Noise Levels in Pine Grove, WV | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
45 dBA
Average noise across Pine Grove
Quiet suburban street at night
71
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
9% of Pine Grove residents
73 dBA
Loudest residential point
City bus interior
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across Pine Grove 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 71 Pine Grove residents, or 8.7%, live above that level. By land area, 12.3% of Pine Grove is above 55 dBA.
87.7% below 55 dBA
12.3% above 55 dBA
See how noise in Pine Grove compares to similar-sized cities.
Western Pine Grove sounds about 0% louder than Eastern Pine Grove to the human ear, a 0.0 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.
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Loudest Road Corridors
The model evaluates every road in Pine Grove using federal traffic counts, posted speeds, heavy-truck ratios, and pavement type. The source level shown is the modeled noise at the road centerline, where it is loudest. Noise drops with distance, faster in vegetated areas and slower over open pavement.
RoadTypeAvg. source dBAPeak source dBA
Husky Hwy
Minor arterial
57.0
57
Piney Fork Rd
Minor collector
53.2
57
Shortline Hwy
Minor arterial
54.8
55
North Fork Rd
Major collector
52.4
54
Ices Run Rd
Local
50.5
53
How far back from Husky Hwy do you need to be?
Husky Hwy 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
45 dBA
Quiet suburban street at night
330 ft
37 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 52% of Pine Grove sits under tree canopy (heavier than most cities) and roughly 11% 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.
Rail Noise
Active freight rail runs through parts of Pine Grove. 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 Pine Grove
The bar chart below shows the share of Pine Grove residents in each noise band. About 93% 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 Pine Grove Compares
Pine Grove sits the highest among the peer group. Below: how Pine Grove's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with Wadestown, McClellan, Reader, and Metz.
Average noise level (dBA)
Pine Grove's 45.3 dBA pop-weighted average is the highest among the peer group. West Virginia as a whole averages 47.7 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than Pine Grove because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 8.7% of Pine Grove residents live in blocks where outdoor levels exceed the EPA's 55 dBA threshold. That's more than any of its peer group. Measured by land area instead, 12.3% of Pine Grove's footprint sits above 55 dBA, against a West Virginia average of 21.6% and a national average of 28.1%.
What This Means if You're Moving to Pine Grove
- 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 Husky Hwy 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 52% of Pine Grove is under tree cover (heavier than most cities), and the dominant land cover is deciduous forest. 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.
