Westfield · Hampden County
Check an Address in Westfield
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.
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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.