Philomath, OR Noise Levels
Is Philomath, OR noisy?
Philomath, OR sits below the 45 dB(A) floor BTS's transportation noise model measures at all, road, rail and aircraft alike. That figure is sampled at one coordinate, the Census Bureau's own internal point for Philomath, not a street-by-street survey of the whole place.
Where Philomath ranks
Philomath is one of 8,515 places in this dataset with no measurable transportation noise at all, too quiet to rank on loudness. Population is about 5,795, 4,492th largest of the 12,137 places covered here.
Your street may differ from Philomath's reading
This page describes Philomath as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Philomath's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Philomath's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Philomath isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.