Cape Pond is a lake in Essex County, Massachusetts. Its water-quality measurements are published by MassDEP and shown on this page as reported.

Cape Pond

Essex County, Massachusetts44 acresView map Directions

No nutrient or algae sampling on record from MassDEP for this lake.

Area

44 acres

Surface area

Shoreline

1.4 mi

Measured length

Impaired · Turbidity

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Cape Pond in Essex County, Massachusetts has water-quality measurements published by MassDEP, shown here as reported. Surface area: 44 acres.

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Cape Pond is a 44-acre lake in Essex County, Massachusetts.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, MassDEP. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Recreation use not supported

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Cape Pond is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for turbidity. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Cape Pond is safe to swim in today is a call for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Cape Pond

These are the measurements MassDEP publishes for Cape Pond, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

No clarity data. TSI undefined.

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Lake Details

Surface area

44 acres

Shoreline

1.4 mi

No bathymetric survey has been published for Cape Pond, so its depth is not documented here.

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EPA Impairment Status

Cape Pond is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2022 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).

Causes of impairment

Turbidity

Designated uses not supporting: Recreation, Other.

Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit MA93011 · Official waterbody report

Nearby Lakes in Essex County

Babson Reservoir1.7 miView →Niles Pond3.6 miView →Fernwood Lake4 miView →Wallace Pond4.6 miView →Dykes Pond5.4 miView →Haskell Pond5.8 miView →

Frequently asked questions about Cape Pond

Where is Cape Pond?: Cape Pond is a lake in Essex County, Massachusetts. Its water-quality measurements are published by MassDEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Cape Pond?: Cape Pond in Essex County, Massachusetts has water-quality measurements published by MassDEP, shown here as reported. Surface area: 44 acres.
Is Cape Pond safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Cape Pond is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for turbidity. Check local advisories before you swim.