Nebraska cell towers at a glance
The FCC records list 2,030 cell towers and other antenna sites in Nebraska: every registered antenna structure that is built and still standing, plus the licensed cellular transmitter sites too short to need registration. That ranks Nebraska 27th of the 51 states and DC by number of registered sites. The most common structure is the tower, with 897 sites (44%). Omaha has the most listed sites of any city, at 124.
To see the ones near you, tap Find towers near me above or type a Nebraska ZIP code. The list ranks sites by distance and shows the direction to each, its height and its owner.
Carriers on the record in Nebraska
Verizon is named on the most Nebraska sites, 310 of them (15%). A carrier is named only when it owns the structure or its cellular licence lists the site, so these counts are a floor, not a total. Most towers in Nebraska are owned by tower companies that rent space to several carriers without naming them.
| Carrier | Sites naming it | Share of Nebraska sites |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon | 310 | 15% |
| AT&T | 34 | 1.7% |
| T-Mobile | 3 | 0.1% |
Who owns the towers in Nebraska
The largest single owner name in Nebraska is ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC., with 231 sites (11%). Tower companies file under several subsidiary names, so one company can appear more than once below. Our guide to who owns cell towers explains which names belong together.
| Owner as filed | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. | 231 | 11% |
| Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC | 221 | 11% |
| American Towers LLC | 176 | 8.7% |
| Alltel Corporation | 149 | 7.3% |
| Industrial Communications & Electronics, Inc. | 83 | 4.1% |
| Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC. | 80 | 3.9% |
| Industrial Tower West LLC | 65 | 3.2% |
| Horvath Towers III, LLC | 37 | 1.8% |
Types of structure
| Structure | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tower | 897 | 44% |
| Lattice tower | 452 | 22% |
| Guyed tower | 297 | 15% |
| Monopole | 167 | 8.2% |
| Other structure | 99 | 4.9% |
| Pole | 65 | 3.2% |
See types of cell towers for how to recognise each one.
Cities with the most listed sites
By the city named on each FCC filing. Filings use the nearest town, so rural towers count toward it. Each link opens the tower finder at the middle of that city's sites.
| City | Sites | |
|---|---|---|
| Omaha | 124 | Towers around Omaha |
| Lincoln | 66 | Towers around Lincoln |
| North Platte | 31 | Towers around North Platte |
| Grand Island | 29 | Towers around Grand Island |
| Fremont | 26 | Towers around Fremont |
| Columbus | 26 | Towers around Columbus |
| Bellevue | 26 | Towers around Bellevue |
| Hastings | 24 | Towers around Hastings |
| Kearney | 19 | Towers around Kearney |
| Lexington | 18 | Towers around Lexington |
Tallest registered structures in Nebraska
The tallest is a guyed tower near Genoa at 1,854 feet (565 m) overall, owned by Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission. Structures this tall are usually broadcast masts or buildings rather than cell sites, but many carry cell antennas partway up.
| Height | Type | City | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,854 ft | Guyed tower | Genoa | Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission | 1023297 |
| 1,522 ft | Tower | Bassett | NEBRASKA EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION COMMISSION | 1029930 |
| 1,522 ft | Guyed tower | Gretna | Sinclair Television of Omaha, LLC | 1026025 |
| 1,499 ft | Guyed tower | Beaver Crossing | Gray Local Media, Inc. | 1041796 |
| 1,480 ft | Tower | Angora | Marquee Broadcasting West, Inc. | 1238064 |
What is not counted
FCC registration is required only for structures over 200 feet or near airports, so shorter monopoles, rooftop antennas and small cells in Nebraska are mostly missing unless a cellular licence lists them. Why a tower is missing from the map explains the gap. The data is rebuilt monthly from the FCC's bulk files.