Noise Levels in Pleasant View, UT | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
51 dBA
Average noise across Pleasant View
Quiet office to normal conversation
1,822
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
19% of Pleasant View residents
79 dBA
Loudest residential point
City bus interior
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across Pleasant View 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 1,822 Pleasant View residents, or 18.7%, live above that level. By land area, 20.3% of Pleasant View is above 55 dBA.
79.7% below 55 dBA
20.3% above 55 dBA
See how noise in Pleasant View compares to similar-sized cities.
Noise by Part of Pleasant View
Average noise levels for Pleasant View residents, grouped by direction from the center of Pleasant View. Western Pleasant View carries the highest population-weighted average; Eastern Pleasant View carries the lowest. Just 20% of residents in Eastern Pleasant View live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, three-quarters of the share in Western Pleasant View.
Central Pleasant View
50.7 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office
Eastern Pleasant View
49.6 dBA · Mostly quiet
Quiet office
Northern Pleasant View
50.5 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office
Southern Pleasant View
52.2 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office to normal conversation
Western Pleasant View
53.0 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Western Pleasant View sounds about 27% louder than Eastern Pleasant View to the human ear, a 3.4 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 2700 N / Hwy 134 do you need to be?
2700 N / Hwy 134 produces an estimated 67 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
67 dBA
Highway traffic 50 ft away
165 ft
53 dBA
Quiet office to normal conversation
330 ft
44 dBA
Quiet suburban street at night
660 ft
36 dBA
Soft rainfall
¼ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
½ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
Calculated from the model's calibrated attenuation formula. About 3% of Pleasant View sits under tree canopy (much lighter than most cities) and roughly 33% 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 Pleasant View. 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 Pleasant View
The bar chart below shows the share of Pleasant View residents in each noise band. About 80% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 1% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How Pleasant View Compares
Pleasant View sits at the quieter end of the spectrum. Below: how Pleasant View's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with Farr West, Washington Terrace, Harrisville, and Hooper.
Average noise level (dBA)
Pleasant View's 51.3 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 Pleasant View because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 18.7% of Pleasant View 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, 20.3% of Pleasant View'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 Pleasant View
- 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 2700 N / Hwy 134 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 3% of Pleasant View is under tree cover (much lighter than most cities), 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.
