Noise Levels in US Navy Little Creek Amphibious Base, Norfolk, VA | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map

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.

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