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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° 47′ 00.9″ N 96° 55′ 27.1″ W42.783583, -96.924194
NAD2742° 47′ 00.9″ N 96° 55′ 25.9″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 14: 4,738,658.5 m N, 669,822.1 m E
Ground elevation377.1 m (1,237 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateSouth DakotaGEOID 46
CountyClay CountyGEOID 46027
PlaceVermillion cityGEOID 4666700
County subdivisionVermillion cityGEOID 4602766700
Urban areaVermillion, SD Urban AreaGEOID 90325
Census tractCensus Tract 9659GEOID 46027965900
Census blockBlock 2006GEOID 460279659002006
Congressional districtCongressional District (at Large)GEOID 4600 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 17GEOID 46017 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 17GEOID 46017 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population449
FCC market areasCMA642, BEA116, MTA032, BTA421, PEA307FCC 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 border1,451 km (902 mi)
Canadian border688 km (427 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.