Cell towers in Ankeny, Iowa
The FCC register lists 17 antenna structures in and around Ankeny. That is the 27th highest count of any place in Iowa.
Overview
17 antenna structures are registered with the FCC in Ankeny, IA.
Area density is 0.52 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 38 m (123 ft), compared with 79 m (259 ft) across Iowa as a whole.
The mix here is 7 monopoles, 3 lattice towers — 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 1996, the newest in 2023 — 27 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Monopole | 7 | 41% |
| Tower | 3 | 18% |
| Pole | 3 | 18% |
| Lattice tower | 3 | 18% |
| Mast | 1 | 6% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. Tower company | 5 | 29% |
| Cellco Partnership Carrier | 2 | 12% |
| Iowa Department of Transportation Government | 1 | 6% |
| Towerco IV LLC Tower company | 1 | 6% |
| Sba Steel LLC Tower company | 1 | 6% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 m (267 ft) | Tower | 2000 | Vb Nimbus, LLC | 2616758 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Tower | 2001 | Ccatt LLC | 2631901 |
| 60 m (198 ft) | Pole | 2015 | Sba Towers Ix, LLC | 2696865 |
| 52 m (170 ft) | Lattice tower | 2015 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2694134 |
| 46 m (150 ft) | Monopole | 1996 | Cellco Partnership | 119380 |
| 45 m (149 ft) | Monopole | 1999 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 104762 |
| 42 m (139 ft) | Pole | 2010 | Sba Steel LLC | 2675551 |
| 41 m (135 ft) | Lattice tower | 1998 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 604777 |
| 38 m (123 ft) | Pole | 2005 | Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLC | 2645662 |
| 37 m (120 ft) | Monopole | 2023 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2724442 |
| 35 m (115 ft) | Lattice tower | 2002 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2628907 |
| 32 m (105 ft) | Monopole | 2015 | Towerco IV LLC | 2698173 |
| 31 m (103 ft) | Monopole | 2017 | Cellco Partnership | 2699418 |
| 30 m (98 ft) | Tower | 2002 | Stc Five LLC | 2632420 |
| 24 m (80 ft) | Monopole | 2014 | American Towers LLC | 2701822 |
| 10 m (33 ft) | Mast | 2002 | Iowa Department of Transportation | 2602315 |
| 9.1 m (30 ft) | Monopole | 2021 | Verizon Wireless (vaw) LLC | 2714060 |
When they were registered
| 1990s | 3 | 18% |
| 2000s | 6 | 35% |
| 2010s | 6 | 35% |
| 2020s | 2 | 12% |
Nearby places
- Altoona 8
- Des Moines 84
- Urbandale 5
- Mitchellville 6
- West Des Moines 6
About this data
Figures are drawn from the FCC's public antenna structure register (2026-08-23). It covers structures that need registering — broadly those over 200 feet or close to an airport — and not the many shorter installations that carry mobile traffic.
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.