Westfield · Hampden County
Check an Address in Westfield
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 Westfield'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.
13 federal flood-insurance claims have been filed from this town since 1999 (most recent: 2023). Counted by the claim's self-reported city, so this can undercount. History, not a prediction.
Dams in Town
Arm Brook PL-566 Flood Control Dam · Arm 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.
Chapin Pond Dam · Pond Brook
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Florek Pond Dam · Munn Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Horse Pond Dam · Pond Brook
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Howard Smith YMCA Pond Dam · Tributary to Cook Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Powdermill Brook PL-566 Flood Control Dam · Powdermill 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.
Sackett District Reservoir Dam · Offstream, Munn Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Stanley Park Dam · Tributary to Little River
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
- …and 7 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.
- WESTFIELD COATINGS CORP · 221 UNION ST · state file 1-0010463 (TIER1D)
- PARKSIDE PARTS INC · 17 PARKSIDE AVE · state file 1-0000571 (TIERII)
- NEW CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER FACILITY · 178 EAST MOUNTAIN ROAD · state file 1-0020352 (TIERI)
- WESTFIELD CITGO · 41 FRANKLIN STREET · state file 1-0021048 (TIERII)
- NO LOCATION AID · 168 NOTRE DAME ST · state file 1-0014582 (TIERII)
- FORMER CITY CLEANERS · 47 SCHOOL STREET · state file 1-0018179 (TIER1D)
- 24-40/44 MAIN STREET · 24-40/44 MAIN STREET · state file 1-0018614 (TIERII)
- WESTFIELD RIVERFRONT REDEVELOPMENT ZONE · 146 EMERY ST & 362 ELM ST · state file 1-0019410 (TIER1D)
22 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: LIBERTY MANOR INC, WESTFIELD DPWWATER DIVISION. Service areas have edges; an address outside them is on a well. Sewer treatment exists (WESTFIELD SEWER DEPT); beyond its lines, septic. Bedrock well yield in town rates "average specific yield".
The Busiest Roads
- MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE (I-90)46,422 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- SOUTHAMPTON ROAD (US-202)19,653 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- SPRINGFIELD ROAD (US-20)17,510 vehicles/day (2016 count)
- NORTH ELM STREET (US-202)17,463 vehicles/day (2022 count)
- LITTLE RIVER ROAD (Route-187)16,336 vehicles/day (2015 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. 880 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.