Cell towers in Wabaunsee County, KS

The FCC registry lists 23 constructed antenna structures in Wabaunsee 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 11 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 23
2Tallest 496 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 293 ft) 310 ft

Structures

rank 49 of 105 in KS

Most common type

Tower

48% of structures

Over 200 feet

96% of structures

Peak build decade

1990s

35% built then

Who owns the towers in Wabaunsee County

12 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.

Constructed structures in Wabaunsee County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 310 feet, 17 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 Alta Vista at 496 feet, built in 1998. More than in any other decade, 35% were built in the 1990s.

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

Structures in Wabaunsee 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
1038629	Guyed tower	496 ft	1998	Alta Vista	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1025225	Guyed tower	420 ft	2001	Alma	American Towers LLC
1263284	Guyed tower	404 ft	2008	Alma	SBA Towers III LLC
1058805	Tower	400 ft	1981	Maple Hill	UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
1062291	Tower	344 ft	1999	Maple Hill	American Towers LLC
1063636	Guyed tower	343 ft	1999	Alma	American Towers LLC
1201136	Tower	335 ft	1999	Paxico	American Towers LLC
1012361	Tower	321 ft	1996	Manhattan	ANR Pipeline Company
1264263	Guyed tower	320 ft	2009	Eskridge	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.
1263438	Guyed tower	315 ft	2010	Alma	Crown Communication LLC
1277466	Tower	315 ft	2011	Alta Vista	CCTM2 LLC
1284988	Guyed tower	310 ft	2012	Alma	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1019125	Tower	303 ft	1997	Maple Hill	American Towers LLC
1064357	Tower	302 ft	1962	Eskridge	CLI Towers Inc.
1261511	Tower	295 ft	2005	Topeka	US Coast Guard Navigation Center
1046566	Tower	277 ft	1985	Belvue	UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
1326580	Guyed tower	270 ft	2025	Maple Hill	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1329446	Lattice tower	264 ft	2026	Belvue	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1200507	Guyed tower	256 ft	2000	Eskridge	American Towers LLC
1031988	Other or unspecified	255 ft	1993	Eskridge	Kansas Department of Transportation
1037531	Tower	246 ft	2003	Alma	American Towers LLC
1032378	Guyed tower	210 ft	1990	Belvue	American Towers LLC
1046558	Tower	200 ft	1982	Mc Farland	UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

If you have a tower lease in Wabaunsee 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: Jefferson County (23), Osage County (23), Sherman County (23), Meade County (22), Wilson County (22).

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.