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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

NAD8343° 00′ 59.1″ N 85° 44′ 24.1″ W43.016417, -85.740028
NAD2743° 00′ 59.0″ N 85° 44′ 24.0″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 16: 4,763,190.3 m N, 602,677.3 m E
Ground elevation238.8 m (783 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateMichiganGEOID 26
CountyKent CountyGEOID 26081
PlaceWalker cityGEOID 2682960
County subdivisionWalker cityGEOID 2608182960
Urban areaGrand Rapids, MI Urban AreaGEOID 34300
Census tractCensus Tract 116.01GEOID 26081011601
Census blockBlock 1015GEOID 260810116011015
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 population11
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 border1,947 km (1,210 mi)
Canadian border229 km (143 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.