Stodge Meadow Pond
Worcester County, Massachusetts126 acresView mapDirections
MassDEP publishes the water-quality measurements for Stodge Meadow Pond. Here is what has been measured.
- Eutrophic
- 38 ft max depth
- Limited data
Stodge Meadow Pond in Worcester County, Massachusetts has water-quality measurements published by MassDEP, shown here as reported. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 9.2 µg/L. Surface area: 125.8 acres.
Stodge Meadow Pond is a 126-acre productive, nutrient-rich eutrophic lake in Worcester County, Massachusetts with an estimated average depth of about 38 feet. Compared to the 23 other monitored lakes in Worcester County, Stodge Meadow Pond ranks #22 for water quality.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, MassDEP, last sampled 2017-08-30. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
Readings onlyLimited data
Based on clarity and algae readings from past sampling — there is no live water temperature and a current cyanobacteria reading for this lake. Check your state or county health department before you swim.
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Stodge Meadow 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 Stodge Meadow Pond
These are the measurements MassDEP publishes for Stodge Meadow 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. Chlorophyll-a 9.2 µg/L. TSI 52.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | No reading How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. | |
| Total phosphorus | No reading The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential. | |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 9.2µg/L | Poor GoodFairPoor |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 52 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~38 ft est.
Surface area
126 acres
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Massachusetts has not published bathymetry for Stodge Meadow Pond.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
1 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
2 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
1,135 ft
Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS). Mean depth here is modelled, not surveyed — HydroLAKES v1.0 estimates lake depth from surrounding terrain rather than from soundings. Treat it as an approximation, and prefer a state bathymetric survey where one exists.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Stodge Meadow Pond is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Stodge Meadow Pond Dam (completed 1863), built primarily for recreation on the Tributary to South Branch Souhegan River; earth-type dam, 15 ft tall and 250 ft long.
- Surface area
- 125.8 ac
- Normal storage
- 629 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 887 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 0.94 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Low
- Owner
- Stodge Meadow Association, Inc.
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID MA00009 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Stodge Meadow Pond
Where is Stodge Meadow Pond?
- Stodge Meadow Pond is a lake in Worcester County, Massachusetts. Its water-quality measurements are published by MassDEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Stodge Meadow Pond?
- Stodge Meadow Pond in Worcester County, Massachusetts has water-quality measurements published by MassDEP, shown here as reported. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 9.2 µg/L. Surface area: 125.8 acres.
Is Stodge Meadow Pond safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Stodge Meadow Pond?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Stodge Meadow Pond, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 38 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate. The lake covers 125.8 acres.
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Where this data comes from
3 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2017. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP)
MASSDEP3 samples · 2017
Analytical methods
- 445.0 ~ EPA; Chlorophyll and Pheophytin in Algae by Fluorescence
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.
Other records on this page
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)