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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

NAD8332° 39′ 26.5″ N 85° 25′ 26.8″ W32.657361, -85.424111
NAD2732° 39′ 26.0″ N 85° 25′ 27.0″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 16: 3,614,195.1 m N, 647,785.7 m E
Ground elevation200.1 m (657 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateAlabamaGEOID 01
CountyLee CountyGEOID 01081
PlaceOpelika cityGEOID 0157048
County subdivisionAuburn-Opelika CCDGEOID 0108190162
Urban areaAuburn, AL Urban AreaGEOID 04033
Census tractCensus Tract 411.04GEOID 01081041104
Census blockBlock 3006GEOID 010810411043006
Congressional districtCongressional District 3GEOID 0103 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 27GEOID 01027 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 37GEOID 01037 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population645
FCC market areasCMA314, BEA039, MTA011, BTA334, PEA246FCC 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 RiverEastNew call signs start with W (§73.3550(e)); FM translators use the §74.1235(b)(1) table
Mexican border1,326 km (824 mi)
Canadian border1,035 km (643 mi)

More than 320 km from both borders: no international FM coordination limits apply here (§73.207(b), §74.1235(d)).

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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.