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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

NAD8337° 14′ 15.5″ N 77° 24′ 53.9″ W37.237639, -77.414972
NAD2737° 14′ 15.0″ N 77° 24′ 55.0″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 18: 4,123,748.3 m N, 285,746.9 m E
Ground elevation30.2 m (99 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateVirginiaGEOID 51
CountyColonial Heights cityGEOID 51570
PlaceColonial Heights cityGEOID 5118448
County subdivisionColonial Heights cityGEOID 5157090948
Urban areaRichmond, VA Urban AreaGEOID 74746
Census tractCensus Tract 8304GEOID 51570830400
Census blockBlock 2014GEOID 515708304002014
Congressional districtCongressional District 4GEOID 5104 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 12GEOID 51012 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 74GEOID 51074 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population0
FCC market areasCMA235, BEA015, MTA023, BTA374, PEA191FCC Area API: Cellular Market Area, Economic Area, Major and Basic Trading Areas, Partial Economic Area

FCC rule zones

FM zone (§73.205)Zone I (§73.205(a))
Mississippi RiverEastNew call signs start with W (§73.3550(e)); FM translators use the §74.1235(b)(1) table
Mexican border2,151 km (1,337 mi)
Canadian border623 km (387 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.