Northampton · Hampshire County
Check an Address in Northampton
The Town Around It
Whatever the address, these are Northampton'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.
19 federal flood-insurance claims have been filed from this town since 1987 (most recent: 2023). Counted by the claim's self-reported city, so this can undercount. History, not a prediction.
Dams in Town
Button Shop Dam No. 1 · Mill 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.
Button Shop Dam No. 2 · Mill 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.
Chartpak Dam · Mill 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.
Clear Falls Pool Dam · Turkey Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Cooks Dam · Mill 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.
Fitzgerald Lake Dam · Broad Brook
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Florence Ice Pond Dam · Florence Stream
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Howards Ice Pond Dam · Mill River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
- …and 12 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.
- FMR NORTHAMPTON GAS WORKS · CRAFTS AVE · state file 1-0014222 (TIERI)
- BOULEYS SERVICE CENTER · 32 HAYDENVILLE RD · state file 1-0000906 (TIERII)
- FORMER CUTLERY RACEWAY · 340 RIVERSIDE DR · state file 1-0013320 (TIERII)
- NO LOCATION AID · 296 NONOTUCK ST · state file 1-0017208 (TIERII)
- CORLISS CLEANERS/COMMERCIAL PROPERTY · 21 LOCUST STREET · state file 1-0021215 (TIERII)
- PRO-CORPORATION PMC · 296 NONOTUCK ST · state file 1-0016060 (TIERII)
- NO LOCATION AID · 122 FEDERAL ST · state file 1-0016452 (TIERII)
16 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: NORTHAMPTON WATER DIVISION, LINDA MANOR NURSING HOME. Service areas have edges; an address outside them is on a well. Sewer treatment exists (NORTHAMPTON SEWER); beyond its lines, septic. Bedrock well yield in town rates "average specific yield".
The Busiest Roads
- INTERSTATE 91 (I-91)50,238 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- MOUNT TOM ROAD (US-5)20,089 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- PLEASANT STREET (US-5)19,992 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- KING STREET (US-5)18,206 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- RAMP-RT 91 SB TO RT 5 SB18,019 vehicles/day (2012 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
The town's zoning references on record: Northampton Zoning and Overlays_WFL3; Northampton Zoning and Overlays_WFL1. Always confirm district and dimensional rules with the town before designing anything. 1,678 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.