Cell towers in Buffalo County, NE

The FCC registry lists 43 constructed antenna structures in Buffalo County, 2% of Nebraska's 2,068. Ownership is spread across 25 registrants; the largest, Industrial Tower and Wireless, has 11 (26%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 8 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 43
2Tallest 703 ft
3Largest owner Industrial Tower and Wireless
4Median height (state 240 ft) 229 ft

Structures

rank 10 of 93 in NE

Most common type

Tower

33% of structures

Over 200 feet

53% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

40% built then

Who owns the towers in Buffalo County

25 different registrants own the 43 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 Buffalo County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 229 feet, 11 feet shorter than the Nebraska median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Gibbon at 703 feet, built in 1986. More than in any other decade, 40% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Buffalo 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
1026974	Tower	703 ft	1986	Gibbon	PLATTE RIVER RADIO INC DBA = KKPR FM RADIO
1326610	Guyed tower	394 ft	2025	Elm Creek	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1204734	Guyed tower	381 ft	1999	Pleasanton	BUFFALO, COUNTY OF
1257176	Tower	350 ft	2007	Ravenna	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC.
1002577	Tower	344 ft	1997	Elm Creek	American Towers LLC
1204735	Guyed tower	340 ft	1998	Kearney	BUFFALO, COUNTY OF
1258437	Tower	318 ft	2008	Kearney	MIDLAND TELECOM, INC
1038180	Guyed tower	315 ft	1995	Kearney	SBA GC Towers, LLC
1231197	Guyed tower	313 ft	2001	Kearney	SBA Towers IV, LLC
1243871	Lattice tower	312 ft	2004	Gibbon	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1026819	Tower	308 ft	1949	Kearney	MIDTOWN COMMUNICATIONS INC
1064891	Guyed tower	303 ft	2015	Elm Creek	Buffalo, County Of
1254279	Lattice tower	290 ft	2006	Ravenna	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1026049	Tower	279 ft	1990	Kearney	DAWSON PUBLIC POWER
1265123	Other or unspecified	260 ft	2009	Pleasanton	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1325795	Lattice tower	258 ft	2023	Amherst	ALLTEL Corporation
1214875	Lattice tower	256 ft	2000	Shelton	American Towers LLC
1213557	Lattice tower	254 ft	2000	Kearney	American Towers LLC
1027990	Lattice tower	250 ft	1951	Elm Creek	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1324727	Lattice tower	250 ft	2024	Amherst	VB BTS, ll, LLC
1319803	Lattice tower	237 ft	2021	Gibbon	BUFFALO, COUNTY OF
1026230	Tower	229 ft	1990	Kearney	Alltel Corporation
1026975	Guyed tower	204 ft	2021	Kearney	Flood Communications Tri-Cities, L.L.C.
1234735	Tower	200 ft	2004	Gibbon	Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC
1264583	Tower	200 ft	2008	Kearney (Campus)	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC.
1279120	Tower	200 ft	2011	Miller	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1235702	Tower	199 ft	2002	Kearney	Wireless II, LLC
1309175	Monopole	198 ft	2019	Elm Creek	Horvath Towers V, LLC
1237208	Tower	195 ft	2001	Kearney	Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC
1324405	Guyed tower	195 ft	1981	Kearney	Phoenix Tower International
1311829	Lattice tower	180 ft	2003	Gibbon	Industrial Tower West LLC
1322150	Lattice tower	180 ft	2021	Ravenna	BUFFALO, COUNTY OF
1213766	Lattice tower	175 ft	2000	Kearney	American Towers LLC
1282611	Other or unspecified	174 ft	2015	Pleasanton (South)	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1281834	Other or unspecified	160 ft	2012	Shelton	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1261792	Tower	150 ft	2008	Gibbon	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC.
1286973	Monopole	150 ft	2013	Kearney	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1260122	Lattice tower	130 ft	2007	Kearney	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1209871	Tower	126 ft	2000	Kearney	Wireless II, LLC
1289105	Lattice tower	120 ft	2013	Kearney	Industrial Tower & Wireless, LLC
1306966	Monopole	110 ft	2021	Shelton	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1307943	Monopole	59 ft	2020	Kearney	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1323788	Guyed tower	30 ft	2021	Kearney	PTI US TOWERS II, LLC

If you have a tower lease in Buffalo 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: Custer County (46), Dodge County (44), Holt County (44), Hall County (42), Cherry County (39).

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.