Cell towers in Sherburne County, MN

The FCC registry lists 25 constructed antenna structures in Sherburne County, 1% of Minnesota's 2,993. SBA Communications owns 9 of them (36%), 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 14 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 25
2Tallest 1509 ft
3Largest owner SBA Communications
4Median height (state 260 ft) 217 ft

Structures

rank 48 of 87 in MN

Most common type

Tower

28% of structures

Over 200 feet

56% of structures

Peak build decade

1990s

32% built then

Who owns the towers in Sherburne County

15 different registrants own the 25 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 Sherburne County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 217 feet, 43 feet shorter than the Minnesota median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a guyed tower near Big Lake at 1509 feet, built in 1997. More than in any other decade, 32% were built in the 1990s.

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

Structures in Sherburne 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
1028657	Guyed tower	1509 ft	1997	Big Lake	American Towers LLC
1022537	Guyed tower	395 ft	1987	Becker	SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1023282	Tower	340 ft	2007	Princeton	Milestone Radio, LLC
1030397	Lattice tower	320 ft	2025	Elk River	Great River Energy
1205122	Guyed tower	320 ft	1999	Zimmerman	SBA Structures, LLC
1205651	Tower	279 ft	1994	Becker	Sherburne, County of
1032546	Tower	277 ft	1954	Zimmerman	Minnesota, State of
1259215	Tower	270 ft	2007	Clear Lake	TowerCo 2013 LLC
1062592	Lattice tower	268 ft	1998	Becker	American Towers LLC
1060241	Guyed tower	265 ft	2017	Elk River	BNSF Railway Co.
1331027	Lattice tower	259 ft	2025	Becker	The Towers, LLC
1009000	Tower	232 ft	1983	Elk River	SBA Structures, LLC
1044584	Guyed tower	217 ft	1999	St. Cloud	SBA Structures, LLC
1255876	Tower	212 ft	2006	Elk River	CCATT LLC
1026462	Lattice tower	199 ft	1996	Big Lake	SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1250631	Monopole	199 ft	2006	Princeton	SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1276864	Monopole	199 ft	2010	Zimmerman	SBA Towers IV, LLC
1260455	Monopole	190 ft	2006	Big Lake	SBA Monarch Towers I, LLC
1239790	Monopole	188 ft	1999	Princeton	American Towers LLC
1290388	Monopole	171 ft	2014	Becker	Palmer Towers LLC
1284464	Lattice tower	165 ft	2015	Clear Lake	BNSF Railway Co.
1300948	Monopole	160 ft	2017	Saint Cloud	American Towers LLC
1207068	On a building	158 ft	1993	St. Cloud	Minnesota, State of
1276865	Tower	155 ft	2010	Elk River	SBA Towers IV, LLC
1296406	Monopole	144 ft	2016	Clear Lake	Cellco Partnership

If you have a tower lease in Sherburne 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 Minnesota with similar tower counts: Blue Earth County (25), Mille Lacs County (25), Murray County (25), Wabasha County (25), Yellow Medicine County (25).

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.