Sturgis, MI Noise Levels
Is Sturgis, MI noisy?
Sturgis, MI 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 Sturgis, not a street-by-street survey of the whole place.
Where Sturgis ranks
Sturgis, MI sits among 8,515 US places this dataset covers with no measurable transportation noise, out of 12,137 places checked overall. By population, it ranks 2,986 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 11,030 people.
Your street may differ from Sturgis's reading
This page describes Sturgis as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Sturgis's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Sturgis's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Sturgis isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.