Sandisfield · Berkshire County
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The Town Around It
Whatever the address, these are Sandisfield'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.
1 federal flood-insurance claim has been filed from this town since 2011. Counted by the claim's self-reported city, so this can undercount. History, not a prediction.
Dams in Town
Abbey Lake Dam · Buck 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.
Atwater Pond Dam · North Branch Silver Brook
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Bauer Pond Dam · Unnamed
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Benton Brook Dam · Benton Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Camp Woodcrest Dam · Tributary to Clam River
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Clam Lake Dam · Clam 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.
East Dam north of Rood Hill Road · Tributary to Sandy Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Gilder Pond Dam · Tributary to Clam River
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
- …and 12 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.
No sites listed for this town.
Water at the Address
Public water systems in town: BERKSHIRE REHAB SKILLED CARE CTR. Service areas have edges; an address outside them is on a well. No municipal sewer: septic systems, which state law has inspected at the time of sale. Bedrock well yield in town rates "average specific yield".
The Busiest Roads
- SOUTH MAIN STREET (Route-8)3,042 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- NORTH MAIN STREET (Route-8)2,934 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- SOUTH MAIN ROAD (Route-8)2,484 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- WEST STREET1,702 vehicles/day (2021 count)
- WEST HUBBARD ROAD1,702 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. 264 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.