Northfield · Franklin County
Check an Address in Northfield
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 Northfield'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.
1 federal flood-insurance claim has been filed from this town since 2021. Counted by the claim's self-reported city, so this can undercount. History, not a prediction.
Dams in Town
Grandin Reservoir Dam · Louisiana 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.
Lily Pond Dam · Tributary to Bennett Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Nelson Mills Pond Dam · Bennett 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.
Northfield School Lower Reservoir Dam · Louisiana Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Perry Pond Dam · Tributary to Pauchaug Brook
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Wanamaker Pond Dam · Pauchaug Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
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 sites listed for this town.
3 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: REDEMPTION CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, NORTHFIELD WATER DISTRICT, EAST NORTHFIELD WATER CO. Service areas have edges; an address outside them is on a well. Sewer treatment exists (NORTHFIELD SEWER); beyond its lines, septic. Bedrock well yield in town rates "average specific yield".
The Busiest Roads
- ROUTE 10 (Route-10)8,296 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- MAIN STREET (Route-10)7,690 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- WANAMAKER ROAD (Route-10)4,850 vehicles/day (2020 count)
- HINSDALE ROAD (Route-63)2,128 vehicles/day (2020 count)
- MILLERS FALLS ROAD (Route-63)2,116 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. 469 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.