Cell towers in Red Oak, Iowa
The FCC register lists 14 antenna structures in and around Red Oak. That is the 35th highest count of any place in Iowa.
Overview
The FCC register lists 14 antenna structures in and around Red Oak, IA. That is the 35th highest count of any place in Iowa.
Area density is 3.57 per square mile — usually the more telling figure for infrastructure that follows terrain, roads and line of sight rather than population.
Heights are uneven: the median is 62 m (203 ft) but the tallest is 125 m (410 ft), roughly 2 times that — usually the signature of a broadcast mast among shorter mobile sites.
The mix here is 4 lattice towers, 2 guyed masts — the rest of the register is made up of rooftops, water tanks and structures the FCC records without a specific type.
The most recent registration on file here dates from 2023.
Structure types
| Tower | 8 | 57% |
| Lattice tower | 4 | 29% |
| Guyed tower | 2 | 14% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Bnsf Railway CO. Railroad | 4 | 29% |
| Hawkeye Communications, INC. Other | 2 | 14% |
| Rsa 1 Limited Partnership Other | 2 | 14% |
| Motorola Solutions, INC Other | 1 | 7% |
| Montgomery County Other | 1 | 7% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 m (410 ft) | Guyed tower | 1993 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 119526 |
| 109 m (357 ft) | Tower | 2012 | Rsa 1 Limited Partnership | 118745 |
| 108 m (353 ft) | Tower | 1995 | Hawkeye Communications, INC. | 612383 |
| 95 m (310 ft) | Lattice tower | 2019 | Montgomery County | 2710875 |
| 94 m (307 ft) | Guyed tower | 2023 | Cloud 1 Services, LLC | 2726458 |
| 71 m (232 ft) | Tower | 1994 | Hawkeye Communications, INC. | 125660 |
| 69 m (225 ft) | Tower | 1968 | Midamerican Energy Company | 122843 |
| 55 m (181 ft) | Lattice tower | 2014 | Rsa 1 Limited Partnership | 2691161 |
| 46 m (150 ft) | Tower | 2012 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2682096 |
| 26 m (84 ft) | Lattice tower | 2021 | Motorola Solutions, INC | 2722435 |
| 15 m (50 ft) | Tower | 2011 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2676366 |
| 15 m (50 ft) | Tower | 2011 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2676367 |
| 15 m (50 ft) | Tower | 2011 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2676368 |
| 11 m (37 ft) | Lattice tower | 2013 | Iowa State Of | 2690851 |
When they were registered
| 1960s | 1 | 7% |
| 1990s | 3 | 21% |
| 2010s | 8 | 57% |
| 2020s | 2 | 14% |
Nearby places
- Essex 5
- Villisca 5
- Shenandoah 12
- Clarinda 14
- Corning 12
About this data
These counts come from the FCC Antenna Structure Registration database, weekly file dated 2026-08-23. Registration is generally required above 200 feet or near an airport, so small cells, rooftop antennas and short masts do not appear.
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.