Springfield · Hampden County
Check an Address in Springfield
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 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
No machine-readable zoning reference is on record for this town; the town clerk has the bylaw. 3,563 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.