Ricker Pond
Caledonia County, Vermont92 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Vermont DEC for this lake.
- 37 ft max depth
- Limited data
Ricker Pond in Caledonia County, Vermont has water-quality measurements published by Vermont DEC, shown here as reported. Surface area: 92 acres.
Ricker Pond is a 92-acre lake in Caledonia County, Vermont with an estimated average depth of about 37 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, VT DEC, last sampled 2022-04-27. 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 Ricker 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 Ricker Pond
These are the measurements Vermont DEC publishes for Ricker 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.
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Lake Details
Max depth
~37 ft est.
Surface area
92 acres
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Vermont has not published bathymetry for Ricker Pond.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
22 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
1.9 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
1,050 ft
Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS). Mean depth here is modelled, not surveyed — HydroLAKES v1.0 estimates lake depth from surrounding terrain rather than from soundings. Treat it as an approximation, and prefer a state bathymetric survey where one exists.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Ricker Pond is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Ricker Pond (completed 1900), built primarily for recreation on the Wells River; concrete-type dam, 8 ft tall and 102 ft long.
- Surface area
- 92 ac
- Normal storage
- 0 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 850 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 21.09 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Low
- Owner
- STATE OF VERMONT - FPR
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID VT00330 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Ricker Pond
Where is Ricker Pond?
- Ricker Pond is a lake in Caledonia County, Vermont. Its water-quality measurements are published by Vermont DEC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Ricker Pond?
- Ricker Pond in Caledonia County, Vermont has water-quality measurements published by Vermont DEC, shown here as reported. Surface area: 92 acres.
Is Ricker Pond safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Ricker Pond?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Ricker Pond, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 37 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate. The lake covers 92 acres.
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Where this data comes from
5 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2022. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Vermont Dept of Environmental Conservation
1VTDECWQ5 samples · 2022
Analytical methods
- EPA approved Alternate Test Procedure for 4500 P H. Has a 28 day hold without acid preservation.
- 445.0 ~ EPA; Chlorophyll and Pheophytin in Algae by Fluorescence
- 2130 B ~ Nephelometric Method
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.
Other records on this page
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)