Cell towers in Adel, Iowa
The FCC register lists 8 antenna structures in and around Adel. That is the 85th highest count of any place in Iowa.
Overview
8 antenna structures are registered with the FCC in Adel, IA.
Area density is 1.48 per square mile — usually the more telling figure for infrastructure that follows terrain, roads and line of sight rather than population.
Median height here is 71 m (234 ft), compared with 79 m (259 ft) across Iowa as a whole.
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 earliest structure still on the register here dates from 1968.
Structure types
| Tower | 5 | 63% |
| Lattice tower | 2 | 25% |
| Guyed tower | 1 | 13% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Dallas, County Of Government | 1 | 13% |
| Midamerican Energy Company Utility | 1 | 13% |
| Sba Towers X, LLC Tower company | 1 | 13% |
| Sba Structures, LLC Tower company | 1 | 13% |
| Tillman Infrastructure, LLC Tower company | 1 | 13% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 106 m (348 ft) | Guyed tower | 2002 | Cellco Partnership | 119387 |
| 98 m (320 ft) | Tower | 2006 | Dallas, County Of | 2651304 |
| 90 m (295 ft) | Tower | 1968 | Midamerican Energy Company | 122837 |
| 76 m (248 ft) | Tower | 2006 | Ccatt LLC | 2651372 |
| 67 m (219 ft) | Lattice tower | 2024 | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC | 2721783 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Tower | 2006 | Sba Towers X, LLC | 2650369 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Tower | 2001 | Sba Structures, LLC | 2621890 |
| 60 m (198 ft) | Lattice tower | 2002 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2628436 |
When they were registered
| 1960s | 1 | 13% |
| 2000s | 6 | 75% |
| 2020s | 1 | 13% |
Nearby places
- Urbandale 5
- West Des Moines 6
- Winterset 19
- Norwalk 11
- Panora 6
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.