Brimfield · Hampden County
Check an Address in Brimfield
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 Brimfield'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 2005 (most recent: 2023). Counted by the claim's self-reported city, so this can undercount. History, not a prediction.
Dams in Town
227 Brookfield Road Dam · Tributary to Sessions Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Boys Club Dam · Mill Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Butler Dam · Tributary to Foskett Mill Stream
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
CR Makhlouf Dam · Tributary to Quinebaug River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Dean Pond Dam · Foskett Mill Stream
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.
Dearth Hill Road Dam · Tributary to Foskett Mill Stream
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Foskett Mill Stream Dam · Foskett Mill Stream
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Little Alum Pond Dam · Tributary to Quinebaug River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
- …and 2 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.
- VALLEY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES INC · 400 PALMER RD · state file 1-0017451 (TIER1D)
- MK FUEL COUNTY LINE · 341 STURBRIDGE ROAD · state file 1-0020515 (TIER1D)
- N/A · 9 PROSPECT HILL ROAD · state file 1-0021830 (TIERI)
Water at the Address
Public water systems in town: MEADOWBROOK ACRES MOBILE HOME PARK, BRIMFIELD HOUSING AUTHORITY. Service areas have edges; an address outside them is on a well. No municipal sewer: septic systems, which state law has inspected at the time of sale. Bedrock well yield in town rates "average specific yield".
The Busiest Roads
- MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE (I-90)67,162 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- STURBRIDGE ROAD (US-20)14,088 vehicles/day (2018 count)
- PALMER ROAD (US-20)9,934 vehicles/day (2022 count)
- MAIN STREET (US-20)8,049 vehicles/day (2012 count)
- APPLE ROAD2,766 vehicles/day (2023 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. 208 properties in town appear in the state's historic inventory; listed buildings can carry review requirements on exterior work.
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The same lookup for the nearest towns, each at its own rate.
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 2024 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.