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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

NAD8334° 43′ 26.6″ N 76° 43′ 16.8″ W34.724056, -76.721333
NAD2734° 43′ 26.0″ N 76° 43′ 18.0″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 18: 3,843,577.5 m N, 342,356.1 m E
Ground elevation4.2 m (14 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateNorth CarolinaGEOID 37
CountyCarteret CountyGEOID 37031
PlaceMorehead City townGEOID 3744320
County subdivisionMorehead townshipGEOID 3703192120
Urban areaMorehead City--Emerald Isle--Atlantic Beach, NC Urban AreaGEOID 59194
Census tractCensus Tract 9704.02GEOID 37031970402
Census blockBlock 1049GEOID 370319704021049
Congressional districtCongressional District 1GEOID 3701 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 2GEOID 37002 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 13GEOID 37013 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population19
FCC market areasCMA577, BEA021, MTA006, BTA316, PEA100FCC 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 border2,107 km (1,309 mi)
Canadian border909 km (565 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.