Cell towers in Independence, Iowa
The FCC register lists 12 antenna structures in and around Independence. That is the 47th highest count of any place in Iowa.
Overview
Independence, IA has 12 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 47th largest count among the 768 places in Iowa that have any.
Per head that is 190.1 structures for every 100,000 people; per unit of area it is 1.99 per square mile.
At a median of 93 m (305 ft), structures here run 17.8% taller than the Iowa median of 79 m (259 ft).
The largest registered owner here is American Towers LLC, which holds 4 of them — 33.3% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.
The earliest structure still on the register here dates from 1983.
Structure types
| Lattice tower | 5 | 42% |
| Tower | 4 | 33% |
| Guyed tower | 2 | 17% |
| Not specified | 1 | 8% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 4 | 33% |
| Buchanan, County Of Government | 2 | 17% |
| Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. Tower company | 2 | 17% |
| East Central Iowa Rec Other | 1 | 8% |
| Iowa, State of, Dept. of Transportation Government | 1 | 8% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 333 m (1,093 ft) | Tower | 1983 | University of Northwestern - St Paul | 125659 |
| 132 m (433 ft) | Guyed tower | 1994 | American Towers LLC | 614793 |
| 109 m (358 ft) | Guyed tower | 2000 | American Towers LLC | 2606166 |
| 105 m (345 ft) | Not specified | 1997 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 128554 |
| 104 m (342 ft) | Tower | 2012 | Buchanan, County Of | 2682687 |
| 95 m (310 ft) | Tower | 2001 | American Towers LLC | 2623511 |
| 91 m (300 ft) | Lattice tower | 2014 | Iowa, State of, Dept. of Transportation | 2691379 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Lattice tower | 1998 | American Towers LLC | 2645977 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Tower | 2011 | East Central Iowa Rec | 2681425 |
| 59 m (195 ft) | Lattice tower | 1992 | Buchanan, County Of | 2716974 |
| 59 m (195 ft) | Lattice tower | 2002 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2631847 |
| 50 m (165 ft) | Lattice tower | 2018 | Uniti Towers LLC | 2704429 |
When they were registered
| 1980s | 1 | 8% |
| 1990s | 4 | 33% |
| 2000s | 3 | 25% |
| 2010s | 4 | 33% |
Nearby places
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.