Springfield · Hampden County
Check an Address in Springfield
The Town Around It
Whatever the address, these are Springfield'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.
4 federal flood-insurance claims have been filed from this town since 2005 (most recent: 2021). Counted by the claim's self-reported city, so this can undercount. History, not a prediction.
Dams in Town
Baystate Plumbing & Heating Pond Dam · Mill River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Breached - Beaver Pond Dam · Peebles Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Breached - Monsanto Chemical Company Upper Dam · Unnamed tributary to Chicopee River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Breckwood Pond Dam · North Branch Mill 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.
Forest Park Lower Pond Dam · Porter Stream
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Forest Park Middle Pond Dam · Pecousic Brook
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Lower Van Horn Reservoir Dam · Unnamed tributary to Connecticut 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.
Mill Pond Dam · South Branch Mill River
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
- …and 5 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.
- COHEN BROS. SALVAGE · 846 BAY ST · state file 1-0014375 (TIER1D)
- WILBRAHAM ROAD PROPERTY · 93-101 WILBRAHAM RD · state file 1-0000991 (TIERII)
- SUN CO/ FL ROBERTS · 559 ST JAMES AVE · state file 1-0010126 (TIERII)
- FMR COCCHIS SERVICE STATION · 289 CAREW ST · state file 1-0000168 (TIERII)
- ROADRUNNER MUFFLER SHOPS INC · 1140 BAY ST · state file 1-0000198 (TIERI)
- SPRINGFIELD GAS WORKS FORMER · EAST COLUMBUS AVE · state file 1-0000204 (TIERI)
- YANKEE OIL · CAREW ST DWIGHT ST · state file 1-0000307 (TIERII)
- LAPIDES CLEANERS · 1003 ST JAMES AVE · state file 1-0000341 (TIERII)
- …and 52 more in the registry.
92 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: SPRINGFIELD WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION. Service areas have edges; an address outside them is on a well. Sewer treatment exists (SPRINGFIELD SEWER); beyond its lines, septic. Bedrock well yield in town rates "average specific yield".
The Busiest Roads
- INTERSTATE 91 (I-91)118,177 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- SPRINGFIELD EXPRESSWAY (I-291)87,139 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- SOUTH END BRIDGE (US-5)56,485 vehicles/day (2023 count)
- RAMP-RTS 91 NB/83 NB TO RT 5 NB (US-5)54,700 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- RAMP-RTS 91 NB/83 NB TO RTS 91 NB/5 NB (US-5)50,606 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
The town's zoning references on record: JLUS_Zoning_Springfield_v2. Always confirm district and dimensional rules with the town before designing anything. 3,563 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.