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.
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.