Shutesbury · Franklin County
Check an Address in Shutesbury
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 Shutesbury'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.
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
Ames Upper Pond Dam · South Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Atkins Reservoir Dam · Cushman Brook
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.
Atkins Reservoir Dike · Adams Brook
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Baker Reservoir Dam · Tributary to Dean Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Breached - Dudleyville Pond Dam · Tributary to Sawmill River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Harriet Ames Lower Pond Dam · South Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Horst Mill Pond Dam · Tributary to Town Farm Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Raymond ‘Red’ Moriarty Dam at Lake Wyola · Sawmill 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.
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.
- SHUTESBURY FIRE DEPARTMENT · 42 LEVERETT ROAD · state file 1-0021340 (TIERI)
- LOT O-32, B9 · 66 LEVERETT ROAD · state file 1-0021489 (TIERI)
Water at the Address
No community water system is registered here; addresses are on private wells. 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
- DANIEL SHAYS HIGHWAY (US-202)5,595 vehicles/day (2020 count)
- LEVERETT ROAD2,160 vehicles/day (2019 count)
- COOLEYVILLE ROAD1,796 vehicles/day (2020 count)
- PRESCOTT ROAD1,625 vehicles/day (2020 count)
- WENDELL ROAD1,504 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. 177 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 2026-09-19.
- 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 2021 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.