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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

NAD8319° 31′ 14.0″ N 155° 17′ 58.0″ W19.520556, -155.299444
Ground elevation1,674.9 m (5,495 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateHawaiiGEOID 15
CountyHawaii CountyGEOID 15001
County subdivisionHilo CCDGEOID 1500190630
Census tractCensus Tract 202.02GEOID 15001020202
Census blockBlock 1055GEOID 150010202021055
Congressional districtCongressional District 2GEOID 1502 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 1GEOID 15001 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 5GEOID 15005 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population172
FCC market areasCMA387, BEA172, MTA047, BTA190, PEA042FCC 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 border4,259 km (2,646 mi)
Canadian border4,544 km (2,823 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.