Nebraska / Box Butte County
#36 of 93 NE counties · 20 structures
Cell towers in Box Butte County, NE
The FCC registry lists 20 constructed antenna structures in Box Butte County, 1% of Nebraska's 2,068. Ownership is spread across 14 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 3 (15%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 3 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 20
- 2Tallest 549 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 240 ft) 256 ft
Who owns the towers in Box Butte County
14 different registrants own the 20 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 256 feet, 16 feet taller than the Nebraska median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Alliance at 549 feet, built in 1998. More than in any other decade, 25% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1053961 | Guyed tower | 549 ft | 1998 | Alliance | DataLink, L.L.C. |
| 1025531 | Tower | 344 ft | 1994 | Hemingford | Alltel Corporation |
| 1319147 | Lattice tower | 338 ft | 2021 | Hemingford | Horvath Towers V, LLC |
| 1330294 | Lattice tower | 305 ft | 2025 | Alliance | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC |
| 1279421 | Tower | 300 ft | 2011 | Alliance (West) | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC |
| 1024344 | Tower | 299 ft | 1982 | Alliance | TRI-STATE GENERATION & TRANSMISSION ASSOCIATION INC |
| 1025524 | Tower | 290 ft | 1996 | Alliance | American Towers LLC |
| 1028088 | Tower | 290 ft | 1985 | Alliance | Action Communications, Inc |
| 1024341 | Tower | 264 ft | 1982 | Hemmingford | TRI-STATE GENERATION & TRANSMISSION ASSOCIATION INC |
| 1221614 | Guyed tower | 260 ft | 1999 | Alliance | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1032162 | Tower | 251 ft | 1992 | Berea | Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC |
| 1026278 | Mast | 231 ft | 1968 | Alliance | American Towers LLC |
| 1244972 | Tower | 200 ft | 2004 | Alliance | Industrial Communications & Electronics, Inc. |
| 1246971 | Tower | 200 ft | 2005 | Hemingford | Industrial Communications & Electronics, Inc. |
| 1251452 | Tower | 200 ft | 2005 | Hemingford(Marsland) | Industrial Communications & Electronics, Inc. |
| 1221938 | Mast | 196 ft | 2001 | Alliance | Alltel Corporation |
| 1211520 | Tower | 187 ft | 2000 | Alliance | Green Eagle Communications Inc. |
| 1291585 | Guyed tower | 164 ft | 2014 | Alliance | PARKER HANNIFIN CORP HOSE PRODUCTS DIV |
| 1290947 | Monopole | 158 ft | 2015 | Alliance | Alltel Corporation |
| 1061248 | Tower | 70 ft | 1981 | Alliance | BNSF Railway Co. |
If you have a tower lease in Box Butte 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 Nebraska with similar tower counts: Red Willow County (22), Cedar County (21), Dawes County (21), Morrill County (20), Stanton County (20).
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.