Wendell · Franklin County
Check an Address in Wendell
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 Wendell's numbers. Each one opens the full record.
Flood, Town-wide
Flood Map Unavailable
The federal flood map for this town has not been digitised, so flood risk here is unmapped; that is not the same as absent. Ask the town's building department before relying on any flood answer.
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
Anderson Lamp 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.
Bowen's Pond Dam · Osgood Brook
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Desrosiers Pond Dam · Plympton Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Fiske Pond Dam · Fiske Brook
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Fiske Pond Dike · Fiske Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
McAvoy Pond Dam · Tributary to South 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.
Porter Pond Dam · Tributary to Middle Branch Swift River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Ruggles Pond Dam · Lyons 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.
- …and 2 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.
- N/A · 6-8 ELM STREET · state file 1-0019425 (TIER1D)
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
- MOHAWK TRAIL (Route-2)6,861 vehicles/day (2020 count)
- FARLEY ROAD1,455 vehicles/day (2021 count)
- WENDELL DEPOT ROAD934 vehicles/day (2017 count)
- LOCKES VILLAGE ROAD903 vehicles/day (2023 count)
- MONTAGUE ROAD640 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. 88 properties in town appear in the state's historic inventory; listed buildings can carry review requirements on exterior work.
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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 2023 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.