Monson · Hampden County
Check an Address in Monson
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 Monson'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
Aldrich Pond Dam · Tributary to Chicopee Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Anderson Pond Dam · Tributary to Chicopee Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
B.C.P. Bradway Pond Dam · Chicopee Brook
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Baldwin Pond Dam · Twelvemile Brook
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Boulder Hill Pond Dam · Unnamed tributary to Scantic 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.
Bradway Pond Dam · Tributary to Foskett Mill Stream
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Breached - Moulton Pond Dam No. 1 · Chicopee Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Breached - Shepard Lower Pond Dam · Twelvemile Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
- …and 17 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 LOCATION AID · 293 SOUTH MAIN ST · state file 1-0014393 (TIERI)
- OMEGA PROCESSING FACILITY · 21 BLISS ST · state file 1-0014801 (TIERI)
- GUSTAFSON · 244 BUMSTEAD RD · state file 1-0016150 (TIERI)
6 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: MONSON WATER AND SEWER DEPT. Service areas have edges; an address outside them is on a well. Sewer treatment exists (MONSON WATER & SEWER DEPARTMENT); beyond its lines, septic. Bedrock well yield in town rates "average specific yield".
The Busiest Roads
- BOSTON ROAD EAST (US-20)10,057 vehicles/day (2022 count)
- PALMER ROAD (Route-32)8,398 vehicles/day (2023 count)
- LOWER HAMPDEN ROAD7,397 vehicles/day (2021 count)
- BLISS STREET7,397 vehicles/day (2021 count)
- THOMPSON STREET6,856 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. 656 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.