Cell towers in Orion, Illinois
The FCC register lists 6 antenna structures in and around Orion. That is the 194th highest count of any place in Illinois.
Overview
Orion, IL has 6 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 194th largest count among the 1,119 places in Illinois that have any.
Per head that is 351.3 structures for every 100,000 people; per unit of area it is 6.42 per square mile.
Half the registered structures here are taller than 86 m (281 ft) and half are shorter.
The mix here is 2 lattice towers, 1 guyed mast — the rest of the register is made up of rooftops, water tanks and structures the FCC records without a specific type.
The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1969, the newest in 2020 — 51 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Tower | 3 | 50% |
| Lattice tower | 2 | 33% |
| Guyed tower | 1 | 17% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Townsquare Media Quad Cities, LLC Broadcaster | 1 | 17% |
| Nexstar Media INC. Broadcaster | 1 | 17% |
| Sba Structures, LLC Tower company | 1 | 17% |
| Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC Tower company | 1 | 17% |
| Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. Tower company | 1 | 17% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 308 m (1,009 ft) | Guyed tower | 2020 | Nexstar Media INC. | 99168 |
| 151 m (496 ft) | Tower | 1969 | Townsquare Media Quad Cities, LLC | 113484 |
| 91 m (298 ft) | Tower | 1997 | Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC | 131052 |
| 81 m (265 ft) | Lattice tower | 2002 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2629488 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Lattice tower | 1998 | American Towers LLC | 2607689 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Tower | 2001 | Sba Structures, LLC | 2627221 |
When they were registered
| 1960s | 1 | 17% |
| 1990s | 2 | 33% |
| 2000s | 2 | 33% |
| 2020s | 1 | 17% |
Nearby places
- Coal Valley 7
- Colona 5
- Moline 23
- Oak Grove 6
- Milan 12
About this data
The underlying records are the FCC's own registrations as of 2026-08-23. Every structure counted here carries a registration number you can check against the FCC directly.
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.