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Enter an address or coordinates to see the site's NAD83 and NAD27 coordinates, ground elevation, county and districts, the FM zone and Mississippi side it falls in, and its distance to the Mexican and Canadian borders.

Location

NAD8318° 25′ 28.9″ N 66° 08′ 27.7″ W18.424692, -66.141017
Ground elevation3.0 m (10 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StatePuerto RicoGEOID 72
CountyCataño MunicipioGEOID 72033
PlaceCataño zona urbanaGEOID 7215193
County subdivisionPalmas barrioGEOID 7203358451
Urban areaSan Juan, PR Urban AreaGEOID 79093
Census tractCensus Tract 204.28GEOID 72033020428
Census blockBlock 2000GEOID 720330204282000
Congressional districtResident Commissioner District (at Large)GEOID 7298 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 2GEOID 72002 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 6GEOID 72006 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population915
FCC market areasCMA091, BEA174, MTA025, BTA488, PEA412FCC Area API: Cellular Market Area, Economic Area, Major and Basic Trading Areas, Partial Economic Area

FCC rule zones

FM zone (§73.205)Puerto Rico / Virgin Islands — Zone I-A (§73.205(b)); §73.211(b)(3) class limits apply and are not evaluated here — verify
Mississippi RiverZone I-AFM translators here use the §74.1235(b)(1) table (Zone I-A)
Mexican border3,380 km (2,100 mi)
Canadian border2,975 km (1,848 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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Sources for this data

  • Coordinates, address matching and census geography come from the U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder; FCC market areas and block population from the FCC Area API. Elevation of the ground: FCC terrain data. NAD27 and UTM: the National Geodetic Survey at NOAA (NADCON 5).
  • FM zones are set by §73.205. The Mississippi River divides K and W call letters (§73.3550(e)) and the power tables for FM translators (§74.1235(b)). FM stations less than 320 km from Mexico or Canada are governed by the international agreements (§73.207(b)); boosters and translators in that zone have separate limits (§74.1235(d)).
  • The borders, the river and zone lines are plotted from simplified public map data, so any site near a line is flagged for confirmation.

Intended for planning. Not produced by NOAA, the FCC or the Census Bureau.