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NE · #27 of 51 by structures

Cell towers in Nebraska

Nebraska has 2,068 constructed antenna structures in the FCC registry — 1% of the national total and number 27 of 51. The most common kind is the tower (43%), the median overall height is 240 feet, and 54% stand taller than 200 feet. The largest owner is Industrial Tower and Wireless, with 374 structures (18%).

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  1. 1Constructed structures 2,068
  2. 2Median height 240 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Industrial Tower and Wireless
  4. 4Counties with a county page 76
Douglas County137Lancaster County99Sarpy County78Lincoln County56Dawson County49Platte County47Custer County46Dodge County44Holt County44Buffalo County43
Constructed FCC-registered structures in Nebraska's ten counties with the most, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Who owns Nebraska's towers

The FCC registry names the owner of each structure. In Nebraska the eight largest owner groups hold 1,208 of the 2,068 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.

Industrial Tower and Wireles374Array Digital Infrastructure232American Tower190Alltel181Industrial Communications & 83Horvath Communications58SBA Communications49Private owners41
Constructed structures in Nebraska by owner group, bars to scale. Families group registrant names carrying the brand; private owners' names are withheld. Source: FCC ASR.

Types and age

More of Nebraska's registered structures went up in the 2000s than in any other decade (36%). 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.

Tower896Lattice tower455Guyed tower298Monopole170Other or unspecified136Pole64Mast22On a building19Water tank8
Constructed structures in Nebraska by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR structure types.
261950s561960s701970s1231980s2811990s7542000s5182010s2292020s
Structures in Nebraska by decade built (1950s on), columns to scale. Source: FCC ASR construction dates.

Every county

Adams County 35Antelope County 17Arthur County 8Banner County 3Blaine County 6Boone County 13Box Butte County 20Boyd County 6Brown County 14Buffalo County 43Burt County 14Butler County 23Cass County 29Cedar County 21Chase County 22Cherry County 39Cheyenne County 32Clay County 12Colfax County 11Cuming County 16Custer County 46Dakota County 24Dawes County 21Dawson County 49Deuel County 16Dixon County 14Dodge County 44Douglas County 137Dundy County 11Fillmore County 19Franklin County 11Frontier County 17Furnas County 17Gage County 29Garden County 12Garfield County 7Gosper County 11Grant County 13Greeley County 9Hall County 42Hamilton County 22Harlan County 14Hayes County 7Hitchcock County 12Holt County 44Hooker County 6Howard County 14Jefferson County 19Johnson County 9Kearney County 31Keith County 34Keya Paha County 8Kimball County 17Knox County 18Lancaster County 99Lincoln County 56Logan County 5Loup County 5Madison County 30McPherson County 5Merrick County 19Morrill County 20Nance County 4Nemaha County 18Nuckolls County 13Otoe County 29Pawnee County 13Perkins County 8Phelps County 22Pierce County 18Platte County 47Polk County 10Red Willow County 22Richardson County 25Rock County 9Saline County 17Sarpy County 78Saunders County 27Scotts Bluff County 37Seward County 30Sheridan County 27Sherman County 13Sioux County 10Stanton County 20Thayer County 20Thomas County 10Thurston County 14Valley County 13Washington County 15Wayne County 26Webster County 13Wheeler County 4York County 29

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.