Cell towers in Colfax County, NE

The FCC registry lists 11 constructed antenna structures in Colfax County, 1% of Nebraska's 2,068. Industrial Tower and Wireless owns 4 of them (36%), 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 4 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 11
2Tallest 464 ft
3Largest owner Industrial Tower and Wireless
4Median height (state 240 ft) 200 ft

Structures

rank 70 of 93 in NE

Most common type

Tower

36% of structures

Over 200 feet

45% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

36% built then

Who owns the towers in Colfax County

8 different registrants own the 11 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 Colfax 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 tower near Schuyler at 464 feet, built in 1967. More than in any other decade, 36% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Colfax 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
1025556	Tower	464 ft	1967	Schuyler	American Towers LLC
1029365	Guyed tower	382 ft	1997	Clarkson	American Towers LLC
1262002	Tower	350 ft	2008	Schuyler	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC.
1246574	Tower	265 ft	2001	Schuyler	Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC
1248565	Lattice tower	235 ft	2006	Schuyler	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1282600	Other or unspecified	200 ft	2015	Leigh	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1307404	Lattice tower	200 ft	2022	Howells	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1231130	Tower	199 ft	2004	Richland	Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC
1293880	Monopole	135 ft	2014	Schuyler	Horvath Towers III, LLC
1304959	Monopole	105 ft	2022	Clarkson	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1321122	Guyed tower	100 ft	2020	Schuyler	Eagle Broadband Investments, LLC

If you have a tower lease in Colfax 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: Clay County (12), Garden County (12), Hitchcock County (12), Dundy County (11), Franklin County (11).

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.