States / Iowa
IA · #19 of 51 by structures
Cell towers in Iowa
Iowa has 3,266 constructed antenna structures in the FCC registry — 2% of the national total and number 19 of 51. The most common kind is the tower (34%), the median overall height is 259 feet, and 61% stand taller than 200 feet. The largest owner is Array Digital Infrastructure, with 608 structures (19%).
- 1Constructed structures 3,266
- 2Median height 259 ft
- 3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
- 4Counties with a county page 99
Who owns Iowa's towers
The FCC registry names the owner of each structure. In Iowa the eight largest owner groups hold 1,602 of the 3,266 structures. Where a tower stands on leased land, that owner — or whoever bought the tower from it — is usually the landowner's tenant and the party a lease buyout offer is ultimately about.
Types and age
More of Iowa's registered structures went up in the 2000s than in any other decade (40%). A tower's age matters to a landowner because a ground lease runs for a set term plus renewals: the older the tower, the more of that term has been used, and the fewer years of rent are left to value when an offer arrives.
Every county
Counties with fewer than 10 structures have no page of their own; their towers are in the lookup.
Source: FCC Antenna Structure Registration, weekly public access file (r_tower.zip, created 2026-10-18); county names from the U.S. Census Bureau 2024 gazetteer. Checked 2026-10-23. Methodology.