Chester · Hampden County
Check an Address in Chester
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 Chester'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.
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
Austin Brook Reservoir Dam · Austin Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Ideal Lodge Dam · Middle Branch Westfield River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Removed - Stroud Dam · Kinne 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.
- FORMER BAY STATE ABRASIVES · BAYSTATE DR · state file 1-0017004 (TIER1D)
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: CHESTER WATER DEPT. 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
- HUNTINGTON ROAD (US-20)3,231 vehicles/day (2023 count)
- WEST MAIN STREET (US-20)1,962 vehicles/day (2023 count)
- MIDDLEFIELD ROAD862 vehicles/day (2021 count)
- OLD STATE HIGHWAY770 vehicles/day (2021 count)
- BROMLEY ROAD742 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. 296 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.
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 2023 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.