Cell towers in Saline County, NE

The FCC registry lists 17 constructed antenna structures in Saline County, 1% of Nebraska's 2,068. Ownership is spread across 10 registrants; the largest, Alltel, has 3 (18%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 1 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 17
2Tallest 444 ft
3Largest owner Alltel
4Median height (state 240 ft) 260 ft

Structures

rank 50 of 93 in NE

Most common type

Lattice tower

47% of structures

Over 200 feet

71% of structures

Peak build decade

2010s

47% built then

Who owns the towers in Saline County

10 different registrants own the 17 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 Saline County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 260 feet, 20 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 Western at 444 feet, built in 2019. More than in any other decade, 47% were built in the 2010s.

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

Structures in Saline 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
1309731	Guyed tower	444 ft	2019	Western	VERTICAL BRIDGE TOWERS V, LLC
1249761	Tower	420 ft	2006	Wilber	Saline County
1245488	Tower	349 ft	2005	Crete	SBA Towers II LLC
1323828	Guyed tower	334 ft	2023	Western	Industrial Tower West LLC
1287999	Lattice tower	308 ft	2014	Milligan	Alltel Corporation
1295320	Lattice tower	308 ft	2015	De Witt	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1025978	Tower	297 ft	1985	Tobias	NORRIS PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
1292314	Lattice tower	270 ft	2014	Crete	Horvath Towers III, LLC
1292070	Lattice tower	260 ft	2014	Wilber	Horvath Towers III, LLC
1251871	Pole	258 ft	2006	Crete	Alltel Corporation
1293041	Lattice tower	240 ft	2014	Crete	Horvath Towers III, LLC
1318666	Lattice tower	202 ft	2021	Swanton	Industrial Tower West LLC
1326248	Lattice tower	200 ft	2024	Crete	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1274972	Other or unspecified	199 ft	2011	Friend	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1229692	Mast	196 ft	2001	Friend	Alltel Corporation
1321085	Lattice tower	157 ft	2024	Dewitt	Industrial Tower West LLC
1286312	Monopole	65 ft	2013	Crete	Exelis, Inc

If you have a tower lease in Saline 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: Frontier County (17), Furnas County (17), Kimball County (17), Cuming County (16), Deuel County (16).

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.