Cell towers in Onawa, Iowa
The FCC register lists 6 antenna structures in and around Onawa. That is the 110th highest count of any place in Iowa.
Overview
The FCC register lists 6 antenna structures in and around Onawa, IA. That is the 110th highest count of any place in Iowa.
Density works out to 1.14 registered structures per square mile of land area.
Heights are uneven: the median is 93 m (305 ft) but the tallest is 183 m (600 ft), roughly 2 times that — usually the signature of a broadcast mast among shorter mobile sites.
Lattice towers (1) and guyed masts (3) 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 2010.
Structure types
| Guyed tower | 3 | 50% |
| Tower | 2 | 33% |
| Lattice tower | 1 | 17% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Racom Corporation Other | 1 | 17% |
| Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative Utility | 1 | 17% |
| Iowa 8-monona Limited Partnership Other | 1 | 17% |
| Sba Infrastructures, LLC Tower company | 1 | 17% |
| Ccatt LLC Tower company | 1 | 17% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 183 m (600 ft) | Tower | 1988 | Racom Corporation | 120321 |
| 102 m (333 ft) | Guyed tower | 2001 | American Towers LLC | 2621276 |
| 95 m (312 ft) | Guyed tower | 1998 | Iowa 8-monona Limited Partnership | 120519 |
| 91 m (299 ft) | Guyed tower | 2010 | Ccatt LLC | 615455 |
| 76 m (250 ft) | Tower | 2003 | Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative | 118205 |
| 59 m (195 ft) | Lattice tower | 2006 | Sba Infrastructures, LLC | 2656859 |
When they were registered
| 1980s | 1 | 17% |
| 1990s | 1 | 17% |
| 2000s | 3 | 50% |
| 2010s | 1 | 17% |
Nearby places
- Woodbine 5
- Sergeant Bluff 7
- Missouri Valley 8
- Sioux City 34
- Denison 10
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.