Northampton · Hampshire County
Check an Address in Northampton
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 Northampton'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.
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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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 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.