Cell towers in Dane County, WI

The FCC registry lists 181 constructed antenna structures in Dane County, 5% of Wisconsin's 3,943 — one of the three most in the state. Ownership is spread across 61 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 52 (29%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 36 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 181
2Tallest 1423 ft
3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
4Median height (state 254 ft) 159 ft

Structures

181

rank 1 of 72 in WI

Most common type

Monopole

29% of structures

Over 200 feet

28% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

27% built then

Who owns the towers in Dane County

61 different registrants own the 181 structures. One is registered to an individual or family trust, whose name 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 Dane County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 159 feet, 95 feet shorter than the Wisconsin median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a guyed tower near Verona at 1423 feet, built in 2019. More than in any other decade, 27% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Dane 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
1033919	Guyed tower	1423 ft	2019	Verona	UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON (DBA MADISON CANDELABRA TOWER)
1241784	Tower	1299 ft	2004	Madison	Gray Local Media, Inc.
1036802	Guyed tower	535 ft	2016	Deerfield	Mid-West Management, Inc.
1200488	Tower	507 ft	1980	Mt. Horeb	Private owner (name withheld)
1036803	Tower	500 ft	2009	Oregon	Mid-West Management, Inc.
1063475	Guyed tower	500 ft	2006	Springfield Corners	Vertical Bridge CC FM, LLC
1041576	Guyed tower	466 ft	2022	Verona	GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS INC
1033540	Tower	465 ft	1994	Verona	DANE, COUNTY OF
1286827	Guyed tower	465 ft	2012	Verona	Dane County Department of Public Safety Communications
1035428	Other or unspecified	433 ft	1988	Fitchburg	VB-S1 Assets, LLC
1038595	Tower	406 ft	1997	Madison	Tower Sites, Inc.
1045235	Guyed tower	403 ft	2001	Montrose	UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN BOARD OF REGENTS DBA WSUM RADIO
1063476	Tower	390 ft	1984	Sun Prairie	Vertical Bridge CC FM, LLC
1036835	Guyed tower	362 ft	2017	Madison	UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN - ST PAUL
1252823	Lattice tower	358 ft	2007	Mount Horeb	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1035038	Tower	353 ft	2011	Sun Prairie	Subcarrier Communications Inc.
1010214	Tower	340 ft	1998	Madison	Madison TV License Company, LLC
1033536	Tower	340 ft	1988	Rockdale	DANE, COUNTY OF
1034914	Tower	322 ft	1998	Deerfield	WISCONSIN, STATE OF
1236793	Tower	320 ft	2003	Sun Prairie	Mid-West Management, Inc.
1034291	Tower	304 ft	1996	Madison	TELEVISION WISCONSIN INC DBA = WISC TV
1219717	Tower	300 ft	1976	Madison	Madison TV License Company, LLC
1033530	Other or unspecified	298 ft	1996	Madison	MADISON, CITY OF
1004556	Guyed tower	294 ft	1997	Stoughton	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1034445	Lattice tower	289 ft	2003	Cottage Grove	American Towers LLC
1034439	Lattice tower	288 ft	1992	Mount Horeb	American Towers LLC
1034436	Lattice tower	286 ft	2003	Mcfarland	American Towers LLC
1034443	Monopole	268 ft	1993	Waunakee	American Towers LLC
1034442	Tower	266 ft	1993	Dunkirk	American Towers LLC
1034916	Lattice tower	259 ft	2016	De Forest	WISCONSIN, STATE OF
1033537	Tower	259 ft	1988	Roxbury Township	DANE, COUNTY OF
1033538	Tower	259 ft	1989	Blue Mounds	DANE, COUNTY OF
1063470	Other or unspecified	259 ft	1983	Mc Farland	Vertical Bridge CC AM, LLC
1063472	Other or unspecified	259 ft	1983	Mc Farland	Vertical Bridge CC AM, LLC
1063473	Other or unspecified	259 ft	1983	Mc Farland	Vertical Bridge CC AM, LLC
