Cell towers in Saunders County, NE

The FCC registry lists 27 constructed antenna structures in Saunders County, 1% of Nebraska's 2,068. Ownership is spread across 17 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 6 (22%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 2 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 27
2Tallest 849 ft
3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
4Median height (state 240 ft) 248 ft

Structures

rank 24 of 93 in NE

Most common type

Tower

48% of structures

Over 200 feet

56% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

37% built then

Who owns the towers in Saunders County

17 different registrants own the 27 structures. 2 are registered to individuals or family trusts, whose names 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 Saunders County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 248 feet, close to the Nebraska median of 240 feet. The tallest is a tower near Ithaca at 849 feet, built in 2003. More than in any other decade, 37% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Saunders 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
1029935	Tower	849 ft	2003	Ithaca	UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
1250986	Guyed tower	546 ft	1987	Valparaiso	Vertical Bridge S3 Assets, LLC
1205424	Tower	500 ft	2010	Cedar Bluffs	Omaha Public Power District
1204553	Tower	420 ft	2000	Ashland	OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
1211851	Other or unspecified	397 ft	2000	Wahoo	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1025599	Tower	367 ft	1978	Fremont	Private owner (name withheld)
1243150	Tower	359 ft	2004	Inglewood	Saunders County Sheriff's Office
1269076	Tower	350 ft	2009	Yutan (Mead East)	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1031487	Other or unspecified	320 ft	2006	Wahoo	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1025825	Tower	314 ft	1996	Linwood	American Towers LLC
1248533	Tower	300 ft	2006	Prague	Saunders, County of Nebraska
1288145	Lattice tower	288 ft	2014	Fremont	Alltel Corporation
1061245	Guyed tower	270 ft	2017	Ashland	BNSF Railway Co.
1032155	Tower	248 ft	1992	Wahoo	Southwestern Caruth Management, Inc.
1047088	Guyed tower	236 ft	1999	Ceresco	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1272912	Tower	200 ft	2010	Ashland	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1000172	Pole	199 ft	1996	Ceresco	Alltel Corporation
1062304	Tower	199 ft	1999	Mead	American Towers LLC
1256116	Lattice tower	199 ft	2006	Yutan	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1029409	Other or unspecified	188 ft	1997	Ashland	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1293397	Lattice tower	170 ft	2016	Wahoo	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC.
1249599	Other or unspecified	135 ft	2005	Ashland	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1209092	Tower	132 ft	2000	Wahoo	Alltel Corporation
1301986	Monopole	130 ft	2018	Wahoo	ALLTEL Corporation
1274260	Tower	59 ft	2010	Wahoo	Private owner (name withheld)
1202304	Pole	55 ft	1978	Wahoo	State of Nebraska, Department of Aeronautics
1287575	Monopole	50 ft	2014	Ashland	BNSF Railway CO.

If you have a tower lease in Saunders 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: Gage County (29), Otoe County (29), York County (29), Sheridan County (27), Wayne County (26).

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.