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Cell towers in Columbia, Missouri

The FCC register lists 36 antenna structures in and around Columbia. That is the 8th highest count of any place in Missouri.

Registered structures
36
Median height
52 m (169 ft)
−34.2% vs state median
Tallest
320 m (1,049 ft)
Per 100k residents
27.5
population 130,851 (2025)

Overview

Columbia, MO has 36 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 8th largest count among the 812 places in Missouri that have any.

Area density is 0.53 per square mile — usually the more telling figure for infrastructure that follows terrain, roads and line of sight rather than population.

At a median of 52 m (169 ft), structures here run 34.2% shorter than the Missouri median of 78 m (257 ft).

By structure type the register shows 11 monopoles and 7 lattice towers, plus 5 guyed masts.

The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1961, the newest in 2023 — 62 years of build-out visible in one register.

Structure types

Monopole 11
31%
Lattice tower 7
19%
Tower 5
14%
Guyed tower 5
14%
Pole 4
11%
Tree 1
3%
Mast 1
3%
Building with tower 1
3%
Building with antenna 1
3%

Largest registered owners

owner is not the same as carrier
Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. Tower company 5
14%
American Towers LLC Tower company 5
14%
Sba Towers Ix, LLC Tower company 3
8%
Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLC Tower company 3
8%
Sba Structures, LLC Tower company 2
6%

Tallest registered structures

top 25 of 36
Height Type Built Owner ASR
320 m (1,049 ft) Guyed tower 1998 Vb Nimbus, LLC 127773
238 m (780 ft) Guyed tower 2022 The Curators of the University of Missouri 2718929
140 m (458 ft) Guyed tower 1988 American Towers LLC 111955
91 m (300 ft) Lattice tower 1998 Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. 97677
89 m (292 ft) Tower 1961 Columbia, City Of 98122
82 m (270 ft) Mast 2000 American Towers LLC 2610442
76 m (250 ft) Lattice tower 2023 Boone County Joint Communications 2718478
76 m (250 ft) Lattice tower 1975 Cti Towers, INC. 110816
74 m (244 ft) Guyed tower 1999 Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. 97678
69 m (225 ft) Lattice tower 2014 American Towers LLC 2691419
68 m (223 ft) Tower 1990 New Wave Corporation Dba = Kopn FM 112664
61 m (199 ft) Lattice tower 2006 Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLC 2672206
61 m (199 ft) Lattice tower 2004 Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. 2641715
60 m (197 ft) Guyed tower 2001 New Cingular Wireless Pcs, LLC 2615598
59 m (195 ft) Monopole 1998 American Towers LLC 615302
59 m (195 ft) Lattice tower 2000 Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. 2614583
59 m (194 ft) Monopole 2001 Sba Structures, LLC 2627210
52 m (170 ft) Monopole 2004 Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLC 2670354
52 m (169 ft) Monopole 2001 Sba Structures, LLC 2606031
50 m (164 ft) Pole 2013 Cellco Partnership 2686589
50 m (164 ft) Monopole 2001 American Towers LLC 2616579
49 m (162 ft) Pole 2010 Sba Towers Ix, LLC 2671743
49 m (161 ft) Monopole 2022 Tillman Infrastructure, LLC 2720568
49 m (160 ft) Monopole 2013 Eip Holdings II, LLC 2687675
47 m (154 ft) Tower 2006 Cellco Partnership 2652313

When they were registered

1960s 1
3%
1970s 1
3%
1980s 1
3%
1990s 5
14%
2000s 14
39%
2010s 9
25%
2020s 5
14%

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.