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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

NAD8342° 25′ 52.3″ N 71° 05′ 17.2″ W42.431194, -71.088111
NAD2742° 25′ 52.0″ N 71° 05′ 19.0″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 19: 4,699,541.5 m N, 328,190.1 m E
Ground elevation54.7 m (179 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateMassachusettsGEOID 25
CountyMiddlesex CountyGEOID 25017
PlaceMedford cityGEOID 2539835
County subdivisionMedford cityGEOID 2501739835
Urban areaBoston, MA--NH Urban AreaGEOID 09271
Census tractCensus Tract 3401GEOID 25017340100
Census blockBlock 2005GEOID 250173401002005
Congressional districtCongressional District 5GEOID 2505 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtSecond Middlesex DistrictGEOID 25D27 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house district35th Middlesex DistrictGEOID 25093 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population537
FCC market areasCMA006, BEA003, MTA008, BTA051, PEA007FCC 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 border2,817 km (1,750 mi)
Canadian border289 km (180 mi)
  • Within 320 km of Canada: FM stations follow the 1991 U.S.-Canada FM Agreement (§73.207(b)(2)); translators and boosters have the §74.1235(d)(3) limit.

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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.