Cell towers in Litchfield, Illinois
The FCC register lists 22 antenna structures in and around Litchfield. That is the 21st highest count of any place in Illinois.
Overview
Litchfield, IL has 22 registered structures, the tallest standing 108 m (355 ft) above ground.
Area density is 2.46 per square mile — usually the more telling figure for infrastructure that follows terrain, roads and line of sight rather than population.
The median registered structure here stands 39 m (127 ft); the tallest reaches 108 m (355 ft).
Lattice towers (2) and guyed masts (1) between them make up much of the register here — both are older, taller designs than the monopoles that dominate newer urban sites.
The most recent registration on file here dates from 2023.
Structure types
| Tower | 14 | 64% |
| Monopole | 4 | 18% |
| Lattice tower | 2 | 9% |
| Pole | 1 | 5% |
| Guyed tower | 1 | 5% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Norfolk Southern Railway Company Railroad | 5 | 23% |
| Bnsf Railway CO. Railroad | 3 | 14% |
| Bnsf Rail CO. Other | 1 | 5% |
| Litchfield Airport Authority Government | 1 | 5% |
| Talley Broadcasting Corporation Dba = Wsmi AM FM Broadcaster | 1 | 5% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 108 m (355 ft) | Guyed tower | 2022 | Uniti Tower, LLC | 2710378 |
| 106 m (349 ft) | Tower | 1997 | Sbc Tower Holdings LLC | 100356 |
| 87 m (284 ft) | Tower | 1975 | Norfolk Southern Corporation | 607143 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Tower | 2001 | T-mobile USA Tower LLC | 2622503 |
| 64 m (210 ft) | Tower | 2006 | Vertical Bridge Ntcf, LLC | 2642523 |
| 63 m (206 ft) | Tower | 1985 | Talley Broadcasting Corporation Dba = Wsmi AM FM | 113539 |
| 46 m (151 ft) | Lattice tower | 2001 | American Towers LLC | 2639459 |
| 46 m (151 ft) | Tower | 2005 | Not listed | 2650627 |
| 46 m (150 ft) | Tower | 2003 | Illinois, State Of | 2638532 |
| 43 m (141 ft) | Tower | 1981 | Towerco V Holdings LLC | 2613307 |
| 41 m (135 ft) | Lattice tower | 2019 | Cti Towers Assets II, LLC | 2714114 |
| 36 m (118 ft) | Tower | 2000 | Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC | 2603051 |
| 21 m (70 ft) | Monopole | 2023 | Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 2725143 |
| 19 m (63 ft) | Monopole | 2016 | Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 2699256 |
| 19 m (63 ft) | Monopole | 2016 | Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 2699257 |
| 15 m (50 ft) | Tower | 2012 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2681106 |
| 15 m (50 ft) | Tower | 2012 | Bnsf Rail CO. | 2681114 |
| 15 m (50 ft) | Tower | 2012 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2681191 |
| 13 m (44 ft) | Monopole | 2013 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2687012 |
| 13 m (43 ft) | Pole | 2011 | Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 2680770 |
| 13 m (43 ft) | Tower | 2002 | Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 2631644 |
| 11 m (35 ft) | Tower | 2003 | Litchfield Airport Authority | 2637365 |
When they were registered
| 1970s | 1 | 5% |
| 1980s | 2 | 9% |
| 1990s | 1 | 5% |
| 2000s | 8 | 36% |
| 2010s | 8 | 36% |
| 2020s | 2 | 9% |
Nearby places
- Mount Olive 5
- Hillsboro 6
- Staunton 5
- Carlinville 9
- Greenville 14
About this data
Source is the FCC Antenna Structure Registration file of 2026-08-23. What it records is structures, not the radios mounted on them: the register cannot tell you which carrier operates from a given site.
The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.
"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.