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Adams · Berkshire County

Check an Address in Adams

What Comes Back

The assessment and what it implies in tax, the lot, the year built and the zoning district, then the live checks against the Commonwealth's own maps: flood zone, wetlands, protected land and the state cleanup sites on record nearby. Anything a layer could not answer is listed as unchecked, never as clear.

The Town Around It

Whatever the address, these are Adams's numbers. Each one opens the full record.

What Just Sold39 homes in Q4 2025 · median $254,626How Often Homes TradeAbout once every 27 yearsHeatMost homes burn utility gasSchoolsTown districts run through grade 12InternetCable is wired hereChapter 40B7.5%, below the 10% thresholdGetting OutPittsfield is about 29 min by road

Flood, Town-wide

Mapped Flood Zones on the Older Map

This town has no current digital flood map, but the older FEMA paper map was digitised and it does show special flood hazard areas here. Treat it as a warning to check, not as a boundary: the paper map is less precise, carries no base flood elevations, and may be decades old. The town's floodplain administrator and the FEMA Map Service Center hold the answer for a specific address.

9 federal flood-insurance claims have been filed from this town since 1994 (most recent: 2018). Counted by the claim's self-reported city, so this can undercount. History, not a prediction.

Dams in Town

The Cleanup Registry

Reported releases of oil or hazardous material, from the state's public registry. Being listed means a release was reported, not that it remains: the status letters run from active cleanup to closed. An empty list is a registry fact, not a clean bill of environmental health.

6 of the town's closed cleanups carry a recorded land-use restriction: the deed limits what the property may be used for. Each links to its state file above; ask for the restriction's text before buying one.

Water at the Address

Public water systems in town: ADAMS FIRE DISTRICT. Service areas have edges; an address outside them is on a well. Sewer treatment exists (ADAMS SEWER DEPT); beyond its lines, septic. Bedrock well yield in town rates "average specific yield".

The Busiest Roads

The state counts major roads on a rotating schedule; each figure carries its own count year, and a quiet lane's absence from this list is not zero cars.

Zoning & Old Houses

No machine-readable zoning reference is on record for this town; the town clerk has the bylaw. 800 properties in town appear in the state's historic inventory; listed buildings can carry review requirements on exterior work.

Check an Address Nearby

The same lookup for the nearest towns, each at its own rate.

Cheshire$10.58 per $1,000 · $3,227 a yearNorth Adams$15.97 per $1,000 · $3,057 a yearSavoy$14.52 per $1,000 · $3,019 a yearNew Ashford$5.66 per $1,000 · $2,505 a yearClarksburg$12.29 per $1,000 · $2,594 a yearFlorida$8.28 per $1,000 · $1,764 a year

Sources

"Figures through" is the period the publisher's data describes; "checked" is only when we last asked. The full sourcing: sources and method.