Palmer · Hampden County
Check an Address in Palmer
The Town Around It
Whatever the address, these are Palmer's numbers. Each one opens the full record.
Flood, Town-wide
Mapped Flood Zones Present
Parts of this town are inside mapped special flood hazard areas, where flood insurance is required for most mortgages and building is regulated. Whether a specific property is inside one is a parcel-level question, check the address, not the town.
2 federal flood-insurance claims have been filed from this town since 2005. Counted by the claim's self-reported city, so this can undercount. History, not a prediction.
Dams in Town
Bondsville Lower Dam · Swift 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.
Bondsville Upper Dam · Swift 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.
Diamond International Corp Lower Dam · Ware River
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Diamond International Corp Upper Dam · Ware 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.
Forest Lake Dam · Tributary to Ware River
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Lizak No. 2 Basin Dam · Kings Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Lizak No. 3 Basin Dam · Kings Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Lizak Pond Dam · Kings Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
- …and 8 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.
- PSC RESOURCES · 10 WATER ST · state file 1-0000143 (TIERI)
- RAY KELLEY & SON · 11 WATER ST · state file 1-0000740 (TIERII)
- OAK TREE PACKAGING CORPOR · 206 CHURCH ST · state file 1-0012351 (TIERII)
- 4028 CHURCH STREET · 4028 CHURCH STREET · state file 1-0020984 (TIER1D)
- O'CONNELL OIL SHELL-BRANDED RETAIL GAS · 3086 SOUTH MAIN STREET · state file 1-0019404 (TIERII)
- PALMER TECHNOLOGY CENTER · 2022 BRIDGE STREET · state file 1-0019503 (TIER1D)
- THORNDIKE ENERGY - UST #1 · 4145 CHURCH STREET · state file 1-0021136 (TIERII)
- INTERSTATE 90 EB MM 66.7 / QUABOAG RIVER · MILE MARKER 66.7, I-90 EAST · state file 1-0050663 (TIERI)
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: PALMER WATER DISTRICT NO.1, THORNDIKE FIRE AND WATER DISTRICT, BONDSVILLE FIRE AND WATER DISTRICT and 2 more. Service areas have edges; an address outside them is on a well. Sewer treatment exists (PALMER SEWER DEPARTMENT); beyond its lines, septic. Bedrock well yield in town rates "average specific yield".
The Busiest Roads
- MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE (I-90)52,797 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- WILBRAHAM STREET (US-20)12,731 vehicles/day (2021 count)
- THORNDIKE STREET (Route-32)12,007 vehicles/day (2019 count)
- NORTH MAIN STREET (US-20)11,374 vehicles/day (2022 count)
- PARK STREET (US-20)11,043 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. 695 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.