Noise Levels in US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base, Norfolk, VA | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
54 dBA
Average noise across US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base
Quiet office to normal conversation
881
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
27% of US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base residents
70 dBA
Loudest residential point
Highway traffic 50 ft away
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base 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 881 US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base residents, or 26.9%, live above that level. By land area, 19.6% of US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base is above 55 dBA.
80.4% below 55 dBA
19.6% above 55 dBA
See how noise in US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base compares to similar-sized neighborhoods.
Noise by Part of US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base
Average noise levels for US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base residents, grouped by direction from the center of US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base. The highest population-weighted average is in southeastern US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base; the lowest is in northern US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base, where just 1% of residents live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, a fifth of the share in the loudest section.
Southeastern US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base
59.4 dBA · Loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
Central US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base
55.6 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Northwestern US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base
55.6 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Western US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base
55.6 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Northern US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base
45.4 dBA · Mostly quiet
Quiet suburban street at night
To the human ear, noise in southeastern US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base sounds about 164% louder than in northern US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base, a 14.0 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.
How far back from 11TH St do you need to be?
11TH St produces an estimated 54 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
54 dBA
Quiet office to normal conversation
165 ft
41 dBA
Soft rainfall
330 ft
35 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 16% of US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base sits under tree canopy (about average for neighborhoods) and roughly 56% 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 US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base. 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
Norfolk International (ORF) sits west of US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base. 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 60 dBA on the map's Overall layer. Blocks on the opposite side of US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base, particularly to the east, show no measurable aviation contribution. Use the Aviation toggle on the map above to isolate the airport's footprint.
How Noise Is Distributed Across US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base
The bar chart below shows the share of US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base residents in each noise band. About 42% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 25% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base Compares
US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base sits at the quieter end of the spectrum. Below: how US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with East Ocean View, Roosevelt Gardens Area, Highland Park, and Central Brambleton.
Average noise level (dBA)
US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base's 54.5 dBA pop-weighted average is at the quieter end of the spectrum. Virginia as a whole averages 52.8 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 26.9% of US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base 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, 19.6% of US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base's footprint sits above 55 dBA, against a Virginia average of 30.0% and a national average of 28.1%.
What This Means if You're Moving to US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base
- 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 11TH St 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 16% of US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base is under tree cover (about average for 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. Norfolk International's approach paths concentrate aviation noise to the west. Neighborhoods to the east of downtown show no measurable contribution from the airport.
