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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

NAD8341° 30′ 06.1″ N 90° 32′ 54.7″ W41.501694, -90.548528
NAD2741° 30′ 06.0″ N 90° 32′ 54.2″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 15: 4,597,137.7 m N, 704,626.0 m E
Ground elevation212.6 m (698 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateIllinoisGEOID 17
CountyRock Island CountyGEOID 17161
PlaceRock Island cityGEOID 1765078
County subdivisionRock Island townshipGEOID 1716165091
Urban areaDavenport, IA--IL Urban AreaGEOID 22366
Census tractCensus Tract 228GEOID 17161022800
Census blockBlock 4000GEOID 171610228004000
Congressional districtCongressional District 17GEOID 1717 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 36GEOID 17036 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 72GEOID 17072 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population126
FCC market areasCMA098, BEA102, MTA032, BTA105, PEA163FCC 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)) — site is 3.3 km from the Zone I line as approximated here; confirm the zone (a city the line passes through is in Zone I)
Mississippi RiverEastNew call signs start with W (§73.3550(e)); FM translators use the §74.1235(b)(1) table. Close to the river line as mapped here: confirm which bank
Mexican border1,587 km (986 mi)
Canadian border619 km (385 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.