1034881	Guyed tower	258 ft	2018	Madison	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM DBA AS WHA RADIO
1063469	Other or unspecified	258 ft	1983	Mc Farland	Vertical Bridge CC AM, LLC
1063471	Other or unspecified	258 ft	1983	Mc Farland	Vertical Bridge CC AM, LLC
1063474	Other or unspecified	258 ft	1983	Mc Farland	Vertical Bridge CC AM, LLC
1036139	Lattice tower	253 ft	1988	Stoughton	AT&T Corp
1035757	Other or unspecified	252 ft	1949	Madison	MADISON GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
1049513	Lattice tower	250 ft	1958	Sun Prairie	American Towers LLC
1222611	Lattice tower	235 ft	2013	Deerfield	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1047785	Lattice tower	230 ft	1987	Cottage Grove	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1047790	Lattice tower	220 ft	2002	Madison	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1033534	On a building	213 ft	1974	Madison	DANE, COUNTY OF
1037789	Other or unspecified	210 ft	1970	Madison	Mid-West Management, Inc.
1037785	Other or unspecified	208 ft	1970	Madison	Mid-West Management, Inc.
1037786	Other or unspecified	208 ft	1970	Madison	Mid-West Management, Inc.
1037788	Other or unspecified	206 ft	1970	Madison	Mid-West Management, Inc.
1037787	Other or unspecified	204 ft	1970	Madison	Mid-West Management, Inc.
1033539	Tower	200 ft	1986	Mazomanie	DANE, COUNTY OF
1219972	Lattice tower	200 ft	2004	Madison	Subcarrier Communications Inc
1323249	Lattice tower	200 ft	2023	Stoughton	CitySwitch DevCo 1, LLC
1201507	Lattice tower	199 ft	1998	York	SBA Structures, LLC
1265311	Monopole	199 ft	2009	Edgerton	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1320815	Lattice tower	199 ft	2022	Mount Horeb	Boldyn Networks US VI LLC
1327689	Lattice tower	199 ft	2025	Mcfarland	Telecom Properties, LLC
1239486	Tower	195 ft	2003	Little Norway	Minnesota Tower Systems, Inc.
1330160	Lattice tower	194 ft	2025	Deforest	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1034444	Tower	193 ft	1989	De Forest	American Towers LLC
1241518	Lattice tower	193 ft	2004	Stoughton	SBA Structures, LLC
1062000	Monopole	190 ft	1998	Springfield	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1047792	Lattice tower	187 ft	2002	Verona	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1047789	Lattice tower	186 ft	1990	Deforest	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1059442	Lattice tower	186 ft	1998	Stoughton	SBA Structures, LLC
1239485	Monopole	186 ft	2003	Waunakee	SBA Structures, LLC
1034505	Water tank	185 ft	1997	Middleton	AIRADIGM COMMUNICATIONS
1328230	Lattice tower	185 ft	2026	Stoughton	TowerNorth Development, LLC
1033535	Tower	184 ft	1976	Middleton	Pinnacle Towers Acquisition LLC
1277289	Monopole	184 ft	2011	Mount Horeb	SBA Towers IX, LLC
1280286	Monopole	184 ft	2011	Cambridge	SBA Towers IX, LLC
1319657	Monopole	184 ft	2021	Mazomanie	Boldyn Networks US VI LLC
1063821	Lattice tower	181 ft	1997	Cottage Grove	American Towers LLC
1279862	Monopole	180 ft	2011	Sun Prairie	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1282782	Tower	180 ft	1984	Oregon	American Towers LLC
1053124	Guyed tower	177 ft	1997	Sun Prairie	SBA Towers II LLC
1034501	Water tank	174 ft	1997	Verona	AIRADIGM COMMUNICATIONS
1280285	Monopole	174 ft	2011	Mount Horeb	SBA Towers IX, LLC
1034725	Pole	170 ft	1997	Stoughton	AIRADIGM COMMUNICATIONS
1062217	Pole	170 ft	1999	Stoughton	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1064044	Tower	170 ft	1997	Stoughton	SpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC.
1235141	Lattice tower	170 ft	2002	Cross Plains	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1240447	Lattice tower	170 ft	2003	Verona	SBA Structures, LLC
1054853	Lattice tower	168 ft	1998	Cambridge	SBA Structures, LLC
