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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

NAD8342° 21′ 06.0″ N 83° 03′ 48.0″ W42.351667, -83.063333
NAD2742° 21′ 05.9″ N 83° 03′ 48.3″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 17: 4,690,666.4 m N, 330,049.1 m E
Ground elevation189.9 m (623 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateMichiganGEOID 26
CountyWayne CountyGEOID 26163
PlaceDetroit cityGEOID 2622000
County subdivisionDetroit cityGEOID 2616322000
Urban areaDetroit, MI Urban AreaGEOID 23824
Census tractCensus Tract 5203GEOID 26163520300
Census blockBlock 3003GEOID 261635203003003
Congressional districtCongressional District 13GEOID 2613 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 1GEOID 26001 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 9GEOID 26009 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population0
FCC market areasCMA005, BEA057, MTA005, BTA112, PEA012FCC 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 2.3 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
Mexican border2,057 km (1,278 mi)
Canadian border3 km (2 mi)
  • Within 320 km of Canada: FM stations follow the 1991 U.S.-Canada FM Agreement (§73.207(b)(2)); translators and boosters have the §74.1235(d)(3) limit.

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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.