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Cell towers in Atlantic, Iowa

The FCC register lists 18 antenna structures in and around Atlantic. That is the 25th highest count of any place in Iowa.

Registered structures
18
Median height
80 m (261 ft)
+1.0% vs state median
Tallest
125 m (410 ft)
Per 100k residents
269.6
population 6,676 (2025)

Overview

Atlantic, IA has 18 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 25th largest count among the 768 places in Iowa that have any.

Counted against 6,676 residents, that is 269.6 per 100,000 — worth reading alongside area density, since structures cluster along roads and ridgelines rather than where people sleep.

Half the registered structures here are taller than 80 m (261 ft) and half are shorter.

The largest registered owner here is Array Digital Infrastructure, INC., which holds 3 of them — 16.7% 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 1982, the newest in 2006 — 24 years of build-out visible in one register.

Structure types

Tower 14
78%
Lattice tower 2
11%
Pole 1
6%
Guyed tower 1
6%

Largest registered owners

owner is not the same as carrier
Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. Tower company 3
17%
Rsa 7 Limited Partnership Other 2
11%
Spectrasite Communications, LLC. Through American Towers, LLC. Tower company 2
11%
A M Cohron and Son INC Other 1
6%
Wireless Communications Corporation Dba = Kjan Radio Broadcaster 1
6%

Tallest registered structures

Height Type Built Owner ASR
125 m (410 ft) Guyed tower 1990 Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. 120228
124 m (406 ft) Tower 1996 Wireless Communications Corporation Dba = Kjan Radio 120575
109 m (356 ft) Tower 2000 Spectrasite Communications, LLC. Through American Towers, LLC. 2601565
107 m (350 ft) Tower 1999 Mcc Iowa LLC 2602682
98 m (320 ft) Tower 2002 Rsa 7 Limited Partnership 118381
94 m (307 ft) Tower 2004 Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative 118206
91 m (300 ft) Tower 1989 Midamerican Energy Company 122847
81 m (265 ft) Lattice tower 2002 Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. 2634696
81 m (265 ft) Tower 2003 Ccatt LLC 2638855
79 m (258 ft) Tower 2002 Stc Five LLC 2633051
69 m (227 ft) Tower 2000 Spectrasite Communications, LLC. Through American Towers, LLC. 2612440
65 m (214 ft) Tower 1982 Heartland Tower INC. 597858
59 m (195 ft) Tower 1984 Cass, County Of 2599904
49 m (160 ft) Tower 1985 A M Cohron and Son INC 2604575
43 m (140 ft) Pole 2006 Rsa 7 Limited Partnership 2645042
41 m (133 ft) Lattice tower 2006 Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. 2652597
21 m (69 ft) Tower 1999 Iowa Department of Transportation 2604515
9.1 m (30 ft) Tower 1999 Iowa State Of 2615136

When they were registered

1980s 4
22%
1990s 5
28%
2000s 9
50%

Nearby places

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.