McCammon, ID Noise Levels
How loud is McCammon, ID?
At 85 dB(A), McCammon, ID falls inside HUD's "Unacceptable" noise zone, above 75 dB(A), the most severe category HUD's own housing rules recognize. The main source is rail traffic, well ahead of the other two modes BTS tracks. That figure is sampled at one coordinate, the Census Bureau's own internal point for McCammon, not a street-by-street survey of the whole place.
Where McCammon's noise comes from
BTS models these three sources separately before combining them, so a place can be quiet on two and loud on the third.
If you're weighing a move to McCammon
That also clears FHWA's own 66 dB(A) impact threshold for residential land use (23 CFR 772, Table 1), the level highway agencies use to decide whether a new road needs a sound wall. The same window and door upgrades that work on road noise also cut broadband rail noise, though very low-frequency freight rumble travels through walls, not just glass.
How McCammon compares nationally
McCammon ranks 11 of 3,622 measured places nationally, 1 being the loudest this dataset covers. By population, it ranks 11,096 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 824 people.
Checking one address in McCammon
Nothing here substitutes for checking one address in McCammon directly, and BTS's own map lets anyone do that at no cost.
McCammon's number isn't a one-off calculation, it comes from the same method covered in the methodology guide. The guide to what actually cuts each kind of noise explains why rail traffic calls for a different fix than the other two sources.