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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

NAD8339° 24′ 36.2″ N 79° 17′ 15.6″ W39.410056, -79.287667
NAD2739° 24′ 35.9″ N 79° 17′ 16.5″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 17: 4,363,461.3 m N, 647,402.2 m E
Ground elevation939.9 m (3,084 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateMarylandGEOID 24
CountyGarrett CountyGEOID 24023
County subdivisionDistrict 10, Deer ParkGEOID 2402390872
Census tractCensus Tract 4GEOID 24023000400
Census blockBlock 2018GEOID 240230004002018
Congressional districtCongressional District 6GEOID 2406 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 1GEOID 24001 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState Legislative Subdistrict 1AGEOID 2401A · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population12
FCC market areasCMA467, BEA013, MTA010, BTA100, PEA088FCC Area API: Cellular Market Area, Economic Area, Major and Basic Trading Areas, Partial Economic Area

FCC rule zones

FM zone (§73.205)Zone I (§73.205(a))
Mississippi RiverEastNew call signs start with W (§73.3550(e)); FM translators use the §74.1235(b)(1) table
Mexican border2,143 km (1,332 mi)
Canadian border339 km (211 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.