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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° 57′ 06.0″ N 85° 41′ 56.0″ W42.951667, -85.698889
NAD2742° 57′ 05.9″ N 85° 41′ 55.9″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 16: 4,756,050.8 m N, 606,140.8 m E
Ground elevation187.0 m (614 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateMichiganGEOID 26
CountyKent CountyGEOID 26081
PlaceGrand Rapids cityGEOID 2634000
County subdivisionGrand Rapids cityGEOID 2608134000
Urban areaGrand Rapids, MI Urban AreaGEOID 34300
Census tractCensus Tract 27GEOID 26081002700
Census blockBlock 3039GEOID 260810027003039
Congressional districtCongressional District 3GEOID 2603 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 30GEOID 26030 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 84GEOID 26084 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population12
FCC market areasCMA064, BEA062, MTA005, BTA169, PEA068FCC 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 border1,945 km (1,209 mi)
Canadian border224 km (139 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.