Cell towers in Harlan County, NE

The FCC registry lists 14 constructed antenna structures in Harlan County, 1% of Nebraska's 2,068. Ownership is spread across 10 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 3 (21%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 2 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 14
2Tallest 315 ft
3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
4Median height (state 240 ft) 256 ft

Structures

rank 57 of 93 in NE

Most common type

Lattice tower

36% of structures

Over 200 feet

64% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

36% built then

Who owns the towers in Harlan County

10 different registrants own the 14 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 Harlan County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

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 Alma at 315 feet, built in 2006. More than in any other decade, 36% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Harlan 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
1252752	Guyed tower	315 ft	2006	Alma	Harlan, County of
1025837	Guyed tower	314 ft	1995	Alma	American Towers LLC
1064349	Tower	312 ft	1963	Orleans	CLI Towers Inc.
1031256	Guyed tower	295 ft	2007	Alma	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1289890	Lattice tower	260 ft	2014	Orleans	American Towers LLC
1273844	Lattice tower	258 ft	2010	Oxford	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1327430	Guyed tower	257 ft	2024	Orleans	TWIN VALLEYS PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
1288515	Lattice tower	255 ft	2013	Atlanta	Horvath Towers III, LLC
1252410	Tower	250 ft	2006	Oxford	Industrial Communications & Electronics, Inc.
1260806	Tower	200 ft	2007	Alma	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC.
1332628	Lattice tower	194 ft	2026	Orleans	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1203890	Tower	170 ft	1993	Alma	HARLAN, COUNTY OF
1287363	Lattice tower	130 ft	2012	Alma	HARLAN, COUNTY OF
1272533	Water tank	125 ft	2009	Republican City	US Army Corps of Engineers

If you have a tower lease in Harlan 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: Brown County (14), Burt County (14), Dixon County (14), Howard County (14), Thurston County (14).

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.