Cell towers in West Des Moines, Iowa
The FCC register lists 6 antenna structures in and around West Des Moines. That is the 110th highest count of any place in Iowa.
Overview
West Des Moines, IA has 6 registered structures, the tallest standing 61 m (199 ft) above ground.
Area density is 0.13 per square mile — usually the more telling figure for infrastructure that follows terrain, roads and line of sight rather than population.
The tallest structure on the register here is 61 m (199 ft) above ground level.
The largest registered owner here is Array Digital Infrastructure, INC., which holds 3 of them — 50.0% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.
Registrations here span 1992 to 2022.
Structure types
| Lattice tower | 4 | 67% |
| Tower | 1 | 17% |
| Monopole | 1 | 17% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. Tower company | 3 | 50% |
| Cellco Partnership Carrier | 2 | 33% |
| Sba Structures, LLC Tower company | 1 | 17% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 m (199 ft) | Lattice tower | 1999 | Sba Structures, LLC | 2599624 |
| 60 m (198 ft) | Lattice tower | 1992 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 119678 |
| 56 m (185 ft) | Lattice tower | 2010 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2674625 |
| 53 m (175 ft) | Lattice tower | 2003 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2635440 |
| 39 m (128 ft) | Tower | 2012 | Cellco Partnership | 2684107 |
| 9.1 m (30 ft) | Monopole | 2022 | Cellco Partnership | 2718740 |
When they were registered
| 1990s | 2 | 33% |
| 2000s | 1 | 17% |
| 2010s | 2 | 33% |
| 2020s | 1 | 17% |
Nearby places
- Urbandale 5
- Norwalk 11
- Des Moines 84
- Adel 8
- Ankeny 17
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.