Cell towers in Topeka, Kansas
The FCC register lists 63 antenna structures in and around Topeka. That is the 2nd highest count of any place in Kansas.
Overview
63 antenna structures are registered with the FCC in Topeka, KS.
The 63 structures here sit at 1.02 per square mile of land.
At a median of 51 m (166 ft), structures here run 43.2% shorter than the Kansas median of 89 m (293 ft).
The mix here is 13 monopoles, 8 lattice towers, 7 guyed masts — the rest of the register is made up of rooftops, water tanks and structures the FCC records without a specific type.
The earliest structure still on the register here dates from 1936.
Structure types
| Tower | 24 | 38% |
| Monopole | 13 | 21% |
| Lattice tower | 8 | 13% |
| Guyed tower | 7 | 11% |
| Pole | 5 | 8% |
| Not specified | 2 | 3% |
| Mast | 1 | 2% |
| Building with tower | 1 | 2% |
| Building with mast | 1 | 2% |
| Building | 1 | 2% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 8 | 13% |
| Bnsf Railway CO. Railroad | 6 | 10% |
| Topeka Cellular Telephone Company, INC. Other | 5 | 8% |
| Nexstar Media INC. Broadcaster | 3 | 5% |
| Kansas Department of Transportation Government | 3 | 5% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 63| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 439 m (1,439 ft) | Tower | 1984 | Nexstar Media INC. | 597300 |
| 437 m (1,433 ft) | Guyed tower | 2020 | Nexstar Media INC. | 2714996 |
| 350 m (1,148 ft) | Guyed tower | 2022 | Nexstar Media INC. | 598210 |
| 286 m (937 ft) | Not specified | 2004 | Washburn University of Topeka | 597949 |
| 152 m (499 ft) | Guyed tower | 2012 | Heartland Tower INC. | 2676039 |
| 150 m (492 ft) | Tower | 1998 | Shawnee County Sheriff'S Office - Communications Division | 129403 |
| 137 m (450 ft) | Guyed tower | 1936 | Vb-s1 Assets, LLC | 598266 |
| 126 m (413 ft) | Not specified | 1949 | Kansas Department of Transportation | 597449 |
| 125 m (410 ft) | Tower | 1970 | Midwest Mobile Radio Service | 602096 |
| 102 m (336 ft) | Tower | 2004 | Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLC | 2644969 |
| 99 m (325 ft) | Guyed tower | 1936 | Vb-s1 Assets, LLC | 598267 |
| 97 m (319 ft) | Lattice tower | 2000 | Topeka Smsa Limited Partnership | 102592 |
| 96 m (316 ft) | Tower | 1997 | American Towers LLC | 114772 |
| 92 m (302 ft) | Tower | 1997 | American Towers LLC | 100778 |
| 92 m (301 ft) | Guyed tower | 1996 | American Towers LLC | 98282 |
| 90 m (295 ft) | Tower | 2005 | US Coast Guard Navigation Center | 2660858 |
| 85 m (280 ft) | Building | 1967 | Eighth & Jackson Investment Group | 597084 |
| 85 m (279 ft) | Building with mast | 1998 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 608861 |
| 81 m (264 ft) | Building with tower | 1991 | Evergy Kansas Central, INC. | 129564 |
| 76 m (250 ft) | Tower | 1997 | Topeka Cellular Telephone Company, INC. | 109183 |
| 76 m (249 ft) | Lattice tower | 1997 | American Towers LLC | 99344 |
| 67 m (220 ft) | Tower | 1996 | Union Pacific Railroad Company | 620760 |
| 66 m (218 ft) | Guyed tower | 1992 | American Towers LLC | 101772 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Tower | 1997 | Montgomery Communications, INC. | 103262 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Tower | 2006 | Sba Monarch Towers III, LLC | 2654116 |
When they were registered
| 1930s | 2 | 3% |
| 1940s | 1 | 2% |
| 1960s | 1 | 2% |
| 1970s | 2 | 3% |
| 1980s | 5 | 8% |
| 1990s | 16 | 25% |
| 2000s | 20 | 32% |
| 2010s | 9 | 14% |
| 2020s | 7 | 11% |
Nearby places
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.