Noise Levels in East Old Golden Road, West Pleasant View, CO | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
55 dBA
Average noise across East Old Golden Road
Quiet office to normal conversation
1,069
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
37% of East Old Golden Road residents
83 dBA
Loudest residential point
Food blender at arm’s length
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across East Old Golden Road at 100-meter resolution, combining road, aviation, and rail sources. Green areas measure below 45 dBA. Orange and red exceed the EPA's 55 dBA outdoor threshold linked to long-term health effects. Use the layer toggles to view each source on its own or all together.
What the numbers sound like
- 30 dBAWhisper
- 40 dBASoft rainfall
- 45 dBAQuiet suburban street at night
- 50 dBAQuiet office
- 55 dBAEPA outdoor threshold: light traffic 100 ft away
- 60 dBANormal conversation an arm's length away
- 65 dBABusy restaurant
- 70 dBAHighway traffic 50 ft away
- 80 dBACity bus interior
Population Above the EPA Outdoor Threshold
The EPA's 55 dBA outdoor reference level is a common benchmark for residential noise exposure, especially for activity interference, annoyance, and long-term community noise concerns. About 1,069 East Old Golden Road residents, or 36.6%, live above that level. By land area, 59.1% of East Old Golden Road is above 55 dBA.
40.9% below 55 dBA
59.1% above 55 dBA
See how noise in East Old Golden Road compares to similar-sized neighborhoods.
Noise by Part of East Old Golden Road
Average noise levels for East Old Golden Road residents, grouped by direction from the center of East Old Golden Road. Southern East Old Golden Road carries the highest population-weighted average; Northern East Old Golden Road carries the lowest. Just 18% of residents in Northern East Old Golden Road live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, a third of the share in Southern East Old Golden Road.
Central East Old Golden Road
52.9 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office to normal conversation
Eastern East Old Golden Road
59.6 dBA · Loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
Northern East Old Golden Road
51.3 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office to normal conversation
Southern East Old Golden Road
61.9 dBA · Loud
Busy restaurant
Western East Old Golden Road
52.7 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office to normal conversation
Southern East Old Golden Road sounds about 108% louder than Northern East Old Golden Road to the human ear, a 10.6 dBA gap. Every 10 dBA roughly doubles perceived loudness. Within any of these directions, two homes a quarter mile apart can still differ by 10 or more dBA depending on how close they sit to a major highway.
How far back from I-70 do you need to be?
I-70 produces an estimated 78 dBA at its loudest centerline points. Noise drops logarithmically with distance, with the exact rate depending on what's between you and the road. Tree cover, walls, terrain, and pavement type all matter. At roughly a quarter mile back, traffic fades into the noise level of a soft rainfall.
At source
78 dBA
City bus interior
165 ft
64 dBA
Busy restaurant
330 ft
56 dBA
Quiet office to normal conversation
660 ft
48 dBA
Quiet office
¼ mile
40 dBA
Soft rainfall
½ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
Calculated from the model's calibrated attenuation formula. About 6% of East Old Golden Road sits under tree canopy (lighter than most neighborhoods) and roughly 47% is impervious surface like pavement and rooftops. Both are folded into the per-place decay rate above. Heavier canopy pulls noise down faster with distance; impervious surfaces slow the drop.
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Rail Noise
Active freight rail runs through parts of East Old Golden Road. For most blocks the rail-only contribution is small. Combined road-plus-rail noise rarely exceeds road noise on its own. The exceptions are the handful of blocks within roughly a quarter mile of the right-of-way during pass-through hours.
Use the Rail toggle on the map above to isolate rail's contribution from road and aviation.
Airport Noise
Denver International (DEN) sits east of East Old Golden Road. The U.S. Department of Transportation measures aviation noise around this airport directly, and the model uses those federal measurements rather than synthetic predictions.
Blocks under the approach and departure paths carry combined road-plus-aviation noise, with some exceeding 75 dBA on the map's Overall layer. Blocks on the opposite side of East Old Golden Road, particularly to the west, show no measurable aviation contribution. Use the Aviation toggle on the map above to isolate the airport's footprint.
How Noise Is Distributed Across East Old Golden Road
The bar chart below shows the share of East Old Golden Road residents in each noise band. About 56% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 13% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How East Old Golden Road Compares
East Old Golden Road sits at the louder end of the spectrum. Below: how East Old Golden Road's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with morse-park-lakewood-co, Glennon Heights, lakota-hills-golden-co, and Valverde.
Average noise level (dBA)
East Old Golden Road's 55.1 dBA pop-weighted average is at the louder end of the spectrum. Colorado as a whole averages 51.9 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than East Old Golden Road because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 36.6% of East Old Golden Road residents live in blocks where outdoor levels exceed the EPA's 55 dBA threshold. That's in the middle of its peer group. Measured by land area instead, 59.1% of East Old Golden Road's footprint sits above 55 dBA, against a Colorado average of 25.4% and a national average of 28.1%.
What This Means if You're Moving to East Old Golden Road
- Distance from highways matters more than the neighborhood name. Two homes in the same zip code can differ by 20 dBA if one sits 100 meters from I-70 and the other 500 meters away. The model captures this at 100-meter resolution, so noise exposure changes block by block.
- Tree canopy can help reduce modeled noise exposure. Roughly 6% of East Old Golden Road is under tree cover (lighter than most neighborhoods), and the dominant land cover is low-intensity developed land. Both are measured from federal USDA Forest Service and USGS satellite imagery at 30-meter resolution. Streets with 60% or higher canopy show 3 to 5 dBA lower noise than comparable streets with bare ground or pavement, which is why the per-place decay rate above already accounts for it.
- Airport noise is directional. Denver International's approach paths concentrate aviation noise to the east. Neighborhoods to the west of downtown show no measurable contribution from the airport.
