Palmer · Hampden County
Check an Address in Palmer
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 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.
Check an Address Nearby
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.