South Hadley · Hampshire County
Check an Address in South Hadley
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 South Hadley'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 (most recent: 2011). Counted by the claim's self-reported city, so this can undercount. History, not a prediction.
Dams in Town
Breached - Newton Smith Upper Pond Dam · Newton Smith Brook, tributary to Buttery Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Breached - Pearl City Pond Dam · Bachelor Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Breached - Sunset Beach Lower Pond Dam · Leaping Well Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Breached - Sunset Beach Upper Pond Dam · Leaping Well Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Hillside Beach Dam · Buttery 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.
Leaping Well Reservoir Dam · Leaping Well 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.
Lithia Springs Reservoir Dam · Tributary to Elmer Brook
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Marcalus Manufacturing Company Dam · Leaping Well 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.
- …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.
- MT HOLYOKE COLLEGE · 50 COLLEGE ST · state file 1-0013589 (TIER1D)
- OLD TIME SERVICE/GASOLINE STATION · 609 NEWTON ST · state file 1-0017440 (TIER1D)
7 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: SOUTH HADLEY FD #1 (MWRA), SOUTH HADLEY FIRE DISTRICT #2 WATER DEPT. Service areas have edges; an address outside them is on a well. Sewer treatment exists (SOUTH HADLEY WATER POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION); beyond its lines, septic. Bedrock well yield in town rates "average specific yield".
The Busiest Roads
- PURPLE HEART DRIVE ROTARY21,814 vehicles/day (2021 count)
- ROUTE 202 (US-202)20,161 vehicles/day (2022 count)
- PURPLE HEART DRIVE (US-202)20,161 vehicles/day (2022 count)
- GRANBY ROAD (US-202)18,940 vehicles/day (2020 count)
- MEMORIAL DRIVE (Route-33)14,899 vehicles/day (2024 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. 221 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.