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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° 28′ 43.9″ N 94° 12′ 10.9″ W42.478861, -94.203028
NAD2742° 28′ 44.0″ N 94° 12′ 10.0″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 15: 4,703,435.9 m N, 401,135.0 m E
Ground elevation340.1 m (1,116 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateIowaGEOID 19
CountyWebster CountyGEOID 19187
PlaceFort Dodge cityGEOID 1928515
County subdivisionFort Dodge cityGEOID 1918791370
Census tractCensus Tract 9GEOID 19187000900
Census blockBlock 3016GEOID 191870009003016
Congressional districtCongressional District 4GEOID 1904 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 4GEOID 19004 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 8GEOID 19008 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population8
FCC market areasCMA421, BEA100, MTA032, BTA150, PEA176FCC 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 RiverWestNew call signs start with K (§73.3550(e)); FM translators use the §74.1235(b)(2) table
Mexican border1,531 km (951 mi)
Canadian border656 km (407 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.