Tower Landlord

North Dakota / Wells County

#33 of 53 ND counties · 13 structures

Cell towers in Wells County, ND

The FCC registry lists 13 constructed antenna structures in Wells County, 1% of North Dakota's 1,212. North Dakota 5-Kidder Limited Partnership owns 5 of them (38%), 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 1 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 13
  2. 2Tallest 355 ft
  3. 3Largest owner North Dakota 5-Kidder Limited Partnership
  4. 4Median height (state 260 ft) 256 ft
Structures
13
rank 33 of 53 in ND
Most common type
Tower
54% of structures
Over 200 feet
8
62% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
31% built then

Who owns the towers in Wells County

9 different registrants own the 13 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.

North Dakota 5-Kidder Limite5NORTH DAKOTA, STATE OF1DAKOTA CENTRAL TELECOMMUNICA1Otter Tail Power Company1Soo System Radio Communicati1Harvey Municipal Airport Aut1CTI Towers Assets II, LLC1Crown Castle1
Constructed structures in Wells County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 256 feet, close to the North Dakota median of 260 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Martin at 355 feet, built in 2025. More than in any other decade, 31% were built in the 2000s.

Tower7Lattice tower3Guyed tower2Other or unspecified1
Structures in Wells County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11960s11980s21990s42000s42010s12020s
Structures in Wells 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.TypeHeightBuiltCityOwner
1333721Guyed tower355 ft2025MartinCitySwitch II, LLC
1250000Guyed tower345 ft2005FessendenNorth Dakota 5-Kidder Limited Partnership
1261089Tower340 ft2007HarveyCTI Towers Assets II, LLC
1264559Tower313 ft2010FessendenCCATT LLC
1055105Other or unspecified259 ft1996CarringtonDAKOTA CENTRAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
1299111Lattice tower259 ft2017HambergNorth Dakota 5-Kidder Limited Partnership
1302901Lattice tower256 ft2018HurdsfieldNorth Dakota 5-Kidder Limited Partnership
1039998Tower230 ft1961CarringtonNORTH DAKOTA, STATE OF
1206762Tower199 ft1984HarveyOtter Tail Power Company
1208389Tower170 ft2000HarveySoo System Radio Communications Corporation
1275097Tower156 ft2010HarveyNorth Dakota 5-Kidder Limited Partnership
1059686Lattice tower112 ft1996HarveyNorth Dakota 5-Kidder Limited Partnership
1259128Tower30 ft2007HarveyHarvey Municipal Airport Authority

If you have a tower lease in Wells 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 North Dakota with similar tower counts: Emmons County (13), Kidder County (13), Ramsey County (13), Grant County (12), Ransom County (12).

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.