Devils Lake, ND Noise Levels
Is Devils Lake, ND noisy?
Devils Lake, ND reads 47.5 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. That figure is sampled at one coordinate, the Census Bureau's own internal point for Devils Lake, not a street-by-street survey of the whole place.
Devils Lake'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.
Where Devils Lake ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Devils Lake ranks 2,455, loudest first. By population, it ranks 3,944 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 7,314 people.
Your street may differ from Devils Lake's reading
This page describes Devils Lake as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Devils Lake's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Devils Lake's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Devils Lake isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.