Chicopee · Hampden County
Check an Address in Chicopee
The Town Around It
Whatever the address, these are Chicopee'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.
1 federal flood-insurance claim has been filed from this town since 2024. Counted by the claim's self-reported city, so this can undercount. History, not a prediction.
Dams in Town
Chicopee Falls Dam · Chicopee River
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Chicopee Reservoir Dam · Cooley Brook
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.
Dwight Dam · Chicopee 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.
Morton Brook Reservoir Dam · Morton Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Mountain Lake Dam · Williamansett Brook, tributary to Chicopee 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.
Removed - Lower Bemis Pond Dam · Abbey Brook
Removed or breached, the structure no longer impounds water.
Removed - Oxford Country Club Dam · Poor Brook
Removed or breached, the structure no longer impounds water.
Upper Bemis Pond Dam · Abbey Brook
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
- …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.
- FREDDIES AUTO SERVICE CENTER · 395 BROADWAY · state file 1-0000037 (TIERI)
- INGHAM ST PROPERTY · 180 INGHAM ST · state file 1-0000039 (TIERII)
- REPUBLIC OIL · 181 CENTER ST · state file 1-0000044 (TIERII)
- CHICOPEE INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTORS · 107 NORTH CHICOPEE ST · state file 1-0010691 (TIERII)
- WESTOER SURPLUS PUMPHOUSE · OFF SHERIDAN ST · state file 1-0000299 (TIERI)
- CUMBERLAND FARMS · 182 GROVE ST · state file 1-0000302 (TIERII)
- CHICOPEE ALLOYS · 8 MONTGOMERY ST · state file 1-0000303 (TIERII)
- DEPOT STREET PONDS · LOWER DEPOT ST · state file 1-0000399 (TIERI)
- …and 14 more in the registry.
24 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: CHICOPEE WATER DEPT (MWRA). Service areas have edges; an address outside them is on a well. Sewer treatment exists (CHICOPEE SEWER COMMISSION); beyond its lines, septic. Bedrock well yield in town rates "average specific yield".
The Busiest Roads
- INTERSTATE 91 (I-91)89,430 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE (I-90)57,541 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- INTERSTATE 391 (I-391)46,339 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- SPRINGFIELD EXPRESSWAY (I-291)42,699 vehicles/day (2022 count)
- WESTOVER ROTARY31,761 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
The town's zoning references on record: JLUS_Chicopee_Zoning_180409. Always confirm district and dimensional rules with the town before designing anything. 820 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 2026-08-05.
- 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.