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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

NAD8327° 30′ 40.0″ N 81° 31′ 53.0″ W27.511111, -81.531389
NAD2727° 30′ 38.9″ N 81° 31′ 53.7″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 17: 3,042,955.7 m N, 447,497.0 m E
Ground elevation44.3 m (145 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateFloridaGEOID 12
CountyHighlands CountyGEOID 12055
County subdivisionAvon Park CCDGEOID 1205590091
Census tractCensus Tract 9605.03GEOID 12055960503
Census blockBlock 2142GEOID 120559605032142
Congressional districtCongressional District 9GEOID 1209 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 29GEOID 12029 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 83GEOID 12083 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population17
FCC market areasCMA361, BEA030, MTA013, BTA440, PEA013FCC 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 RiverEastNew call signs start with W (§73.3550(e)); FM translators use the §74.1235(b)(1) table
Mexican border1,551 km (963 mi)
Canadian border1,578 km (980 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.