Scottsdale, AZ Noise Levels
Is Scottsdale, AZ noisy?
Scottsdale, AZ sits below the 45 dB(A) floor BTS's transportation noise model measures at all, road, rail and aircraft alike. Treat this as Scottsdale's one representative point, not a promise about every block in it, BTS's map wasn't built to resolve individual streets.
Where Scottsdale ranks
Scottsdale, AZ sits among 8,515 US places this dataset covers with no measurable transportation noise, out of 12,137 places checked overall. About 246,170 people live there, making it the 96th largest place in this dataset.
Your street may differ from Scottsdale's reading
This page describes Scottsdale as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Scottsdale's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Scottsdale's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Scottsdale isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.