Appleton, WI Noise Levels
Is Appleton, WI noisy?
Appleton, WI sits below the 45 dB(A) floor BTS's transportation noise model measures at all, road, rail and aircraft alike. This describes Appleton as a whole, not a specific block, the underlying BTS map resolves to about 38 meters per pixel, sampled at the town's own center point.
Where Appleton ranks
Appleton is one of 8,515 places in this dataset with no measurable transportation noise at all, too quiet to rank on loudness. About 75,344 people live there, making it the 511th largest place in this dataset.
Your street may differ from Appleton's reading
This page describes Appleton as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Appleton's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Appleton's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Appleton isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.