Cow Mountain Pond
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Vermont DEC publishes the water-quality measurements for Cow Mountain Pond. Here is what has been measured.
- Limited data
Cow Mountain Pond in Essex County, Vermont has water-quality measurements published by Vermont DEC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 14.4 ft visibility.
Cow Mountain Pond is a lake in Essex County, Vermont.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, VT DEC, last sampled 2022-09-05. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Cow Mountain Pond is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Clear water14.4 ft of visibility
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Cow Mountain Pond is safe to swim in today is a call for the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Cow Mountain Pond
These are the measurements Vermont DEC publishes for Cow Mountain Pond, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Good clarity, visible to about 14.4 ft. TSI 39.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 14.4ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | No reading The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential. | |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | No reading The green pigment in algae — a direct measure of how much algae is in the water. | |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 39 | Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.
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Where is Cow Mountain Pond?
- Cow Mountain Pond is a lake in Essex County, Vermont. Its water-quality measurements are published by Vermont DEC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Cow Mountain Pond?
- Cow Mountain Pond in Essex County, Vermont has water-quality measurements published by Vermont DEC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 14.4 ft visibility.
Is Cow Mountain Pond safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
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Where this data comes from
2 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2021–2022. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Vermont Dept of Environmental Conservation
1VTDECWQ2 samples · 2021–2022
Monitoring station identifiers (1)
EPA condition classes from the National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See where the data comes from and data sources.