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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° 07′ 23.9″ N 94° 51′ 28.9″ W43.123306, -94.858028
NAD2743° 07′ 24.0″ N 94° 51′ 27.9″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 15: 4,775,971.7 m N, 348,873.9 m E
Ground elevation441.9 m (1,450 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateIowaGEOID 19
CountyPalo Alto CountyGEOID 19147
County subdivisionHighland townshipGEOID 1914791941
Census tractCensus Tract 9604GEOID 19147960400
Census blockBlock 2088GEOID 191479604002088
Congressional districtCongressional District 4GEOID 1904 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 5GEOID 19005 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 10GEOID 19010 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population5
FCC market areasCMA426, BEA100, MTA032, BTA150, PEA219FCC 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 border1,575 km (979 mi)
Canadian border602 km (374 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.