Salmon Falls River Impoundment Lake
Strafford County, New Hampshire6 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from NHDES for this lake.
- Limited data
Salmon Falls River Impoundment Lake in Strafford County, New Hampshire has water-quality measurements published by NHDES, shown here as reported. Surface area: 6 acres.
Salmon Falls River Impoundment Lake is a 6-acre lake in Strafford County, New Hampshire.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency, last sampled 2024-09-10. 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 Salmon Falls River Impoundment Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Salmon Falls River Impoundment Lake
These are the measurements NHDES publishes for Salmon Falls River Impoundment Lake, 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
Surface area
6 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Salmon Falls River Impoundment Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Salmon Falls River Impoundment Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Waumbek Dam (completed 1880), built primarily for recreation on the Salmon Falls River; concrete-type dam, 17 ft tall and 120 ft long.
- Surface area
- 6 ac
- Normal storage
- 26 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 50 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 29 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Low
- Owner
- NH DES WATER DIVISION
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID NH00787 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.08 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Salmon Falls River Impoundment Lake
Where is Salmon Falls River Impoundment Lake?
- Salmon Falls River Impoundment Lake is a lake in Strafford County, New Hampshire. Its water-quality measurements are published by NHDES and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Salmon Falls River Impoundment Lake?
- Salmon Falls River Impoundment Lake in Strafford County, New Hampshire has water-quality measurements published by NHDES, shown here as reported. Surface area: 6 acres.
Is Salmon Falls River Impoundment Lake 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
46 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2020–2024. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-21.
Collected and reported by
- New Hampshire Department Of Environmental Services (BEACH)
1111330046 samples · 2020–2024
Analytical methods
- Turbidity by Nephelometry
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.