Montague · Franklin County
Check an Address in Montague
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 Montague's numbers. Each one opens the full record.
Flood, Town-wide
Flood Map Unavailable
The federal flood map for this town has not been digitised, so flood risk here is unmapped; that is not the same as absent. Ask the town's building department before relying on any flood answer.
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
44 Center Street Dam · Tributary to Sawmill River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Billings Lower Pond Dam · Sawmill River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Breached - Alexander Pond Dam · Sawmill River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Breached - Billings Upper Pond Dam · Sawmill River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Breached - George M. Stratton Dam · Sawmill River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Cabot Spillway · Turners Falls Canal
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Lake Pleasant Dam · Pond Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Removed - Turners Falls New Reservoir Dam · Not applicable
Removed or breached, the structure no longer impounds water.
- …and 5 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 · 123 AVENUE A · state file 1-0013687 (TIER1D)
- PARCEL MAP 44 LOT 61 · CENTER STREET · state file 1-0017905 (TIER1D)
- FIRST STREET PARKING LOT · 16 1ST ST · state file 1-0021968 (TIER1D)
2 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: TURNERS FALLS WATER DEPT, MONTAGUE CENTER WATER DISTRICT. Service areas have edges; an address outside them is on a well. Sewer treatment exists (MONTAGUE SEWER); beyond its lines, septic. Bedrock well yield in town rates "average specific yield".
The Busiest Roads
- AVENUE A9,204 vehicles/day (2023 count)
- MONTAGUE CITY ROAD9,093 vehicles/day (2015 count)
- UNITY STREET7,312 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- MILLERS FALLS ROAD7,156 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- THIRD STREET6,036 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. 548 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.