FCC

live GovernmentGeographyUS

FCC geo.fcc.gov API: resolve US lat/lon to Census block, county, state FIPS codes, population, and FCC market-area identifiers.

3 tools

0ms auth

free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

census_block

Resolve a US latitude/longitude (decimal degrees) to its Census block, county, and state FIPS codes and names. Returns the 15-digit block FIPS, 5-digit county FIPS, 2-digit state FIPS, state code/name

No parameters required.

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Response

census_area

Resolve a US latitude/longitude (decimal degrees) to its full Census area record: block/county/state FIPS + names plus 2020 block population and FCC market-area codes (BEA, BTA, CMA, EAG, MEA, MTA, PE

No parameters required.

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Response

county_for_point

Lightweight reverse geocode: return just the county and state for a US latitude/longitude (decimal degrees) — county FIPS + name, state FIPS + code + name. Convenience wrapper over the FCC block-find

No parameters required.

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Response

Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools

bash

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fcc/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'

Call a tool

bash

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fcc/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"census_block","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("census_block", {});

ask_pipeworx

// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("fcc geo");

Related packs

Other Pipeworx packs in the same categories (Government, Geography, US):

MCP Config

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-fcc": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fcc/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}