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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

NAD8341° 48′ 45.1″ N 87° 52′ 51.2″ W41.812528, -87.880889
NAD2741° 48′ 45.0″ N 87° 52′ 51.0″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 16: 4,629,120.0 m N, 426,835.7 m E
Ground elevation197.2 m (647 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateIllinoisGEOID 17
CountyCook CountyGEOID 17031
PlaceLa Grange villageGEOID 1740767
County subdivisionLyons townshipGEOID 1703145447
Urban areaChicago, IL--IN Urban AreaGEOID 16264
Census tractCensus Tract 8197GEOID 17031819700
Census blockBlock 3005GEOID 170318197003005
Congressional districtCongressional District 4GEOID 1704 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 4GEOID 17004 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 8GEOID 17008 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population14
FCC market areasCMA003, BEA064, MTA003, BTA078, PEA003FCC 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 border1,746 km (1,085 mi)
Canadian border393 km (244 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.