# Cell Towers in Des Moines, IA

## Summary

- **Location**: Des Moines, Iowa 50311
- **Population**: 15,979
- **Mapped antenna sites**: 155
- **Sites with cellular spectrum**: 46
- **FCC records grouped**: 381
- **Area**: 0.78 square miles
- **Mapped site density**: 9.7 sites per square mile

- **County**: Polk

## Coordinates

- **Latitude**: 41.60133
- **Longitude**: -93.666225

## Top Licensees by Tower Count

1. **Des Moines Independent Community School District**: 10 towers

2. **United States Cellular Corporation**: 7 towers

3. **DES MOINES, CITY OF**: 6 towers

4. **HEARST PROPERTIES INC.**: 6 towers

5. **USCOC OF GREATER IOWA, LLC**: 6 towers


## Major Carriers

- **AMS Spectrum Holdings, LLC**: 3 towers

- **AT&T CORP**: 1 towers

- **SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY LP**: 1 towers

- **AT&T CORP.**: 1 towers

- **Sprint Spectrum LLC**: 1 towers

## Related Links

- [View the interactive map](https://www.celltowermaps.com/cell-towers/near/city-state/des-moines/ia): Human-readable map for this location.
- [State directory](https://www.celltowermaps.com/cell-towers/directory/iowa/index.md): Text-first list of locations in Iowa.
- [United States directory](https://www.celltowermaps.com/cell-towers/directory/index.md): Browse all states.

## Data Source

Tower data is sourced from U.S. Federal Communications Commission licensing records. See [llms.txt](https://www.celltowermaps.com/llms.txt) for methodology and access guidance.