Murphysboro, IL Noise Levels
Is Murphysboro, IL noisy?
Murphysboro, IL sits below the 45 dB(A) floor BTS's transportation noise model measures at all, road, rail and aircraft alike. That's the reading at Murphysboro's Census-defined center point, not any one street, BTS's map is a live raster, not a per-address service.
Where Murphysboro ranks
Murphysboro is one of 8,515 places in this dataset with no measurable transportation noise at all, too quiet to rank on loudness. About 7,044 people live there, making it the 4,022th largest place in this dataset.
Your street may differ from Murphysboro's reading
This page describes Murphysboro as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Murphysboro's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Murphysboro's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Murphysboro isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.