Sluice Pond
Essex County, Massachusetts42 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from MassDEP for this lake.
- Impaired · Nuisance exotic species
- 62 ft max depth
Sluice Pond in Essex County, Massachusetts has water-quality measurements published by MassDEP, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 62.3 ft. Surface area: 42 acres.
Sluice Pond is a 42-acre lake in Essex County, Massachusetts with a maximum depth of 62 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, MassDEP. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Sluice Pond is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Deep water62.3 ft surveyed max depth
Swimming conditions
No readingNot rated
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Sluice Pond is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for nuisance exotic species, oxygen depletion (low DO). Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Sluice 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 Sluice Pond
These are the measurements MassDEP publishes for Sluice 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
62.3 ft
Surface area
42 acres
Shoreline
2.1 mi
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EPA Impairment Status
Sluice Pond is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2022 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Aquatic life.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit MA93071 · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Sluice Pond
Where is Sluice Pond?
- Sluice Pond is a lake in Essex County, Massachusetts. Its water-quality measurements are published by MassDEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Sluice Pond?
- Sluice Pond in Essex County, Massachusetts has water-quality measurements published by MassDEP, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 62.3 ft. Surface area: 42 acres.
Is Sluice Pond safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Sluice Pond is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for nuisance exotic species, oxygen depletion (low DO). Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Sluice Pond?
- Sluice Pond has a maximum depth of 62.3 feet. The lake covers 42 acres.
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Where this data comes from
Measurements for Sluice 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