Spoonwood Pond
Cheshire County, New Hampshire159 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from NHDES for this lake.
- Impaired · Mercury
- 70 ft max depth
Spoonwood Pond in Cheshire County, New Hampshire has water-quality measurements published by NHDES, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 70 ft. Surface area: 159 acres.
Spoonwood Pond is a 159-acre lake in Cheshire County, New Hampshire with a maximum depth of 70 feet (28-foot average).
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Spoonwood Pond is good for
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- Deep water70 ft surveyed max depth
Swimming conditions
No readingNot rated
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Spoonwood Pond is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 4A) for mercury, pH / acidity. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Spoonwood Pond 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 Spoonwood Pond
These are the measurements NHDES publishes for Spoonwood 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
70 ft
Average depth
27.9 ft
Surface area
159 acres
Shoreline
2.9 mi
The depth above comes from a bathymetric survey of this lake, not from a regional estimate.
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EPA Impairment Status
Spoonwood Pond is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2024 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 4A).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Aquatic life, Fish consumption.
A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plan has been approved.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit NHLAK700030103-09 · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Spoonwood Pond
Where is Spoonwood Pond?
- Spoonwood Pond is a lake in Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Its water-quality measurements are published by NHDES and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Spoonwood Pond?
- Spoonwood Pond in Cheshire County, New Hampshire has water-quality measurements published by NHDES, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 70 ft. Surface area: 159 acres.
Is Spoonwood Pond safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Spoonwood Pond is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 4A) for mercury, pH / acidity. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Spoonwood Pond?
- Spoonwood Pond has a maximum depth of 70 feet and an average depth of 27.9 feet. The lake covers 159 acres.
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Where this data comes from
Measurements for Spoonwood 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