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Type an address or drop in coordinates. You get the site's coordinates in NAD83 and NAD27, ground elevation, county and districts, which FM zone and side of the Mississippi it's on, and how close it is to the Canadian and Mexican borders.

Location

NAD8331° 02′ 02.4″ N 104° 51′ 20.7″ W31.034000, -104.855750
NAD2731° 02′ 01.9″ N 104° 51′ 18.9″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 13: 3,433,180.1 m N, 513,813.5 m E
Ground elevation1,256.0 m (4,121 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateTexasGEOID 48
CountyCulberson CountyGEOID 48109
PlaceVan Horn townGEOID 4875032
County subdivisionVan Horn CCDGEOID 4810994010
Census tractCensus Tract 9503GEOID 48109950300
Census blockBlock 1039GEOID 481099503001039
Congressional districtCongressional District 23GEOID 4823 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 29GEOID 48029 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 74GEOID 48074 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population31
FCC market areasCMA663, BEA157, MTA039, BTA128, PEA411FCC Area API: Cellular Market Area, Economic Area, Major and Basic Trading Areas, Partial Economic Area

FCC rule zones

FM zone (§73.205)Zone II (§73.205(c))
Mississippi RiverWestNew call signs start with K (§73.3550(e)); FM translators use the §74.1235(b)(2) table
Mexican border41 km (25 mi)
Canadian border1,997 km (1,241 mi)
  • Within 125 km of Mexico: FM translators and boosters are limited to 50 W toward the border, with their interfering contour within 32 km and 60 dBu contour within 8.7 km in that direction (§74.1235(d)(1)).
  • Within 320 km of Mexico: FM stations follow the 1992 U.S.-Mexico FM Agreement (§73.207(b)(3)).

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Where this comes from

  • Address matching, coordinates and census geography: the U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder. Block population and FCC market areas: the FCC Area API. Ground elevation: the FCC terrain service. NAD27 and UTM: NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NADCON 5).
  • FM zones follow §73.205; K and W call letters follow the Mississippi River (§73.3550(e)), as do the FM translator power tables (§74.1235(b)). Within 320 km of Canada or Mexico, FM stations follow the international agreements (§73.207(b)), and translators and boosters have their own limits (§74.1235(d)).
  • Zone lines, the river and the borders are drawn from public map data and generalized, so sites close to a line are flagged to confirm.

For planning. Not a product of the Census Bureau, the FCC or NOAA.