Cell towers in Boone, Iowa
The FCC register lists 23 antenna structures in and around Boone. That is the 10th highest count of any place in Iowa.
Overview
Boone, IA has 23 registered structures, the tallest standing 152 m (499 ft) above ground.
Counted against 12,471 residents, that is 184.4 per 100,000 — worth reading alongside area density, since structures cluster along roads and ridgelines rather than where people sleep.
Heights are uneven: the median is 55 m (180 ft) but the tallest is 152 m (499 ft), roughly 2.8 times that — usually the signature of a broadcast mast among shorter mobile sites.
Lattice towers (6) and guyed masts (2) between them make up much of the register here — both are older, taller designs than the monopoles that dominate newer urban sites.
The most recent registration on file here dates from 2025.
Structure types
| Tower | 7 | 30% |
| Lattice tower | 6 | 26% |
| Monopole | 5 | 22% |
| Other | 2 | 9% |
| Guyed tower | 2 | 9% |
| Silo | 1 | 4% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. Tower company | 4 | 17% |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company Railroad | 3 | 13% |
| Latin World Broadcasting, INC. Broadcaster | 2 | 9% |
| Central Iowa Wireless CO. Other | 2 | 9% |
| Interstate Power and Light Company Utility | 2 | 9% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152 m (499 ft) | Guyed tower | 1993 | Cellco Partnership | 119379 |
| 127 m (415 ft) | Guyed tower | 1994 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 120345 |
| 90 m (296 ft) | Other | 1927 | Latin World Broadcasting, INC. | 121503 |
| 70 m (229 ft) | Lattice tower | 2025 | Boone County Sheriff'S Department | 2730398 |
| 66 m (217 ft) | Lattice tower | 2008 | Interstate Power and Light Company | 119444 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Lattice tower | 2001 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2623867 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Tower | 2000 | Central Iowa Wireless CO. | 2606340 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Tower | 2000 | Central Iowa Wireless CO. | 2606345 |
| 59 m (195 ft) | Lattice tower | 2002 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2633109 |
| 59 m (194 ft) | Silo | 1988 | West Central Cooperative | 2610995 |
| 58 m (192 ft) | Tower | 1965 | Riverfront Broadcasting of Iowa, LLC | 119197 |
| 55 m (180 ft) | Monopole | 2004 | Sba Towers II LLC | 2639924 |
| 50 m (165 ft) | Tower | 1995 | Union Pacific Railroad Company | 1098457 |
| 50 m (163 ft) | Tower | 2007 | Cellco Partnership | 2657410 |
| 48 m (157 ft) | Monopole | 2001 | Sba Structures, LLC | 2618013 |
| 46 m (151 ft) | Other | 1927 | Latin World Broadcasting, INC. | 121504 |
| 43 m (140 ft) | Lattice tower | 2005 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2650322 |
| 31 m (100 ft) | Lattice tower | 2017 | Cti Towers Assets II, LLC | 2707649 |
| 27 m (90 ft) | Monopole | 2018 | Union Pacific Railroad Company | 2705240 |
| 24 m (77 ft) | Monopole | 2005 | Interstate Power and Light Company | 2718065 |
| 21 m (70 ft) | Tower | 1971 | Iowa Department of Transportation | 2604089 |
| 18 m (60 ft) | Monopole | 2018 | Union Pacific Railroad Company | 2705241 |
| 9.1 m (30 ft) | Tower | 1992 | Iowa, State of Iowa Department of Transportation | 2599810 |
When they were registered
| 1920s | 2 | 9% |
| 1960s | 1 | 4% |
| 1970s | 1 | 4% |
| 1980s | 1 | 4% |
| 1990s | 4 | 17% |
| 2000s | 10 | 43% |
| 2010s | 3 | 13% |
| 2020s | 1 | 4% |
Nearby places
- Ames 30
- Ankeny 17
- Jefferson 12
- Webster City 10
- Urbandale 5
About this data
Source is the FCC Antenna Structure Registration file of 2026-08-23. What it records is structures, not the radios mounted on them: the register cannot tell you which carrier operates from a given site.
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.