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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

NAD8335° 01′ 56.6″ N 106° 39′ 34.3″ W35.032389, -106.659528
NAD2735° 01′ 56.4″ N 106° 39′ 32.2″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 13: 3,877,689.8 m N, 348,667.2 m E
Ground elevation1,503.5 m (4,933 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateNew MexicoGEOID 35
CountyBernalillo CountyGEOID 35001
PlaceSouth Valley CDPGEOID 3574520
County subdivisionAlbuquerque CCDGEOID 3500190060
Urban areaAlbuquerque, NM Urban AreaGEOID 01171
Census tractCensus Tract 40.01GEOID 35001004001
Census blockBlock 4029GEOID 350010040014029
Congressional districtCongressional District 2GEOID 3502 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 14GEOID 35014 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 10GEOID 35010 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population11
FCC market areasCMA086, BEA156, MTA039, BTA008, PEA075FCC 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 border362 km (225 mi)
Canadian border1,552 km (965 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.