Lots of possibilities await for building, investment, and more. 11.2 surveyed acres acres with 5 individual remaining lots surveyed out. Quiet country setting but close to Routs 116 and 9.. Some areas with possible views. Town has this assessed as 2 separate parcels as it had an old camp that was taken down. Nothing like this unique situation anywhere around for a family complex or longer term investment. The Perc Test dates are approximate. All lots have passing perc tests that were done just prior to the completion of the survey as shown on the survey plan. NO reports or data exist for older perc tests. Newer percs were not identified as to location. Any and all updates are buyers responsibility. Varied terrane Old Summer Children's Camp building site. 3 power poles brought in off the road for electric access.
Map 13 lot 20 is unrestricted one acre at Book 8034 Page 79 Franklin County Registry of Deeds. 101.975 acres of forest land along Cape Street and Sears Road in Ashfield, MA. All but one acre of the property is subject to a permanent Conservation Restriction held by the Mass Division Fisheries and Wildlife. Book 3709 Page 195 Franklin County Registry of Deeds. The property has been managed by a professional forester for many years and supports a forest of red oak, red maple, birch, white pine and hemlock. A 5 acre portion of the property has been managed for old growth for more than 100 yrs.. A recent timber inventory identified a total value of nearly $70,000. There is a one acre unrestricted area on the east edge of the restricted property. Ashfield zoning requires 2 ac for a building lot, but the abutting land with the Conservation Restriction, Section II paragraph 12 does not allow that land to be used to expand abutting lands for development.
Ashfield is located in Massachusetts. Ashfield, Massachusetts has a population of 1,710. Ashfield is less family-centric than the surrounding county with 17.94% of the households containing married families with children. The county average for households married with children is 23.54%.
The median household income in Ashfield, Massachusetts is $72,944. The median household income for the surrounding county is $64,949 compared to the national median of $69,021. The median age of people living in Ashfield is 58.5 years.
The average high temperature in July is 78.3 degrees, with an average low temperature in January of 11 degrees. The average rainfall is approximately 51.1 inches per year, with 74.3 inches of snow per year.
