Orange · Franklin County
Check an Address in Orange
The Town Around It
Whatever the address, these are Orange'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 2022. Counted by the claim's self-reported city, so this can undercount. History, not a prediction.
Dams in Town
Boston Fiber Company Dam · East Branch Tully River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Breached - Eagleville Dam · Eagleville Branch Millers Rivers
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Diversion Dam · East Branch Tully River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Fire Pond Dam · Coolidge Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Gale Brothers Dam · Tributary to West Branch Tully River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Haskins Pond Dam · Orcutt 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.
Johnsonian Pond Dam · Poor Farm Brook
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Lake Mattawa North Dam · North Pond 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 16 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.
- MCKENNEYS MOBIL · 300 SOUTH MAIN ST · state file 1-0000136 (TIERI)
- RESIDENTIAL HAGER · 726 SOUTH MAIN ST · state file 1-0012613 (TIERII)
- TRAILER HOME · 30 GLENWOOD AVENUE · state file 1-0020217 (TIER1D)
- RESIDENTIAL AST RELEASE · 15 BLODGETT STREET · state file 1-0020905 (TIER1D)
- PROPERTY · 24 EAST RIVER STREET · state file 1-0021228 (TIERII)
- BEHIND BUILDING · 660 EAST MAIN STREET · state file 1-0019594 (TIERII)
- VACANT MILL BUILDING · 16-36 WEST RIVER STREET · state file 1-0021566 (TIER1D)
6 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: ORANGE WATER DEPT. Service areas have edges; an address outside them is on a well. Sewer treatment exists (ORANGE SEWER); beyond its lines, septic. Bedrock well yield in town rates "average specific yield".
The Busiest Roads
- MOHAWK TRAIL (Route-2)9,597 vehicles/day (2022 count)
- NEW ATHOL ROAD (Route-2A)8,416 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- EAST MAIN STREET (Route-2A)7,227 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- SOUTH MAIN STREET (Route-122)7,206 vehicles/day (2023 count)
- DANIEL SHAYS HIGHWAY (US-202)5,860 vehicles/day (2022 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. 459 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.