Pittsfield · Berkshire County
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The Town Around It
Whatever the address, these are Pittsfield'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.
14 federal flood-insurance claims have been filed from this town since 2001 (most recent: 2014). Counted by the claim's self-reported city, so this can undercount. History, not a prediction.
Dams in Town
Bel Air Dam · West Branch Housatonic River
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.
Camp Saint Michael Dam · Parker Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Government Mill Dam · East Branch Housatonic 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.
Lebanon Avenue Dam · Southwest Branch Housatonic River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Lulu Brook Dam · Lulu Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Onota Lake Dam · Onota Brook, tributary to West Branch Housatonic River
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.
Parker Pond Dam · Parker Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Pecks Lower Pond Dam · Onota 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 6 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.
- COUNTY RAINBOW TAXI · 10 PLEASANT ST · state file 1-0014289 (TIER1D)
- GE EAST STREET AREA I · NEWELL ST TO FASCE PL · state file 1-0000145 (TIERI)
- GE EAST STREET AREA II · LYMAN ST TO NEWELL ST · state file 1-0000146 (TIERI)
- NORTH STREET PROPERTY · 461-519 NORTH ST · state file 1-0000932 (TIERII)
- GE HOUSATONIC RIVER STUDY · PITTSFIELD-CT BORDER · state file 1-0000147 (TIERI)
- GE UNKAMET BROOK · PLASTICS RD MERRILL RD · state file 1-0000148 (TIERI)
- GE NEWELL STREET AREA I · 187-273 NEWELL ST · state file 1-0000151 (TIERI)
- HARRIS & EAST MILL STREETS · HARRIS ST E MILL ST · state file 1-0000433 (TIER1D)
- …and 11 more in the registry.
27 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: PITTSFIELD DPU WATER DEPT. Service areas have edges; an address outside them is on a well. Sewer treatment exists (PITTSFIELD SEWER DEPT); beyond its lines, septic. Bedrock well yield in town rates "average specific yield".
The Busiest Roads
- SOUTH STREET (US-7)26,344 vehicles/day (2023 count)
- EAST STREET (Route-9)21,352 vehicles/day (count year unrecorded)
- MERRILL ROAD (Route-9)20,100 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- BANK ROW (US-7)19,366 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- CHESHIRE ROAD17,192 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. 920 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.