NoiseLevelCheck

Sunman, IN Noise Levels

Sunman, IN: what the federal noise map shows

Sunman, IN reads 52.5 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. Road traffic drives that number here, not the other two sources. Treat this as Sunman's one representative point, not a promise about every block in it, BTS's map wasn't built to resolve individual streets.

Sunman's noise, by source

47.5 dBRoad
47.5 dBRail
n/aAviation

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

What this means for a house here

Upgraded windows, door seals and STC-rated glazing meaningfully cut broadband, near-continuous road noise.

Where Sunman ranks

Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Sunman ranks 1,642, loudest first. By population, it ranks 10,575 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 932 people.

Your street may differ from Sunman's reading

For a single house or lot in Sunman rather than the town-wide figure above, BTS's own map is the same free source, queried directly.

Look up Sunman directly on BTS's noise map

More on how this number was built

For exactly which federal dataset feeds Sunman's figure, see the methodology guide. Since road traffic is what's driving this reading, the guide to what actually cuts each kind of noise covers the fix that fits.