Long Meadow Pond
Litchfield County, Connecticut110 acresView mapDirections
CT DEEP publishes the water-quality measurements for Long Meadow Pond. Here is what has been measured.
- Limited data
Long Meadow Pond in Litchfield County, Connecticut has water-quality measurements published by CT DEEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 6 ft visibility. Surface area: 110 acres.
Long Meadow Pond is a 110-acre lake in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency, last sampled 2025-07-06. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Long Meadow Pond is safe to swim in today is a call for the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Long Meadow Pond
These are the measurements CT DEEP publishes for Long Meadow Pond, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Murky, only visible to about 6 ft. TSI 51.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 6ft | 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. | 51 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Surface area
110 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Long Meadow Pond, so its depth is not documented here.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Long Meadow Pond is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Long Meadows Pond Dam (completed 1880), built primarily for recreation on the Weekeepeemee R Trib; earth-type dam, 8 ft tall and 500 ft long.
- Surface area
- 110 ac
- Normal storage
- 404 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 404 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 1.63 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Significant
- Owner
- Town of Bethlehem
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID CT00375 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.56 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Long Meadow Pond
Where is Long Meadow Pond?
- Long Meadow Pond is a lake in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Its water-quality measurements are published by CT DEEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Long Meadow Pond?
- Long Meadow Pond in Litchfield County, Connecticut has water-quality measurements published by CT DEEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 6 ft visibility. Surface area: 110 acres.
Is Long Meadow 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
3 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-21.
Collected and reported by
- CT DEEP Volunteer Water Monitoring Program (Volunteer)
CTVOLMON3 samples · 2025
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.