Minnesota / Watonwan County
#70 of 87 MN counties · 18 structures
Cell towers in Watonwan County, MN
The FCC registry lists 18 constructed antenna structures in Watonwan County, 1% of Minnesota's 2,993. Ownership is spread across 14 registrants; the largest, COOPERATIVE TELEVISION OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DBA = BROWN COUNTY RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, has 2 (11%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 3 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 18
- 2Tallest 1073 ft
- 3Largest owner COOPERATIVE TELEVISION OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DBA = BROWN COUNTY RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION
- 4Median height (state 260 ft) 335 ft
Who owns the towers in Watonwan County
14 different registrants own the 18 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 335 feet, 75 feet taller than the Minnesota median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Lewisville at 1073 feet, built in 1960. More than in any other decade, 28% were built in the 1990s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1025277 | Guyed tower | 1073 ft | 1960 | Lewisville | Gray Local Media, Inc. |
| 1031876 | Tower | 995 ft | 1982 | St. James | Cooperative Television Assoc. of Southern Minnesota |
| 1030384 | Tower | 636 ft | 1998 | Lewisville | Subarctic Realty, LLC |
| 1024448 | Other or unspecified | 612 ft | 1980 | Godahl | COOPERATIVE TELEVISION OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DBA = BROWN COUNTY RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION |
| 1024449 | Other or unspecified | 540 ft | 1990 | Godahl | COOPERATIVE TELEVISION OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DBA = BROWN COUNTY RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION |
| 1246299 | Tower | 499 ft | 1992 | South Branch | Subarctic Realty, LLC |
| 1023802 | Guyed tower | 490 ft | 1993 | Comfrey | Alltel Corporation |
| 1220075 | Tower | 360 ft | 2001 | Madelia | American Towers LLC |
| 1270539 | Tower | 350 ft | 2011 | La Salle | Minnesota, State of |
| 1024306 | Lattice tower | 320 ft | 2025 | Saint James | Great River Energy |
| 1235582 | Guyed tower | 305 ft | 2002 | Saint James | American Towers LLC |
| 1053803 | Tower | 299 ft | 1980 | Saint James | Alpha Wireless Communications |
| 1329055 | Lattice tower | 235 ft | 2024 | Lewisville | The Towers, LLC |
| 1250831 | Tower | 199 ft | 2006 | St. James | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1210698 | On a building | 195 ft | 2001 | St James | 21ST CENTURY WIRELESS GROUP, INC. |
| 1023890 | Water tank | 125 ft | 1995 | Madelia | MIDWEST WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DBA = CELLULAR 2000 |
| 1296076 | Lattice tower | 37 ft | 2015 | St. James | State of MN MnDOT Aeronautics |
| 1320772 | Lattice tower | 37 ft | 2023 | St James | State of MN MnDOT Aeronautics |
If you have a tower lease in Watonwan 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: Waseca County (20), Isanti County (19), Cottonwood County (18), Wilkin County (18), Carver County (17).
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.