1062328	Monopole	166 ft	1997	Madison	American Towers LLC
1214228	Tower	166 ft	1980	Madison	General Communications Inc
1281073	Monopole	166 ft	2013	Cross Plains	MADISON SMSA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
1212789	Other or unspecified	160 ft	2001	Madison	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1257155	Monopole	160 ft	2007	Mount Horeb	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1287602	Monopole	159 ft	2013	Madison	MADISON SMSA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
1303883	Lattice tower	159 ft	1997	Waunakee	Cellco Partnership
1283047	Monopole	156 ft	2012	Belleville	SBA Towers IX, LLC
1299410	Monopole	153 ft	2013	Middleton	SBA Towers IX, LLC
1327024	Monopole	153 ft	2024	Waunakee	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1062559	Monopole	152 ft	2004	Madison	American Towers LLC
1034490	Water tank	150 ft	1997	Madison	AIRADIGM COMMUNICATIONS
1047787	Lattice tower	150 ft	1993	Monona	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1315182	Monopole	150 ft	2022	Waunakee	Central States Tower V, LLC
1047791	Lattice tower	146 ft	1990	Madison	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1218413	Pole	145 ft	2010	Westport Township	MADISON SMSA TOWER HOLDINGS LLC
1300563	Water tank	145 ft	2016	Madison	MADISON, CITY OF
1033527	Water tank	144 ft	1997	Madison	MADISON, CITY OF
1299644	Monopole	144 ft	2016	Maple Bluff	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1033526	Water tank	143 ft	1997	Madison	MADISON, CITY OF
1316309	Monopole	143 ft	1997	Windsor	Cellco Partnership
1047788	Lattice tower	140 ft	1990	Middleton	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1062214	Lattice tower	140 ft	1999	Deforest	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1245519	Lattice tower	140 ft	2004	Mcfarland	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1276150	On a building	140 ft	2010	Middleton	T-Mobile Central LLC
1276176	Tower	140 ft	2011	Middleton	City of Middleton Police Department
1290539	Monopole	140 ft	2014	Cottage Grove	SBA Towers V, LLC
1291987	Monopole	140 ft	2019	Mcfarland	SBA Towers V, LLC
1062188	Mast	137 ft	1999	Middleton	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1223583	Lattice tower	135 ft	2001	Oregon	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1034509	On a building	133 ft	1997	Madison	AIRADIGM COMMUNICATIONS
1034500	Water tank	132 ft	2019	Deforest	Village of DeForest
1034504	On a building	132 ft	1997	Middleton	AIRADIGM COMMUNICATIONS
1025932	On a building	130 ft	1997	Middleton	JOHN Q. HAMMONS HOTELS, INC.
1232441	Pole	130 ft	2002	Madison	CCATT LLC
1287368	Monopole	130 ft	2014	Madison	American Towers LLC
1034561	On a building	128 ft	1997	Madison	AIRADIGM COMMUNICATIONS
1324433	Monopole	128 ft	2023	Waunakee	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1047793	Lattice tower	126 ft	1994	Waunakee	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1034507	Pole	125 ft	2000	Madison	American Towers LLC
1047794	Monopole	125 ft	1996	Madison	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1254866	Monopole	125 ft	2001	Madison	CCATT LLC
1256715	Monopole	125 ft	2007	Windsor	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1249219	Monopole	124 ft	2005	Madison	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1033529	Pole	120 ft	1974	Madison	MADISON, CITY OF
1234302	Pole	120 ft	2002	Madison	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1316914	Monopole	120 ft	2021	Madison	Madison Gas & Electric Corporation
1245020	On a building	116 ft	2015	Monona	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1303924	Lattice tower	116 ft	2018	Waunakee	MADISON GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
