Petaluma, CA Noise Levels
Is Petaluma, CA noisy?
Petaluma, CA sits below the 45 dB(A) floor BTS's transportation noise model measures at all, road, rail and aircraft alike. This describes Petaluma as a whole, not a specific block, the underlying BTS map resolves to about 38 meters per pixel, sampled at the town's own center point.
Where Petaluma ranks
Petaluma, CA sits among 8,515 US places this dataset covers with no measurable transportation noise, out of 12,137 places checked overall. Population is about 59,393, 683th largest of the 12,137 places covered here.
Your street may differ from Petaluma's reading
This page describes Petaluma as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Petaluma's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Petaluma's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Petaluma isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.