Hampden · Hampden County
Check an Address in Hampden
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 Hampden'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.
3 federal flood-insurance claims have been filed from this town since 2005 (most recent: 2017). Counted by the claim's self-reported city, so this can undercount. History, not a prediction.
Dams in Town
Breached - Labonte Pond Dam · Scantic River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Breached - Worthington Pond Dam · Scantic River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Caldon Lower Dam · Tributary to Scantic River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Caldon Upper Pond Dam · Tributary to Scantic River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Chaffin Pond Dam · Scantic River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Chaffin Pond Dike · Scantic River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Driscoll Pond Dam · Tributary to Scantic River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
George Ingle Pond Dam · West Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
- …and 7 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.
No sites listed for this town.
Water at the Address
Public water systems in town: VANTAGE AT HAMPDEN, HAMPDEN HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHITE BIRCH GARDEN APARTMENTS and 1 more. 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
- STONY HILL ROAD8,126 vehicles/day (2014 count)
- MAIN STREET7,980 vehicles/day (2015 count)
- SOMERS ROAD7,914 vehicles/day (2021 count)
- ALLEN STREET7,914 vehicles/day (2021 count)
- SCANTIC ROAD5,543 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. 116 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.