Sportsman Pond
Cheshire County, New Hampshire152 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from NHDES for this lake.
- Impaired · Mercury
- 10 ft max depth
Sportsman Pond in Cheshire County, New Hampshire has water-quality measurements published by NHDES, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 10 ft. Surface area: 152 acres.
Sportsman Pond is a 152-acre lake in Cheshire County, New Hampshire with a maximum depth of 10 feet (5-foot average).
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
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Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Sportsman Pond is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 4A) for mercury. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Sportsman 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 Sportsman Pond
These are the measurements NHDES publishes for Sportsman 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
10 ft
Average depth
4.9 ft
Surface area
152 acres
Shoreline
3.1 mi
The depth above comes from a bathymetric survey of this lake, not from a regional estimate.
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EPA Impairment Status
Sportsman 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: Fish consumption.
A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plan has been approved.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit NHIMP802020202-01 · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Sportsman Pond
Where is Sportsman Pond?
- Sportsman 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 Sportsman Pond?
- Sportsman Pond in Cheshire County, New Hampshire has water-quality measurements published by NHDES, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 10 ft. Surface area: 152 acres.
Is Sportsman Pond safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Sportsman Pond is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 4A) for mercury. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Sportsman Pond?
- Sportsman Pond has a maximum depth of 10 feet and an average depth of 4.9 feet. The lake covers 152 acres.
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Where this data comes from
Measurements for Sportsman Pond come from the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake.
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Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database