Adams, MN Noise Levels
Adams, MN: what the federal noise map shows
Adams, MN reads 52.5 dB(A) on BTS's 24-hour average, inside HUD's "Acceptable" noise zone, 65 dB(A) day-night average or below under 24 CFR 51.104, the federal government's own line for building housing with no extra sound attenuation required. Road traffic drives that number here, not the other two sources. That's the reading at Adams's Census-defined center point, not any one street, BTS's map is a live raster, not a per-address service.
Adams's noise, by source
Each of the three transportation modes gets its own model from BTS; the combined figure above is what they add up to.
What this means for a house here
Upgraded windows, door seals and STC-rated glazing meaningfully cut broadband, near-continuous road noise.
Where Adams ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Adams ranks 1,747, loudest first. By population, it ranks 11,835 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 700 people.
Your street may differ from Adams's reading
For a single house or lot in Adams rather than the town-wide figure above, BTS's own map is the same free source, queried directly.
More on how this number was built
For exactly which federal dataset feeds Adams's figure, see the methodology guide. Since road traffic is what's driving this reading, the guide to what actually cuts each kind of noise covers the fix that fits.