Noise Levels in Lakeview North, Provo, UT | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
56 dBA
Average noise across Lakeview North
Quiet office to normal conversation
1,476
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
51% of Lakeview North residents
80 dBA
Loudest residential point
City bus interior
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across Lakeview North 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 1,476 Lakeview North residents, or 51.1%, live above that level. By land area, 56.7% of Lakeview North is above 55 dBA.
43.3% below 55 dBA
56.7% above 55 dBA
See how noise in Lakeview North compares to similar-sized neighborhoods.
Noise by Part of Lakeview North
Average noise levels for Lakeview North residents, grouped by direction from the center of Lakeview North. The highest population-weighted average is in eastern Lakeview North; the lowest is in western Lakeview North, where just 8% of residents live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, a fifth of the share in the loudest section.
Eastern Lakeview North
64.2 dBA · Loud
Busy restaurant
Central Lakeview North
54.7 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Southwestern Lakeview North
49.3 dBA · Mostly quiet
Quiet office
Western Lakeview North
49.3 dBA · Mostly quiet
Quiet office
To the human ear, noise in eastern Lakeview North sounds about 181% louder than in western Lakeview North, a 14.9 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 Geneva Rd / Hwy 114 do you need to be?
Geneva Rd / Hwy 114 produces an estimated 65 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
65 dBA
Busy restaurant
165 ft
52 dBA
Quiet office to normal conversation
330 ft
45 dBA
Quiet suburban street at night
660 ft
37 dBA
Soft rainfall
¼ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
½ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
Calculated from the model's calibrated attenuation formula. About 4% of Lakeview North sits under tree canopy (much lighter than most neighborhoods) and roughly 41% 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 Lakeview North. 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
Provo Municipal (PVU) sits south of Lakeview North. 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 45 dBA on the map's Overall layer. Blocks on the opposite side of Lakeview North, particularly to the north, show no measurable aviation contribution. Use the Aviation toggle on the map above to isolate the airport's footprint.
How Noise Is Distributed Across Lakeview North
The bar chart below shows the share of Lakeview North residents in each noise band. About 43% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 18% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How Lakeview North Compares
Lakeview North sits at the quieter end of the spectrum. Below: how Lakeview North's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with river-grove-provo-ut, Dixon, central-business-district-provo-ut, and Westmore.
Average noise level (dBA)
Lakeview North's 55.7 dBA pop-weighted average is at the quieter end of the spectrum. Utah as a whole averages 53.1 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than Lakeview North because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 51.1% of Lakeview North 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, 56.7% of Lakeview North's footprint sits above 55 dBA, against a Utah average of 25.8% and a national average of 28.1%.
What This Means if You're Moving to Lakeview North
- 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 Geneva Rd / Hwy 114 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 4% of Lakeview North is under tree cover (much lighter than most neighborhoods), and the dominant land cover is medium-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. Provo Municipal's approach paths concentrate aviation noise to the south. Neighborhoods to the north of downtown show no measurable contribution from the airport.
