Cell towers in Pawnee County, NE

The FCC registry lists 13 constructed antenna structures in Pawnee County, 1% of Nebraska's 2,068. Ownership is spread across 10 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 3 (23%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 1 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 13
2Tallest 499 ft
3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
4Median height (state 240 ft) 275 ft

Structures

rank 63 of 93 in NE

Most common type

Tower

62% of structures

Over 200 feet

92% of structures

Peak build decade

1990s

23% built then

Who owns the towers in Pawnee County

10 different registrants own the 13 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 Pawnee County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 275 feet, 35 feet taller than the Nebraska median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a tower near Pawnee City at 499 feet, built in 1979. More than in any other decade, 23% were built in the 1990s.

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

Structures in Pawnee 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
1029927	Tower	499 ft	1979	Pawnee City	NEBRASKA EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION COMMISSION
1029431	Tower	480 ft	2010	Steinauer	OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
1031571	Other or unspecified	399 ft	1997	Pawnee City	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1290711	Guyed tower	310 ft	2014	Burchard	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1325192	Lattice tower	290 ft	2024	Table Rock	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1026219	Tower	287 ft	1996	Table Rock	American Towers LLC
1042706	Tower	275 ft	1979	Pawnee City	Haug Communications
1284382	Other or unspecified	265 ft	2012	Pawnee City	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1240898	Tower	259 ft	2003	Pawnee City	Alltel Corporation
1330208	Lattice tower	258 ft	2025	Burchard	The Towers, LLC
1064347	Tower	233 ft	1963	Burchard	HAUG COMMUNICATIONS INC
1064246	Tower	204 ft	1999	Steinauer	Haug Communications Inc
1264311	Tower	188 ft	2009	Dubois	Alltel Corporation

If you have a tower lease in Pawnee 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: Boone County (13), Grant County (13), Nuckolls County (13), Sherman County (13), Valley County (13).

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.