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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

NAD8343° 02′ 55.0″ N 87° 58′ 48.3″ W43.048611, -87.980083
NAD2743° 02′ 55.0″ N 87° 58′ 48.0″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 16: 4,766,462.5 m N, 420,182.6 m E
Ground elevation218.1 m (715 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateWisconsinGEOID 55
CountyMilwaukee CountyGEOID 55079
PlaceMilwaukee cityGEOID 5553000
County subdivisionMilwaukee cityGEOID 5507953000
Urban areaMilwaukee, WI Urban AreaGEOID 57466
Census tractCensus Tract 124GEOID 55079012400
Census blockBlock 2001GEOID 550790124002001
Congressional districtCongressional District 4GEOID 5504 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 6GEOID 55006 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtAssembly District 18GEOID 55018 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population307
FCC market areasCMA021, BEA063, MTA020, BTA297, PEA038FCC 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 border1,836 km (1,141 mi)
Canadian border405 km (252 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.