Chicopee · Hampden County
Check an Address in Chicopee
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 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
No machine-readable zoning reference is on record for this town; the town clerk has the bylaw. 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 2026-09-19.
- 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.