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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

NAD8340° 40′ 23.3″ N 75° 12′ 28.6″ W40.673139, -75.207944
NAD2740° 40′ 22.9″ N 75° 12′ 30.0″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 18: 4,502,271.9 m N, 482,392.9 m E
Ground elevation101.9 m (334 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StatePennsylvaniaGEOID 42
CountyNorthampton CountyGEOID 42095
County subdivisionWilliams townshipGEOID 4209585256
Urban areaAllentown--Bethlehem, PA--NJ Urban AreaGEOID 01495
Census tractCensus Tract 181GEOID 42095018100
Census blockBlock 3018GEOID 420950181003018
Congressional districtCongressional District 7GEOID 4207 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 18GEOID 42018 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 136GEOID 42136 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population7
FCC market areasCMA058, BEA010, MTA001, BTA010, PEA001FCC 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 border2,470 km (1,535 mi)
Canadian border356 km (221 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.