North Adams · Berkshire County
Check an Address in North Adams
The Town Around It
Whatever the address, these are North Adams'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.
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 2026-08-05.
- Office of Dam Safety inventory; federal inventory for federally regulated dams. Checked 2026-08-05.
- MassDEP release and land-use-restriction registries (Chapter 21E). Checked 2026-08-05.
- MassDEP service registries; federal drinking-water system inventory; USGS well mapping. Checked 2026-08-05.
- MassDOT traffic count programme. Figures through the 2024 count.
- Town zoning references; Massachusetts historic inventory. Checked 2026-08-05.
"Figures through" is the period the publisher's data describes; "checked" is only when we last asked. The full sourcing: sources and method.