Cherryvale, KS Noise Levels
Is Cherryvale, KS noisy?
Cherryvale, KS 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. Cherryvale's reading comes from a single sampled point, not a block-by-block sweep, so a specific address here could genuinely differ.
Cherryvale'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 Cherryvale ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Cherryvale ranks 1,407, loudest first. By population, it ranks 7,482 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 2,114 people.
Your street may differ from Cherryvale's reading
This page describes Cherryvale as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Cherryvale's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Cherryvale's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Since road traffic is what's driving this reading, the guide to what actually cuts each kind of noise covers the fix that fits.