Cell towers in Vinton, Iowa
The FCC register lists 11 antenna structures in and around Vinton. That is the 57th highest count of any place in Iowa.
Overview
Vinton, IA has 11 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 57th largest count among the 768 places in Iowa that have any.
The register works out to 2.25 structures per square mile here.
The tallest structure on the register here is 105 m (345 ft) above ground level.
The largest registered owner here is American Towers LLC, which holds 3 of them — 27.3% 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 1997.
Structure types
| Guyed tower | 4 | 36% |
| Tower | 3 | 27% |
| Lattice tower | 3 | 27% |
| Monopole | 1 | 9% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 3 | 27% |
| Benton County Emergency Management Agency Other | 2 | 18% |
| County of Benton Government | 1 | 9% |
| East Central Iowa Rec Other | 1 | 9% |
| Swif - Iowa, LLC Other | 1 | 9% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 m (345 ft) | Guyed tower | 1997 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 124937 |
| 99 m (325 ft) | Guyed tower | 2023 | Benton County Emergency Management Agency | 2724172 |
| 93 m (305 ft) | Lattice tower | 2023 | Benton County Emergency Management Agency | 2723269 |
| 93 m (304 ft) | Lattice tower | 2000 | American Towers LLC | 2605388 |
| 91 m (297 ft) | Guyed tower | 2010 | Swif - Iowa, LLC | 120133 |
| 81 m (265 ft) | Lattice tower | 2019 | Vertical Bridge Development, LLC | 2709218 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Tower | 2006 | Interstate Power and Light Company | 2648823 |
| 79 m (258 ft) | Guyed tower | 2011 | American Towers LLC | 119568 |
| 57 m (187 ft) | Tower | 2011 | East Central Iowa Rec | 2681422 |
| 55 m (180 ft) | Tower | 2000 | County of Benton | 2615717 |
| 32 m (105 ft) | Monopole | 2014 | American Towers LLC | 2701938 |
When they were registered
| 1990s | 1 | 9% |
| 2000s | 3 | 27% |
| 2010s | 5 | 45% |
| 2020s | 2 | 18% |
Nearby places
- Urbana 6
- Van Horne 6
- Dysart 7
- Independence 12
- Belle Plaine 11
About this data
The underlying records are the FCC's own registrations as of 2026-08-23. Every structure counted here carries a registration number you can check against the FCC directly.
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.