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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° 36′ 53.1″ N 84° 13′ 15.0″ W43.614750, -84.220833
NAD2743° 36′ 53.0″ N 84° 13′ 15.0″ WNOAA NADCON 5
UTM (NAD27)UTM Zone 16: 4,832,620.0 m N, 724,263.8 m E
Ground elevation190.3 m (624 ft) AMSLFCC terrain service, USGS 1 arc-second data

Census geography

StateMichiganGEOID 26
CountyMidland CountyGEOID 26111
PlaceMidland cityGEOID 2653780
County subdivisionMidland cityGEOID 2611153780
Urban areaMidland, MI Urban AreaGEOID 56980
Census tractCensus Tract 2902GEOID 26111290200
Census blockBlock 3007GEOID 261112902003007
Congressional districtCongressional District 8GEOID 2608 · 120th Congressional Districts
State senate districtState Senate District 35GEOID 26035 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Upper
State house districtState House District 95GEOID 26095 · 2026 State Legislative Districts - Lower
2020 block population61
FCC market areasCMA094, BEA057, MTA005, BTA390, PEA081FCC Area API: Cellular Market Area, Economic Area, Major and Basic Trading Areas, Partial Economic Area

FCC rule zones

FM zone (§73.205)Zone II (§73.205(c)) — site is 12.8 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 border2,070 km (1,286 mi)
Canadian border159 km (98 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.