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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° 48′ 18.9″ N 106° 29′ 00.7″ W31.805250, -106.483528
NAD2731° 48′ 18.5″ N 106° 28′ 58.7″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 13: 3,519,608.3 m N, 359,618.6 m E
Ground elevation1,716.1 m (5,630 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateTexasGEOID 48
CountyEl Paso CountyGEOID 48141
PlaceEl Paso cityGEOID 4824000
County subdivisionEl Paso CCDGEOID 4814191215
Urban areaEl Paso, TX--NM Urban AreaGEOID 27253
Census tractCensus Tract 11.11GEOID 48141001111
Census blockBlock 3001GEOID 481410011113001
Congressional districtCongressional District 16GEOID 4816 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 29GEOID 48029 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 77GEOID 48077 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population765
FCC market areasCMA081, BEA157, MTA039, BTA128, PEA073FCC 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 border5 km (3 mi)
Canadian border1,911 km (1,188 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.