Cell towers in Rock Island, Illinois
The FCC register lists 14 antenna structures in and around Rock Island. That is the 61st highest count of any place in Illinois.
Overview
Rock Island, IL has 14 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 61st largest count among the 1,119 places in Illinois that have any.
That works out to 38.6 structures per 100,000 residents, against a population of 36,225.
At a median of 51 m (167 ft), structures here run 18.9% shorter than the Illinois median of 63 m (206 ft).
The largest registered owner here is Array Digital Infrastructure, INC., which holds 3 of them — 21.4% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.
The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1950, the newest in 2024 — 74 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Tower | 3 | 21% |
| Monopole | 3 | 21% |
| Tank | 2 | 14% |
| Lattice tower | 2 | 14% |
| Guyed tower | 1 | 7% |
| Building with tower | 1 | 7% |
| Building with antenna | 1 | 7% |
| Building | 1 | 7% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. Tower company | 3 | 21% |
| New Cingular Wireless Pcs, LLC Carrier | 2 | 14% |
| Augustana College Other | 1 | 7% |
| Trinity Medical Center Other | 1 | 7% |
| Rock Island County Other | 1 | 7% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152 m (499 ft) | Tower | 1950 | Nexstar Media INC. | 115241 |
| 140 m (460 ft) | Tower | 1984 | Pinnacle Towers LLC | 622942 |
| 93 m (305 ft) | Guyed tower | 2005 | US Army Corps of Engineers | 2689243 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Tank | 2021 | Rock Island County | 2715779 |
| 60 m (196 ft) | Tower | 1999 | Illinois, State Of | 2602177 |
| 58 m (189 ft) | Lattice tower | 2005 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2646664 |
| 56 m (184 ft) | Tank | 2001 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2619062 |
| 46 m (150 ft) | Monopole | 2024 | New Cingular Wireless Pcs, LLC | 2728317 |
| 46 m (150 ft) | Monopole | 2024 | New Cingular Wireless Pcs, LLC | 2729826 |
| 43 m (140 ft) | Monopole | 2018 | Central States Tower IV, LLC | 2703508 |
| 41 m (133 ft) | Lattice tower | 2023 | Midamerican Energy Company | 116080 |
| 38 m (125 ft) | Building | 2003 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2635072 |
| 36 m (118 ft) | Building with antenna | 1968 | Trinity Medical Center | 2668185 |
| 29 m (94 ft) | Building with tower | 2019 | Augustana College | 2707144 |
When they were registered
| 1950s | 1 | 7% |
| 1960s | 1 | 7% |
| 1980s | 1 | 7% |
| 1990s | 1 | 7% |
| 2000s | 4 | 29% |
| 2010s | 2 | 14% |
| 2020s | 4 | 29% |
Nearby places
- Milan 12
- Oak Grove 6
- Moline 23
- Coal Valley 7
- East Moline 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.