North Adams · Berkshire County
Check an Address in North Adams
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 North Adams'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.
5 federal flood-insurance claims have been filed from this town since 2011 (most recent: 2023). Counted by the claim's self-reported city, so this can undercount. History, not a prediction.
Dams in Town
976 Notch Road Dam · Tributary to Notch Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Beaver Mills Dam · North Branch Hoosic River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Eclipse Dam · North Branch Hoosic 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.
Hoosic Mills Weir · North Branch Hoosic River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Hudson Brook Dam · Hudson Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Low Service Reservoir Dam · Offstream
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Mount Williams Reservoir Dam & Dike · Paull 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.
Natural Bridge Dam · Hudson Brook
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.
- …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.
- SHAPIRO · 521 ASHLAND ST · state file 1-0000289 (TIERII)
- WALDEN STREET GARAGE · 51 WALDON ST · state file 1-0000881 (TIERII)
- FORMER NORTH ADAMS PLAZA · RTE 8 · state file 1-0017376 (TIERII)
- NYNEX GARAGE · TELEPHONE COMPANY LN · state file 1-0011089 (TIERII)
- MAIN CITY YARD · 245 ASHLAND ST · state file 1-0011641 (TIER1D)
- FORMER TANNERY DUMP · REAR MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE · state file 1-0020141 (TIERI)
- WINDSOR MILL · 121 UNION STREET · state file 1-0020817 (TIER1D)
- FORMER DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS · 227 ASHLAND STREET · state file 1-0020973 (TIERII)
- …and 7 more in the registry.
10 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: NORTH ADAMS WATER DEPT. Service areas have edges; an address outside them is on a well. Sewer treatment exists (NORTH ADAMS SEWER DEPT); beyond its lines, septic. Bedrock well yield in town rates "average specific yield".
The Busiest Roads
- GREYLOCK MOUNTAIN ROAD15,897 vehicles/day (2016 count)
- HOWLAND AVENUE (Route-8)15,345 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- STATE ROAD (Route-2)14,759 vehicles/day (count year unrecorded)
- CURRAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY (Route-8)14,538 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- SUMMER STREET12,756 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. 1,217 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.