Noise Levels in Five Corners, CA | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
48 dBA
Average noise across Five Corners
Quiet office
11
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
4% of Five Corners residents
98 dBA
Loudest residential point
Power saw
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across Five Corners 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 11 Five Corners residents, or 4.2%, live above that level. By land area, 11.1% of Five Corners is above 55 dBA.
88.9% below 55 dBA
11.1% above 55 dBA
See how noise in Five Corners compares to similar-sized cities.
Noise by Part of Five Corners
Average noise levels for Five Corners residents, grouped by direction from the center of Five Corners. Western Five Corners carries the highest population-weighted average; Eastern Five Corners carries the lowest. Just 8% of residents in Eastern Five Corners live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, roughly the same as the share in Western Five Corners.
Eastern Five Corners
45.2 dBA · Mostly quiet
Quiet suburban street at night
Northern Five Corners
45.7 dBA · Mostly quiet
Quiet suburban street at night
Southern Five Corners
47.6 dBA · Mostly quiet
Quiet office
Western Five Corners
52.5 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office to normal conversation
Western Five Corners sounds about 66% louder than Eastern Five Corners to the human ear, a 7.3 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 do you need to be?
produces an estimated 98 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 quiet office to normal conversation.
At source
98 dBA
Power saw
165 ft
82 dBA
Food blender at arm’s length
330 ft
73 dBA
City bus interior
660 ft
65 dBA
Busy restaurant
¼ mile
56 dBA
Quiet office to normal conversation
½ mile
47 dBA
Quiet office
Calculated from the model's calibrated attenuation formula. About 5% of Five Corners sits under tree canopy (much lighter than most cities) and roughly 0% 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 Five Corners. 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.
How Noise Is Distributed Across Five Corners
The bar chart below shows the share of Five Corners residents in each noise band. About 88% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 9% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How Five Corners Compares
Five Corners sits the highest among the peer group. Below: how Five Corners's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with Van Allen, Summer Home, Peters, and Milton.
Average noise level (dBA)
Five Corners's 47.8 dBA pop-weighted average is the highest among the peer group. California as a whole averages 54.0 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than Five Corners because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 4.2% of Five Corners 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, 11.1% of Five Corners's footprint sits above 55 dBA, against a California average of 36.0% and a national average of 28.1%.
What This Means if You're Moving to Five Corners
- 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 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 5% of Five Corners is under tree cover (much lighter than most cities), and the dominant land cover is cultivated cropland. 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.
