Watkins Glen, NY Noise Levels
Is Watkins Glen, NY noisy?
Watkins Glen, NY sits below the 45 dB(A) floor BTS's transportation noise model measures at all, road, rail and aircraft alike. This describes Watkins Glen 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.
Where Watkins Glen ranks
Watkins Glen is one of 8,515 places in this dataset with no measurable transportation noise at all, too quiet to rank on loudness. About 1,746 people live there, making it the 8,179th largest place in this dataset.
Your street may differ from Watkins Glen's reading
This page describes Watkins Glen as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Watkins Glen's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Watkins Glen's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Watkins Glen isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.