Cell towers in Urbandale, Iowa
The FCC register lists 5 antenna structures in and around Urbandale. That is the 139th highest count of any place in Iowa.
Overview
Urbandale, IA has 5 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 139th largest count among the 768 places in Iowa that have any.
Counted against 48,570 residents, that is 10.3 per 100,000 — worth reading alongside area density, since structures cluster along roads and ridgelines rather than where people sleep.
The median registered structure here stands 35 m (115 ft); the tallest reaches 40 m (130 ft).
The largest registered owner here is Array Digital Infrastructure, INC., which holds 3 of them — 60.0% 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 2001.
Structure types
| Monopole | 2 | 40% |
| Lattice tower | 2 | 40% |
| Pole | 1 | 20% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. Tower company | 3 | 60% |
| Cti Towers Assets II, LLC Tower company | 1 | 20% |
| Sba Towers, LLC Tower company | 1 | 20% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 m (130 ft) | Pole | 2005 | Sba Towers, LLC | 2648848 |
| 36 m (119 ft) | Monopole | 2008 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2660841 |
| 35 m (115 ft) | Lattice tower | 2001 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2621355 |
| 32 m (105 ft) | Monopole | 2004 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2644778 |
| 23 m (75 ft) | Lattice tower | 2001 | Cti Towers Assets II, LLC | 2708995 |
Nearby places
- West Des Moines 6
- Des Moines 84
- Ankeny 17
- Norwalk 11
- Adel 8
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.