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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° 56′ 17.1″ N 87° 45′ 04.2″ W41.938083, -87.751167
NAD2741° 56′ 17.0″ N 87° 45′ 04.0″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 16: 4,642,957.5 m N, 437,732.8 m E
Ground elevation187.0 m (614 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateIllinoisGEOID 17
CountyCook CountyGEOID 17031
PlaceChicago cityGEOID 1714000
County subdivisionChicago cityGEOID 1703114000
Urban areaChicago, IL--IN Urban AreaGEOID 16264
Census tractCensus Tract 1902GEOID 17031190200
Census blockBlock 1006GEOID 170311902001006
Congressional districtCongressional District 3GEOID 1703 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 20GEOID 17020 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 39GEOID 17039 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population97
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 border1,763 km (1,095 mi)
Canadian border380 km (236 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.