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Pampa, TX Noise Levels

Pampa, TX: what the federal noise map shows

Pampa, TX 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. That's the reading at Pampa's Census-defined center point, not any one street, BTS's map is a live raster, not a per-address service.

Pampa's noise, by source

52.5 dBRoad
47.5 dBRail
n/aAviation

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 Pampa ranks

Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Pampa ranks 995, loudest first. By population, it ranks 2,250 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 16,487 people.

Your street may differ from Pampa's reading

For a single house or lot in Pampa rather than the town-wide figure above, BTS's own map is the same free source, queried directly.

See BTS's official National Transportation Noise Map

More on how this number was built

For exactly which federal dataset feeds Pampa's figure, see the methodology guide. Since road traffic is what's driving this reading, the guide to what actually cuts each kind of noise covers the fix that fits.