1016935	Monopole	115 ft	1997	Madison	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1034743	Water tank	115 ft	1997	Madison	AIRADIGM COMMUNICATIONS
1261420	Tower	115 ft	2008	Madison	MADISON SMSA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
1324256	Lattice tower	115 ft	2001	De Forest	Cellco Partnership
1205626	Lattice tower	114 ft	2016	Madison	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1327001	Monopole	114 ft	2023	Stoughton	Harmoni Towers LLC
1309818	Water tank	113 ft	2019	Middleton	MIDDLETON, CITY OF
1242603	Lattice tower	112 ft	2004	Sun Prairie	Cellco Partnership
1228027	Monopole	110 ft	2001	Madison	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1241541	Monopole	110 ft	2003	Fitchburg	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1261429	Tower	110 ft	2006	Burke	SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1300888	Monopole	110 ft	2017	Monona	PI Tower Development, LLC
1306191	Monopole	110 ft	2019	Madison	EIP Holdings II, LLC
1331898	Monopole	109 ft	2026	Madison	VB BTS III, LLC
1034441	Pole	105 ft	1994	Madison	CCATT LLC
1034562	Tower	105 ft	1997	Mcfarland	AIRADIGM COMMUNICATIONS
1296314	Monopole	105 ft	2016	Madison	SBA Towers X, LLC
1323991	Monopole	105 ft	2023	Waunakee	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1289844	Monopole	103 ft	2014	Madison	SBA Towers IX, LLC
1034508	Pole	100 ft	1997	Madison	American Towers LLC
1323981	Monopole	100 ft	2023	Middleton	Madison Gas & Electric
1273802	Tower	98 ft	2011	Middleton	City of Middleton Police Department
1293009	Monopole	96 ft	2014	Verona	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1207434	Pole	95 ft	1999	Monona	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1239339	Monopole	95 ft	2003	Madison	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1227139	Monopole	90 ft	2001	Madison	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1251216	Monopole	90 ft	2006	Madison	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1209166	Monopole	89 ft	2001	Madison	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1034560	On a building	85 ft	1997	Madison	AIRADIGM COMMUNICATIONS
1219903	Monopole	85 ft	2000	Madison	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1248414	Monopole	85 ft	2005	Madison	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1259166	Lattice tower	85 ft	2008	Middleton	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1237522	On a building	81 ft	2002	Madison	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1247342	Monopole	80 ft	2005	Madison	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1273436	Tower	80 ft	2010	Middleton	Middleton Police Department
1327794	Monopole	80 ft	2024	Middleton	Harmoni Towers, LLC
1322024	Monopole	76 ft	2022	Cottage Grove	Wisconsin Power and Light Company
1033528	Water tank	70 ft	1966	Madison	MADISON, CITY OF
1215267	Monopole	70 ft	2000	Middleeton	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1266796	Lattice tower	65 ft	2010	Madison	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1245994	Monopole	60 ft	2004	Madison	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1252063	Pole	60 ft	2006	Madison	Entercom Wisconsin, LLC
1233926	On a building	55 ft	2002	Madison	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1034742	Water tank	53 ft	1997	Madison	AIRADIGM COMMUNICATIONS
1234237	On a building	40 ft	2003	Madison	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1267404	Mast	37 ft	2009	Middleton	Middleton, City of
1333605	Pole	36 ft	2026	Madison	Cellco Partnership

If you have a tower lease in Dane 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 Wisconsin with similar tower counts: Milwaukee County (175), Marathon County (123), Brown County (119), Waukesha County (114).

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.