Belchertown · Hampshire County

Check an Address in Belchertown

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 Belchertown's numbers. Each one opens the full record.

What Just Sold45 homes in Q4 2025 · median $450,000 How Often Homes TradeAbout once every 36 years HeatMost homes burn heating oil SchoolsTown districts run through grade 12 InternetCable is wired here Chapter 40B6.0%, below the 10% threshold Getting OutNorthampton is about 34 min by road

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.

No federal flood-insurance claims appear under this town's name, which speaks to filed claims only, and unmapped towns rarely carry policies to claim against.

Dams in Town

Beaudry Dam · Jabish Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Blackmer - Walker Dam · Jabish Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Bondsville Lower Dam · Swift River
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.
Breached - Herman Covey WMA Dam · Tributary to Swift River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Breached - Pesso Dam · Jabish Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Canal Dam · Jabish Brook, tributary to Jabish Canal
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Demos Pond Dam · Tributary to Jabish Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Demos Pond Lower Dam · Tributary to Jabish Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
…and 11 more on the state inventory.

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.

OLD BONDSVILLE FACTORY · OFF DEPOT ST · state file 1-0000968 (TIERI)
FORMER BELCHERTOWN STATE SCHOOL POWER PL · OFF JACKSON STREET · state file 1-0021444 (TIERII)

1 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: BELCHERTOWN WATER DISTRICT, SPORTS HAVEN MOBILE HOME PARK, PINE VALLEY PLANTATION and 2 more. Service areas have edges; an address outside them is on a well. Sewer treatment exists (BELCHERTOWN WASTEWATER DIVISION); beyond its lines, septic. Bedrock well yield in town rates "average specific yield".

The Busiest Roads

STATE STREET (US-202)12,615 vehicles/day (2014 count)
MAPLE STREET (US-202)12,023 vehicles/day (2019 count)
MAIN STREET (US-202)11,048 vehicles/day (2021 count)
NORTH MAIN STREET (US-202)10,113 vehicles/day (2021 count)
CHAUNCEY WALKER STREET (Route-21)9,246 vehicles/day (2021 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. 484 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.

Granby$14.85 per $1,000 · $5,677 a year Pelham$18.79 per $1,000 · $5,608 a year Ware$14.49 per $1,000 · $4,196 a year Palmer$16.66 per $1,000 · $4,630 a year South Hadley$13.52 per $1,000 · $4,955 a year Ludlow$16.01 per $1,000 · $5,320 a year

Sources

FEMA flood layer via MassGIS; FEMA flood-insurance claims. Checked 2026-09-19.
Office of Dam Safety inventory; federal inventory for federally regulated dams. Checked 2026-09-19.
MassDEP release and land-use-restriction registries (Chapter 21E). Checked 2026-09-19.
MassDEP service registries; federal drinking-water system inventory; USGS well mapping. Checked 2026-09-19.
MassDOT traffic count programme. Figures through the 2021 count.
Town zoning references; Massachusetts historic inventory. Checked 2026-09-19.

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