Does anyone live near a quarry?

Anything to do with the quarry is out of your control meaning that you are at their mercy. Hopefully, they will be good neighbors. But you have no guarantee of that and, if you stay, basically agree. Decision time was before you bought the property. If you feel that you were not fully informed, then I would be contacting a lawyer pronto.

Right, there really isn't a decision to be made here. I was just looking for some folks with experience. It sounds to me like those who actually live near a quarry don't have much of a problem with it, maybe a few inconveniences. Those who don't live near one seem to think I will be experiencing Hell on Earth Time will tell. The man in charge of the operation is a very nice man who wants to be a good neighbor, so that will help. It's out of our hands. Thanks to those of you who answered with an informed opinion. You really helped us out a lot!!!

Leah

We're about a mile and a half from 2 quarries. We have no complaints at all. If you're lucky, they'll let you know on the days they blast. You can bring your binoculars and watch. It's fun!

My husband talked with Mr. Quarry Guy again today. We found out:

1. He is trying to purchase farmland to make his own road in and out of the quarry which would deter most of the traffic from my house.

2. He has a train line that runs right by him, so he will ship a lot of his product by rail.

3. There WILL be a rock crusher. :waa:

4. He is trying to find out about the beeping noises from the trucks backing up. He wants to disable it but doesn't know if this is possible legally. Whatever.

5. Life expectancy is 25-50 years.

6. When the quarry is finished, he plans to fill it with water and make a nice lake. So when I'm 83 I can go fishing. Yahoo.


Those of you that have quarry neighbors, did they have rock crushers? Can anyone tell me what to expect realistically as far as noise goes? Thanks for answering my questions. As you can imagine, we have a million of them, and I trust you more than I trust Mr. Quarry Guy to be honest. Please, only those of you that actually live near a quarry answer me about the rock crusher. I can't bear to read speculation with no experience- makes it much harder to sift out what's true or not

Thanks.
Leah

So sorry,the traffic noise is a big issue with me.Our place has gone from vacation homes to the retirees,now to family residences.In just 10 years the traffic has really increased.Not that that isnt bad enough,but the drivers bring their speeding,tailgating,aggressive flatlander driving up with them.Our roads are 25 miles/hr,frequently spots where 2 crs can barely pass,and its fast fast fast.Not a good change,but as population increases,so does the rest.I sure miss the quiet,we are moving to a simpler place. :waa:
BooBoo

The back up beeper noise doesn't carry very far.(Dont worry if OSHA(sp) doesn't come by to inspect there safety very much the drivers will pull the wires on them.(I used to drive front loaders for a saw mill)The truck beepers if equipped are much quieter than the loaders.

The monster quarry is in town here.I didn't live by it but i can hear the crusher for a mile in either direction when im around there.But it is on a river bank,so that helps carry the sound.I have been working off and on in a subdivision just a 1/2 mile up hill above it.I remember other workers there asking what in the world was making all that racket down town.Yep there that loud(sorry!) but remember this is above it,almost literally.I cant believe there building houses that close to it(there for i also wouldn't think foundations would be a problem?Never heard of such around here.But i can say foundation do crack sometimes,usually due to insufficient footers).Nor could i have imagined that people would be buying these houses like hot cakes,but they are.But now they do only crush during business hrs.While most people are at work.But remember this is a monster quarry so I'm sure they also have monster crushers and most likely more than one.They supply all (or almost all?) the gravel for this area now.Population well over 100tho. And really growing.Clarksville TN. Anyway i cant say i no of any quarry's around here that still dig down and could be filled with water.There are some here like that but there old and not used any more.(wondering where the crusher will set.Hopefully somewhere that blocks the sound alittle)The two quarrys i mentioned are open in hill sides.Dug in the shape of a horse shoe.The small one had caves dug into the back of it.The quarry's ive seen dug down.Are always small here.Humm maybe this is a small out fit.Maybe thats why it will be running for so long.With a smaller quieter crusher maybe.

My mom, grandparents,and great grandparents use to live within an 1/8mile from the small one i later lived by.In houses set on cemented rock pillars.So the blast arnt that bad.Would have been dynamite back then. And lots of it judging buy the size of the dynamite sheds there. When i say small i mean it was like 2acers.150ft or so high bluff.

On a side note" i wasn't saying the sink holes where caused by the quarry blasting.Just noteing that the sound should have traveled threw the ground better where we lived do to the fact of the many sink holes and caves in the area.

Cheer up! Im sure it will not be that bad.Might not even notice it at all. The surrounding terrain will be the desideing factor.

Oh yea! By them inspecting homes in the area.There just trying to cover there butts.I would to! People will sue you at the drop of a hat now days.There just trying to stop people from blaming there existing cracked foundations on there blast.(Bet theres some houses there that are to). If your a mile away i wouldn't worry any about that.Mines not cracked and im sure near buy blast from Fort Camble has jarred the ground harder than any quarry blast ever would or will. :haha:



I just thought of another quarry here.This one is just tunnels/caves dug into the side of a cliff.Have heard they go back a good ways in the ground.But the funny thing is theres a house built directly over it,on the cliff.My grandfather said it was the owners house at one time.But it was there when they where blasting under it.It sets about a 100ft or so up.Not more than 20ft from the edge then its straight down.Scary looking even with out thinking about the caves under it.
But still safe id assum considering how much rock its setting on.

They often like to turn them into a landfill when they are done.

ok, then I'll share what I actually know about living by a quarry. Depends on the quarry and the owners, like I said before. Our present neighbors and good friends had a quarry next to their last farm that decided to expand by buying the farm that was between. It took our friends 5 years to get their farm sold because of the quarry neighbors and had to take a loss at that. Course this was back in the days when they used dynamite. They had all kinds of problems keeping their dairy herd milking and finally just gave that up and turned part of the acreage into a pig farm. The said quarry is still there. There are no homes close by, only industrial types. And it's for a good reason. They're loud, noisy, gritty, grimy, working to make a profit and not working to please any neighbors. Good luck.

We are about 1 1/2 miles from a small quarry. They seldom blast, so its an experience each time, but none of the animals seem to mind. There are forrested ridges between them and us, so dust has never been a problem. They got turned down for a rock crusher last year as too many SF homes have been developed near the quarry. Truck traffic goes mostly the other way so we don't get too many trucks out our way. We do get logging trucks, maybe ten a day. Again, we are buffered from the road as we are on a dead end spur.
To help deflect noise from the road rather than just muffle it you might landscape with some berms in front of the house. These will direct the noise up and over. Of course anyone living 1/4 mile or so behind you will get the noise. Life is full of choices, idn't it?

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We're about a mile away from the end of the runway at McClellan. It's not even active, except for the Coast Guard and private planes. It's still pretty loud, and we have DC10's coming by all day. Sometimes they fly so low that you'll feel vibration in your body. We even saw a fighter jet flying so low that I could make out his face in the cockpit. Probably no more than a 100-150 feet in the air! You get used to it.

I used to live right next to a railroad crossing, and the vibration and noise you get used to. Every night at 9 and 12 the train would come by and sound it's horn. The whole house would rattle, and I'd jump up scared to death. Eventually you get used to that too...

Thanks for all the input. Soulsurvivor, I hope you did not take offense to my comments. I certainly wasn't singling you out at all.

Well, let the blasting begin We will take it as it comes, one day at a time. I know that the Lord brought us out here, and He isn't going to just leave us to misery- He can work all things (even rock crushers, Lord?) for good. So we're just going to sit back and watch Him work.

Thanks again.
Leah