Cell towers in Wheaton, Illinois
The FCC register lists 6 antenna structures in and around Wheaton. That is the 194th highest count of any place in Illinois.
Overview
The FCC register lists 6 antenna structures in and around Wheaton, IL. That is the 194th highest count of any place in Illinois.
Area density is 0.53 per square mile — usually the more telling figure for infrastructure that follows terrain, roads and line of sight rather than population.
Heights are uneven: the median is 47 m (153 ft) but the tallest is 90 m (295 ft), roughly 1.9 times that — usually the signature of a broadcast mast among shorter mobile sites.
Monopoles account for 33.3% of the registrations here — a single tubular shaft, cheaper to permit in built-up areas because it takes little ground space.
The most recent registration on file here dates from 2012.
Structure types
| Tower | 3 | 50% |
| Monopole | 2 | 33% |
| Pole | 1 | 17% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Dupage County Ohsem Other | 1 | 17% |
| Forest Preserve District of Dupage County Other | 1 | 17% |
| Dupage Public Safety Communications Other | 1 | 17% |
| Sba Monarch Towers III, LLC Tower company | 1 | 17% |
| Vb-s1 Assets, LLC Tower company | 1 | 17% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 m (295 ft) | Tower | 1977 | Dupage Public Safety Communications | 110050 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Tower | 1986 | Dupage County Ohsem | 2670910 |
| 49 m (161 ft) | Tower | 2006 | Vb-s1 Assets, LLC | 2653103 |
| 44 m (145 ft) | Monopole | 2012 | Sba Towers II LLC | 2682509 |
| 43 m (142 ft) | Monopole | 2008 | Sba Monarch Towers III, LLC | 2666817 |
| 31 m (100 ft) | Pole | 2000 | Forest Preserve District of Dupage County | 2612584 |
When they were registered
| 1970s | 1 | 17% |
| 1980s | 1 | 17% |
| 2000s | 3 | 50% |
| 2010s | 1 | 17% |
Nearby places
- Carol Stream 8
- Warrenville 5
- West Chicago 15
- Addison 9
- Naperville 27
About this data
All figures on this page are aggregated from the federal antenna structure register of 2026-08-23, not from carrier coverage data. The two answer different questions.
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.