Cheshire · Berkshire County
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The Town Around It
Whatever the address, these are Cheshire's numbers. Each one opens the full record.
Flood, Town-wide
Flood Map Unavailable
The federal flood map for this town has not been digitised, so flood risk here is unmapped; that is not the same as absent. Ask the town's building department before relying on any flood answer.
1 federal flood-insurance claim has been filed from this town since 2005. Counted by the claim's self-reported city, so this can undercount. History, not a prediction.
Dams in Town
Bassett Brook Reservoir Dam · Bassett 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.
Breached - J.H. Daniels Dam · Penniman Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Cheshire Harbor Dam · Hoosic River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Cheshire Reservoir Dam · South Branch Hoosic 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.
East View Drive Dam · Tributary to Hoosic River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Kitchen Brook Dam · Kitchen Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Removed - Thunder Brook Dam · Thunder Brook
Removed or breached, the structure no longer impounds water.
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.
- NO LOCATION AID · 13 MAIN ST · state file 1-0014734 (TIERI)
Water at the Address
Public water systems in town: CHESHIRE WATER DEPT, HUTCHINSON WATER LLC, BERKSHIRE ESTATES. 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
- SOUTH STREET (Route-8)12,092 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- NORTH STREET (Route-8)12,092 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- SOUTH STATE ROAD (Route-8)11,808 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- NORTH STATE ROAD (Route-8)11,667 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- CHESHIRE ROAD (Route-8)9,817 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. 180 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.