Great Barrington · Berkshire County
Check an Address in Great Barrington
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 Great Barrington's numbers. Each one opens the full record.
Flood, Town-wide
Mapped Flood Zones on the Older Map
This town has no current digital flood map, but the older FEMA paper map was digitised and it does show special flood hazard areas here. Treat it as a warning to check, not as a boundary: the paper map is less precise, carries no base flood elevations, and may be decades old. The town's floodplain administrator and the FEMA Map Service Center hold the answer for a specific address.
3 federal flood-insurance claims have been filed from this town since 2011 (most recent: 2025). Counted by the claim's self-reported city, so this can undercount. History, not a prediction.
Dams in Town
Barbieri Pond Dam · Muddy Brook
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Beinecki Pond Dam · Stony Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Benedict Pond Dam · Stony Brook
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Berle Pond Dam · Konkapot Brook
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Breached - Brookside Road Pond Dam · Tributary to Housatonic River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Brookside Road Upper Pond Dam · Tributary to Housatonic River
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
East Mountain Reservoir Dam · Unnamed tributary to Housatonic 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.
Flowering Branch Pond Dam · Stony Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
- …and 10 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.
- CARPENTER S VARIETY · 343-347 MAIN ST · state file 1-0000078 (TIERI)
- CUMBERLAND FARMS PROPERTY · 140 MAIN ST · state file 1-0010020 (TIERII)
- NEW ENGLAND LOG HOMES · 100 BRIDGE ST · state file 1-0000682 (TIERI)
- RIED CLEANERS · 218 MAIN ST · state file 1-0017142 (TIERI)
- 200 YDS SOUTH OF RT 7 · 14 EAST ST · state file 1-0011160 (TIERII)
- N/A · 314-322 MAIN STREET · state file 1-0021565 (TIERI)
- JOHN B. HALL COMPANY · 100 MAIN ST · state file 1-0015201 (TIERII)
- STREAM · BLUE HILL ROAD · state file 1-0019197 (TIER1D)
- …and 2 more in the registry.
7 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: GREAT BARRINGTON FIRE DIST, HOUSATONIC WATER WORKS, BARD COLLEGE AT SIMONS ROCK. Service areas have edges; an address outside them is on a well. Sewer treatment exists (BERKSHIRE HILLS REG. SCHOOL); beyond its lines, septic. Bedrock well yield in town rates "average specific yield".
The Busiest Roads
- MAIN STREET (US-7)17,461 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- STOCKBRIDGE ROAD (US-7)15,017 vehicles/day (2019 count)
- STATE ROAD (US-7)14,859 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- SOUTH EGREMONT ROAD (Route-23)3,596 vehicles/day (2021 count)
- DIVISION STREET3,571 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. 699 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 2026-09-19.
- 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.