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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

NAD8329° 33′ 45.2″ N 95° 30′ 35.9″ W29.562556, -95.509972
NAD2729° 33′ 44.4″ N 95° 30′ 35.1″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 15: 3,272,738.9 m N, 256,840.1 m E
Ground elevation22.4 m (74 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateTexasGEOID 48
CountyFort Bend CountyGEOID 48157
PlaceMissouri City cityGEOID 4848804
County subdivisionStafford-Missouri City CCDGEOID 4815793715
Urban areaHouston, TX Urban AreaGEOID 40429
Census tractCensus Tract 6709.03GEOID 48157670903
Census blockBlock 1000GEOID 481576709031000
Congressional districtCongressional District 18GEOID 4818 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 13GEOID 48013 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 27GEOID 48027 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population258
FCC market areasCMA010, BEA131, MTA014, BTA196, PEA010FCC 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 border430 km (267 mi)
Canadian border1,821 km (1,132 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.