Sheffield · Berkshire County

Check an Address in Sheffield

The Town Around It

Whatever the address, these are Sheffield's numbers. Each one opens the full record.

What Just Sold13 homes in Q3 2025 · median $475,000 How Often Homes TradeAbout once every 77 years HeatMost homes burn heating oil SchoolsTown districts run through grade 12 InternetCable is wired here Chapter 40B1.9%, below the 10% threshold Getting OutPittsfield is about 52 min by road

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.

No federal flood-insurance claims appear under this town's name, which speaks to filed claims only, and unmapped towns rarely carry policies to claim against.

Dams in Town

1204 Ashley Falls Road Dam · Tributary to Konkapot River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Berkshire Trout Pond Dam · Willard Brook
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Combes Pond Dam · Willard Brook
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Fawn Lake Dam · Willard Brook
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Hoyte Dam · Tributary to Housatonic River
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Konkapot River Dam at Route 7A · Konkapot River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Mill Pond Dam · Hubbard 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.
Threemile Pond Dam · Ironwork 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.

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.

SHEFFIELD FOODS · RTE 7 NORTH MAIN ST · state file 1-0014232 (TIERII)
JOHN B. HULL INC. · 18 BERKSHIRE SCHOOL ROAD · state file 1-0019886 (TIERI)

Water at the Address

Public water systems in town: AQUARION WATER COMPANY, BERKSHIRE SCHOOL. 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

NORTH MAIN STREET (US-7)14,440 vehicles/day (2024 count)
SHEFFIELD PLAIN (US-7)11,655 vehicles/day (2024 count)
MAIN STREET (US-7)10,878 vehicles/day (2024 count)
SOUTH MAIN STREET (US-7)10,433 vehicles/day (2024 count)
BERKSHIRE SCHOOL ROAD2,312 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. 296 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.

Mount Washington$5.97 per $1,000 · $2,603 a year Egremont$6.58 per $1,000 · $3,957 a year Great Barrington$13.24 per $1,000 · $7,024 a year New Marlborough$7.21 per $1,000 · $3,851 a year Monterey$7.22 per $1,000 · $4,483 a year Alford$4.07 per $1,000 · $4,340 a year

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.