NoiseLevelCheck

Seymour, IN Noise Levels

Seymour, IN: what the federal noise map shows

Acceptable
47.5dB(A)

Seymour, IN reads 47.5 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.

This describes Seymour 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.

Seymour's noise, by source

n/aRoad
n/aRail
n/aAviation

Each of the three transportation modes gets its own model from BTS; the combined figure above is what they add up to.

Where Seymour ranks

Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Seymour ranks 2,093, loudest first. By population, it ranks 1,752 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 22,524 people.

Your street may differ from Seymour's reading

For a single house or lot in Seymour 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 Seymour's figure, see the methodology guide. The guide to reading a quiet result explains what "no measurable noise" actually means at Seymour.