Cell towers in Clay County, NE

The FCC registry lists 12 constructed antenna structures in Clay County, 1% of Nebraska's 2,068. Industrial Tower and Wireless owns 5 of them (42%), 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

1Constructed structures 12
2Tallest 490 ft
3Largest owner Industrial Tower and Wireless
4Median height (state 240 ft) 200 ft

Structures

rank 67 of 93 in NE

Most common type

Lattice tower

42% of structures

Over 200 feet

33% of structures

Peak build decade

2010s

33% built then

Who owns the towers in Clay County

9 different registrants own the 12 structures. One is registered to an individual or family trust, whose name this site withholds. 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 Clay County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 200 feet, 40 feet shorter than the Nebraska median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a guyed tower near Sutton at 490 feet, built in 1999. More than in any other decade, 33% were built in the 2010s.

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

Structures in Clay 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
1063486	Guyed tower	490 ft	1999	Sutton	American Towers LLC
1042339	Tower	318 ft	2003	Saronville	EDGAR RENTAL CORPORATION DBA = ERC COMMUNICATIONS
1287285	Lattice tower	310 ft	2013	Fairfield	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1289134	Lattice tower	258 ft	2013	Clay Center	Alltel Corporation
1265687	Tower	200 ft	2008	Clay Center	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1277943	Other or unspecified	200 ft	2011	Sutton	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1278081	Other or unspecified	200 ft	2010	Edgar	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1332746	Lattice tower	194 ft	2026	Glenvil	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1320394	Lattice tower	157 ft	2022	Fairfield	Industrial Towers West, LLC
1331202	Lattice tower	155 ft	2026	Inland	Industrial Tower West LLC
1330678	Monopole	150 ft	2025	Harvard	The Towers, LLC
1205522	Tower	98 ft	1985	Harvard	Private owner (name withheld)

If you have a tower lease in Clay 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: Sherman County (13), Valley County (13), Webster County (13), Garden County (12), Hitchcock 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.