The wider setting
Rank 228 supplies comparison, while 15976 guards the local identity; the 48-15976 entry identifies College Station, Texas (code 15976, estimate 127,472). Latitude 30 degrees 35 minutes 7 seconds north and longitude 96 degrees 17 minutes 47 seconds west orient College Station, Texas (rank 228); state Texas offers the frame near that marker. Population estimate 127,472 positions College Station, Texas (latitude 30.58516) among listed places; rank 228 is comparison, not geographic footprint. College Station, Texas (FIPS 48-15976) sits within Texas, where Gulf coastal plain, prairies, Hill Country, High Plains, and desert mountains gives the named entry setting beyond a single outline.
Water as a map clue
College Station, Texas (code 15976, estimate 127,472) shares Texas's water setting of Gulf rivers, playas, springs, reservoirs, and large interior watersheds; population 127,472 stays a separate scale clue. Identifier 48-15976 prevents ambiguous attribution; one state-scale observation behind College Station, Texas (rank 228) is that historical Pineywoods forests commonly had pines on uplands and hardwoods on bottomlands. Rank 228 identifies College Station, Texas (latitude 30.58516), while the water layer and coordinate 48-15976 describe how its setting may be read. Use the water layer to compare the setting of College Station, Texas (FIPS 48-15976); state 48 and place 15976 preserve the reference.
Terrain beneath the grid
Place College Station, Texas (code 15976, estimate 127,472) within coastal plain, prairies, Hill Country, plains, and desert ranges; the plotted point becomes more useful when Texas stays in view. For College Station, Texas (rank 228), the plotted point is most informative when the terrain remains shown; rank 228 names the entry. Identifier 48-15976 holds attribution plain; the wider relief story for College Station, Texas (latitude 30.58516) includes the observation that windblown sand and storm overwash transfer sediment toward Laguna Madre. Use paired water and terrain setting to keep College Station, Texas (FIPS 48-15976) in Texas; place code 15976 preserves identity.
Regional relationships
At rank 228, College Station, Texas (code 15976) is a catalog entry and a located place; this page focuses on geographic relationships. Code 15976 is not a shortcut for jurisdictional shape; read 127,472 as the reported size of College Station, Texas (rank 228). Human geography near College Station, Texas (latitude 30.58516) is connected to water and terrain; identifier 48-15976 preserves municipal identity. Identifier 48-15976 prevents setting from replacing city identity; College Station, Texas (FIPS 48-15976) is part of its Texas setting. For rank 228, College Station, Texas (estimate 127,472) remains a defined entry inside a larger and changing settlement landscape.
From state to city scale
Population 127,472 offers comparison but does not define geography; the guide moves from Texas to College Station, Texas (code 15976, estimate 127,472). Rank 228 and identifier 48-15976 protect the identity behind it; the marker for College Station, Texas (rank 228) gives a fixed anchor. For College Station, Texas (latitude 30.58516), drainage offers direction and terrain offers shape; the reference keeps those clues attached to rank 228. The Texas entry also notes that the Pecos and Staked Plains extend across the Texas Panhandle and into neighboring states; this fact adds depth without inventing local detail for College Station, Texas (FIPS 48-15976).