Weed, CA Noise Levels
Is Weed, CA noisy?
Weed, CA 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. That's the reading at Weed's Census-defined center point, not any one street, BTS's map is a live raster, not a per-address service.
Weed's noise, by source
Each of the three transportation modes gets its own model from BTS; the combined figure above is what they add up to.
Where Weed ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Weed ranks 2,890, loudest first. By population, it ranks 6,734 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 2,633 people.
Your street may differ from Weed's reading
This page describes Weed as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Weed's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Weed's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Weed isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.