 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
1032560	Other or unspecified	496 ft	1997	Randolph	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1027737	Tower	422 ft	1997	Manhattan	American Towers LLC
1232098	Tower	400 ft	2002	Manhattan	Manhattan Broadcasting, Inc.
1311220	Guyed tower	400 ft	2019	Randolph	Riley Co
1262428	Tower	350 ft	2008	Leonardville	SBA Towers III LLC
1031165	Guyed tower	334 ft	2002	Manhattan	American Towers LLC
1242001	Lattice tower	325 ft	2016	Ft. Riley	SBA Towers II LLC
1327709	Lattice tower	325 ft	2025	Ft. Riley	SBA Towers II LLC
1255982	Lattice tower	310 ft	2006	Riley	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1033059	Tower	303 ft	1971	Manhattan	MANHATTAN BROADCASTING CO INC DBA = KMAN-AM / KMKF-FM RADIO
1203858	Tower	303 ft	1999	Manhattan	American Towers LLC
1311218	Guyed tower	300 ft	2020	Manhttan	Riley County
1311219	Guyed tower	300 ft	2019	Manhattan	Riley Co
1312844	Guyed tower	300 ft	2020	Manhattan	Riley Co
1032031	Tower	298 ft	1986	Manhattan	Eagle Communications Inc
1031589	Other or unspecified	270 ft	1966	Manhattan	KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND APPLIED SCIENCE
1262802	Tower	261 ft	2008	Randolph	SBA Towers III LLC
1029397	Tower	252 ft	1963	Manhattan	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.
1319995	Lattice tower	248 ft	2022	Randolph	Harmoni Towers, LLC
1313530	Guyed tower	242 ft	2020	Manhattan	Riley Co
1254646	Tower	218 ft	2007	Waterville	Blue Valley Tele-Communications
1268046	Tower	210 ft	2009	Manhattan	US Army Corps of Engineers
1235384	Other or unspecified	200 ft	1968	Near Manhattan	KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
1206206	Monopole	199 ft	2002	Manhattan	American Towers LLC
1240847	Guyed tower	199 ft	1966	Manhattan	MANHATTAN BROADCASTING CO INC DBA = KMAN-AM / KMKF-FM RADIO
1245108	Tower	198 ft	2004	Riley	Alltel Corporation
1280297	Tower	170 ft	2011	Manhattan	Alltel Corporation
1282352	Tree / stealth	158 ft	2013	Manhattan	American Towers LLC
1277468	Tower	139 ft	2011	Ogden	T-Mobile USA Tower LLC
1289683	Monopole	129 ft	1995	Manhattan	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.

If you have a tower lease in Riley 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: Seward County (31), Thomas County (31), Geary County (30), Harper County (28), Marshall County (28).

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.