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693 structures · 22 states · 5 registrant names

Union Pacific Railroad towers

Union Pacific Railroad owns 693 constructed structures in the FCC registry — 0% of all registered structures — filed under 5 different entity names. Its largest state is Texas with 146. The most common type is the tower (32%), the median height is 110 feet, and 53% went up in the 2010s, more than in any other decade.

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  1. 1Structures 693
  2. 2Median height 110 ft
  3. 3Largest state Texas
  4. 4Registrant names 5
Texas146California89Arkansas61Kansas51Illinois42Missouri40Louisiana34Utah25Iowa24Nebraska23
Union Pacific Railroad structures in its ten largest states, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

The names it files under

When you look up the tower on your land, the FCC record will show one of these entity names rather than "Union Pacific Railroad". They are the same company for the purposes of your lease: the entity on the record is the one your lease has been assigned to.

Registrant name (as filed)Structures
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY425
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD264
Union Pacific Railroad Company2
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD RAILROAD1
Union Pacific Railroad1

Types and age

Tower220Monopole170Lattice tower129Guyed tower114Pole54On a building3Other or unspecified2Tree / stealth1
Union Pacific Railroad structures by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
61960s291970s371980s911990s702000s3652010s952020s
Union Pacific Railroad structures by decade built, columns to scale. Source: FCC ASR.

Where its towers cluster

Union Pacific Railroad has structures in 313 of the counties that have a page on this site. The counties where it owns the most are below, with its share of each county's registered structures — the higher the share, the more likely a tower lease in that county runs to Union Pacific Railroad.

CountyUnion Pacific RailroadShare of county
Riverside County, CA173%
Kern County, CA134%
Salt Lake County, UT136%
Wyandotte County, KS1224%
Jackson County, MO116%
Eastland County, TX1117%
Los Angeles County, CA101%
San Bernardino County, CA92%

Every state

Texas 146California 89Arkansas 61Kansas 51Illinois 42Missouri 40Louisiana 34Utah 25Iowa 24Nebraska 23Nevada 17Wyoming 17New Mexico 17Oregon 16Arizona 16Washington 15Oklahoma 14Wisconsin 14Minnesota 12Idaho 11Colorado 7Tennessee 2

For a landowner

Union Pacific Railroad owns towers for its own operations — radio for a railroad or utility network rather than leasing space to carriers — so ground leases with it are less common than with tower companies. Whoever the owner is, the calculator values the rent you would give up.

Source: FCC Antenna Structure Registration, weekly public access file (r_tower.zip, created 2026-10-18). Families group FCC registrant names that carry the brand in the name; other registrants are listed as filed. Checked 2026-10-23.