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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° 47′ 21.3″ N 82° 47′ 03.6″ W37.789250, -82.784333
NAD2737° 47′ 21.0″ N 82° 47′ 04.0″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 17: 4,183,716.1 m N, 342,872.2 m E
Ground elevation183.2 m (601 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateKentuckyGEOID 21
CountyJohnson CountyGEOID 21115
PlaceWest Van Lear CDPGEOID 2182056
County subdivisionPaintsville CCDGEOID 2111592672
Urban areaPaintsville, KY Urban AreaGEOID 66997
Census tractCensus Tract 9606GEOID 21115960600
Census blockBlock 3009GEOID 211159606003009
Congressional districtCongressional District 5GEOID 2105 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 31GEOID 21031 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 97GEOID 21097 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population35
FCC market areasCMA451, BEA047, MTA018, BTA474, PEA095FCC 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 border1,823 km (1,133 mi)
Canadian border432 km (268 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.