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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

NAD8332° 00′ 57.6″ N 97° 06′ 34.0″ W32.016000, -97.109444
NAD2732° 00′ 57.0″ N 97° 06′ 33.0″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 14: 3,543,567.0 m N, 678,587.3 m E
Ground elevation195.2 m (641 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateTexasGEOID 48
CountyHill CountyGEOID 48217
PlaceHillsboro cityGEOID 4834088
County subdivisionHillsboro CCDGEOID 4821791810
Urban areaHillsboro, TX Urban AreaGEOID 38944
Census tractCensus Tract 9608GEOID 48217960800
Census blockBlock 1018GEOID 482179608001018
Congressional districtCongressional District 17GEOID 4817 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 22GEOID 48022 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 13GEOID 48013 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population53
FCC market areasCMA660, BEA127, MTA007, BTA459, PEA272FCC 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 border464 km (288 mi)
Canadian border1,718 km (1,068 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.