# Cell Towers in Des Moines, IA

## Summary

- **Location**: Des Moines, Iowa 50317
- **Population**: 36,051
- **Mapped antenna sites**: 96
- **Sites with cellular spectrum**: 27
- **FCC records grouped**: 206
- **Area**: 0.78 square miles
- **Mapped site density**: 6.0 sites per square mile

- **County**: Polk

## Coordinates

- **Latitude**: 41.609523
- **Longitude**: -93.555198

## Top Licensees by Tower Count

1. **UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY**: 13 towers

2. **NEXTEL WIP LICENSE CORP.**: 4 towers

3. **USCOC OF GREATER IOWA, LLC**: 4 towers

4. **Des Moines Independent Community School District**: 4 towers

5. **Skybeam Acquisition Corporation**: 4 towers


## Major Carriers

- **Sprint Spectrum, L.P.**: 2 towers

- **T-Mobile License LLC**: 1 towers

- **Iota Spectrum Partners, LP**: 1 towers

- **AMS Spectrum Holdings, LLC**: 1 towers

- **T-Mobile License, 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.