Sheep Pond
Barnstable County, Massachusetts138 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from MassDEP for this lake.
- Impaired · Mercury
- 60 ft max depth
Sheep Pond in Barnstable County, Massachusetts has water-quality measurements published by MassDEP, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 60 ft. Surface area: 138 acres.
Sheep Pond is a 138-acre lake in Barnstable County, Massachusetts with a maximum depth of 60 feet (29-foot average).
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, MassDEP. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Sheep Pond is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Deep water60 ft surveyed max depth
Swimming conditions
No readingNot rated
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Sheep Pond is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 4A) for mercury. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Sheep 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.
Water quality measurements for Sheep Pond
These are the measurements MassDEP publishes for Sheep 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
Max depth
60 ft
Average depth
28.9 ft
Surface area
138 acres
Shoreline
2.6 mi
The depth above comes from a bathymetric survey of this lake, not from a regional estimate.
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Fishing Sheep Pond
EPA Impairment Status
Sheep Pond is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2022 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 4A).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Fish consumption.
A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plan has been approved.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit MA96289 · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Sheep Pond
Where is Sheep Pond?
- Sheep Pond is a lake in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Its water-quality measurements are published by MassDEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Sheep Pond?
- Sheep Pond in Barnstable County, Massachusetts has water-quality measurements published by MassDEP, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 60 ft. Surface area: 138 acres.
Is Sheep Pond safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Sheep Pond is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 4A) for mercury. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Sheep Pond?
- Sheep Pond has a maximum depth of 60 feet and an average depth of 28.9 feet. The lake covers 138 acres.
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Where this data comes from
Measurements for Sheep Pond come from the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake.
Other records on this page
Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database