Amherst · Hampshire County
Check an Address in Amherst
The Town Around It
Whatever the address, these are Amherst's numbers. Each one opens the full record.
Flood, Town-wide
Mapped Flood Zones Present
Parts of this town are inside mapped special flood hazard areas, where flood insurance is required for most mortgages and building is regulated. Whether a specific property is inside one is a parcel-level question, check the address, not the town.
2 federal flood-insurance claims have been filed from this town since 2018. Counted by the claim's self-reported city, so this can undercount. History, not a prediction.
Dams in Town
Echo Hill Association Pond Dam · Tributary to Fort River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Epstein Pond Dam · Plum Brook
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Factory Hollow Dam · Cushman Brook, tributary to Mill River
High hazard potential, a failure would be likely to cause loss of life downstream. Not a statement about the dam's condition or the chance it fails.
Factory Hollow Dike · Cushman Brook
Significant hazard potential, a failure would be likely to cause property damage but not loss of life. Not a statement about the dam's condition or the chance it fails.
Ice Pond Dam · Tributary to Hop Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Markert Pond Dam · Unamed Drainage Courses
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Owens Farm Pond Dam · Tributary to Fort River
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
University Pond Dam
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
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.
- AMHERST COLLEGE POWER PLANT · COLLEGE ST · state file 1-0013105 (TIERII)
- COMMERCIAL BLOCK/CONSTRUCTION SITE · 11 EAST PLEASANT STREET · state file 1-0021588 (TIERII)
- FMR HICKORY RIDGE GC MAINT. GARAGE · 191 WEST POMEROY LANE · state file 1-0021122 (TIERII)
- 620 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE · 620 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE · state file 1-0050125 (TIERII)
5 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: AMHERST DPW WATER DIVISION. Service areas have edges; an address outside them is on a well. Sewer treatment exists (AMHERST WASTEWATER DVISION); beyond its lines, septic. Bedrock well yield in town rates "average specific yield".
The Busiest Roads
- RUSSELL STREET (Route-9)16,821 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- NORTHAMPTON ROAD (Route-9)16,821 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- SUNDERLAND ROAD (Route-116)13,692 vehicles/day (2017 count)
- ROUTE 116 (Route-116)11,535 vehicles/day (2022 count)
- COLLEGE STREET (Route-9)11,437 vehicles/day (2024 count)
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. 1,425 properties in town appear in the state's historic inventory; listed buildings can carry review requirements on exterior work.
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Sources
- FEMA flood layer via MassGIS; FEMA flood-insurance claims. Checked 2026-08-05.
- Office of Dam Safety inventory; federal inventory for federally regulated dams. Checked 2026-08-05.
- MassDEP release and land-use-restriction registries (Chapter 21E). Checked 2026-08-05.
- MassDEP service registries; federal drinking-water system inventory; USGS well mapping. Checked 2026-08-05.
- MassDOT traffic count programme. Figures through the 2024 count.
- Town zoning references; Massachusetts historic inventory. Checked 2026-08-05.
"Figures through" is the period the publisher's data describes; "checked" is only when we last asked. The full sourcing: sources and method.