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Cell towers in Des Moines, IA
60 towers and cell sites in Des Moines.
Towers with the most carriers in Des Moines
| Tower | Height | Owner | Carriers seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guyed towerBurlington, IA | 160 ft | Interstate Power and Light Company | T-Mobile |
| Water tankBurlington, IA | 112 ft | Burlington Municipal Waterworks | T-Mobile |
| Lattice towerSperry, IA | 440 ft | Iowa State of | none reported |
| Guyed towerBurlington, IA | 420 ft | Electronic Engineering Co | none reported |
| TowerBurlington, IA | 375 ft | Titan Broadcasting, LLC | none reported |
| TowerSperry, IA | 370 ft | Nextel Partners Operating Corp. | none reported |
| TowerWest Burlington, IA | 370 ft | Nextel Partners Operating Corp. | none reported |
| TowerWest Burlington, IA | 370 ft | American Tower | none reported |
| TowerYarmouth, IA | 345 ft | ANR Pipeline Company | none reported |
| Lattice towerMiddletown, IA | 335 ft | Array Digital Infrastructure | none reported |
| TowerWest Burlington, IA | 320 ft | Des Moines, County of | none reported |
| SmokestackBurlington, IA | 318 ft | Interstate Power and Light Company | none reported |
| TowerDanville, IA | 310 ft | American Tower | none reported |
| Guyed towerMiddletown, IA | 307 ft | American Tower | none reported |
| Lattice towerWest Burlington, IA | 305 ft | Array Digital Infrastructure | none reported |
| Guyed towerSperry, IA | 304 ft | American Tower | none reported |
| TowerBurlington, IA | 292 ft | Pritchard Broadcasting Co Dba = Station Kkmi | none reported |
| TowerWest Burlington, IA | 285 ft | Iowa State of | none reported |
| TowerBurlington, IA | 280 ft | Crown Castle | none reported |
| Guyed towerWest Burlington, IA | 267 ft | BNSF Railway Co. | none reported |
| Lattice towerDanville, IA | 264 ft | TowerNorth Development, LLC | none reported |
| Lattice towerSperry, IA | 260 ft | Array Digital Infrastructure | none reported |
| Lattice towerDanville, IA | 259 ft | TowerNorth Development, LLC | none reported |
| Guyed towerMediapolis, IA | 259 ft | Array Digital Infrastructure | none reported |
| TowerSperry, IA | 255 ft | CommNet Cellular Inc. | none reported |
| TowerBurlington, IA | 240 ft | Burlington Television Acquisition Corp | none reported |
| Lattice towerDanville, IA | 235 ft | Array Digital Infrastructure | none reported |
| Tower in an antenna farmBurlington, IA | 214 ft | Giannettino, John M Dba = KCPS Radio | none reported |
| Tower in an antenna farmBurlington, IA | 214 ft | Giannettino, John M Dba = KCPS Radio | none reported |
| Tower in an antenna farmBurlington, IA | 214 ft | Giannettino, John M Dba = KCPS Radio | none reported |
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Carriers in Des Moines
Number of towers and sites in the county where each carrier has been seen.
Good to know
Is the company that owns a tower my carrier?
Usually not. Most towers are owned by tower companies such as American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA Communications, which rent space on them to Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and others. One tower often carries two or three carriers at different heights. The FCC registration names the owner; it does not list the tenants.
How do you know which carriers are on a tower?
From phones. OpenCelliD collects reports of the cell signals phones see and where they saw them. When reported cells sit within 200 meters of a registered structure, we list those carriers on that structure. It is strong evidence, not a lease record, and it can miss a carrier nobody has reported yet.
Why isn't every cell site on the map?
The FCC only requires registration for structures taller than 200 feet or close to an airport. Rooftop antennas, small cells on street poles and many shorter towers never register. Where phones report a cell site with no registered structure nearby, we show it as an approximate crowdsourced site, which can be off by a few hundred meters.