Noise Levels in Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow, Dayton, OH | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
51 dBA
Average noise across Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow
Quiet office
703
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
17% of Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow residents
60 dBA
Loudest residential point
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow 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.
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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 703 Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow residents, or 17.1%, live above that level. By land area, 25.3% of Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow is above 55 dBA.
Average noise levels for Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow residents, grouped by direction from the center of Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow. Northern Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow carries the highest population-weighted average; Eastern Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow carries the lowest. Just 14% of residents in Eastern Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, about two-thirds of the share in Northern Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow.
Central Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow
50.9 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office
16% of people above 55 dBA
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Eastern Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow
49.6 dBA · Mostly quiet
Quiet office
14% of people above 55 dBA
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Northern Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow
52.8 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office to normal conversation
27% of people above 55 dBA
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Southern Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow
52.0 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office to normal conversation
28% of people above 55 dBA
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Western Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow
49.7 dBA · Mostly quiet
Quiet office
12% of people above 55 dBA
QuietLoud
Northern Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow sounds about 25% louder than Eastern Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow to the human ear, a 3.2 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 Kitridge Rd do you need to be?
Kitridge Rd produces an estimated 57 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
57 dBA
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
165 ft
43 dBA
Quiet suburban street at night
330 ft
36 dBA
Soft rainfall
660 ft
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
¼ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
½ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
Calculated from the model's calibrated attenuation formula. About 22% of Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow sits under tree canopy (heavier than most neighborhoods) and roughly 31% 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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Airport Noise
James M Cox Dayton International (DAY) sits northwest of Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow. The U.S. Department of Transportation models aviation noise around this airport from federal traffic data, 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 55 dBA on the map's Overall layer. Blocks on the opposite side of Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow, particularly to the southeast, show no measurable aviation contribution. Use the Aviation toggle on the map above to isolate the airport's footprint.
How Noise Is Distributed Across Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow
The bar chart below shows the share of Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow residents in each noise band. About 94% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 0% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow Compares
Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow sits the lowest among the peer group. Below: how Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with Pheasant Hill, Wright View, Walnut Hills-Dayton, and North Riverdale.
Average noise level (dBA)
Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow's 50.6 dBA pop-weighted average is the lowest among the peer group. Ohio as a whole averages 51.1 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 17.1% of Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow residents live in blocks where outdoor levels exceed the EPA's 55 dBA threshold. That's fewer than any of its peer group. Measured by land area instead, 25.3% of Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow's footprint sits above 55 dBA, against a Ohio average of 26.4% and a national average of 28.1%.
What This Means if You're Moving to Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow
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 Kitridge Rd 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 22% of Forest Ridge-Quail Hollow is under tree cover (heavier 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. James M Cox Dayton International's approach paths concentrate aviation noise to the northwest. Neighborhoods to the southeast of downtown show no measurable contribution from the airport.
Sources & Methodology
The BestNeighborhood noise model is calibrated against nearly one million federal ground-truth measurements across four states. Road noise is computed from segment-level federal traffic data and propagated outward using physics-based acoustic decay, with attenuation rates that depend on the surrounding land cover.
All inputs are published federal datasets. Block-level noise is computed by combining road, rail, and aviation sound sources in the energy domain, the same physics used in professional environmental noise assessments. Read the full methodology.
