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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

NAD8338° 27′ 10.9″ N 106° 01′ 04.0″ W38.453028, -106.017778
NAD2738° 27′ 10.9″ N 106° 01′ 01.9″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 13: 4,256,364.8 m N, 411,240.8 m E
Ground elevation3,567.2 m (11,703 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateColoradoGEOID 08
CountySaguache CountyGEOID 08109
County subdivisionSaguache CCDGEOID 0810993135
Census tractCensus Tract 9776GEOID 08109977600
Census blockBlock 2000GEOID 081099776002000
Congressional districtCongressional District 3GEOID 0803 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 6GEOID 08006 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 62GEOID 08062 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population19
FCC market areasCMA354, BEA140, MTA022, BTA366, PEA311FCC 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 border744 km (462 mi)
Canadian border1,172 km (728 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.