Tracys Pond
New Haven County, Connecticut3 acresView mapDirections
CT DEEP publishes the water-quality measurements for Tracys Pond. Here is what has been measured.
- Limited data
Tracys Pond in New Haven County, Connecticut has water-quality measurements published by CT DEEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2 ft visibility. Surface area: 3 acres.
Tracys Pond is a 3-acre lake in New Haven County, Connecticut.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency, last sampled 2025-08-31. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Tracys Pond is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Camping1 public campground nearby
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Tracys Pond is safe to swim in today is a call for the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Tracys Pond
These are the measurements CT DEEP publishes for Tracys Pond, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Very murky, less than 2 ft of visibility. TSI 67.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 2ft | Measured, not scored 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) | No reading The green pigment in algae — a direct measure of how much algae is in the water. | |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 67 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Surface area
3 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Tracys Pond, so its depth is not documented here.
Recreation & Access
Public campgrounds near Tracys Pond
- Hop Brook Lake Recreation Area4.7 kmReserve
Nearest public campgrounds in the USGS National Map inventory, within about 3 miles. An empty list means USGS records no campground that close, which is not the same as camping being unavailable. Where the source gives an official reservation link, it is used; the cabin and hotel search does not cover campsites. More camping lakes
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Tracys Pond is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Little Tracys Pond Dam, built primarily for water supply on the Long Swamp Brook; earth-type dam, 14 ft tall and 434 ft long.
- Surface area
- 3 ac
- Normal storage
- 0 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 0.73 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Significant
- Owner
- Turnpike Office Park Condominium Association
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID CT01052 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.54 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Tracys Pond
Where is Tracys Pond?
- Tracys Pond is a lake in New Haven County, Connecticut. Its water-quality measurements are published by CT DEEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Tracys Pond?
- Tracys Pond in New Haven County, Connecticut has water-quality measurements published by CT DEEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2 ft visibility. Surface area: 3 acres.
Is Tracys Pond safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Are there campgrounds on Tracys Pond?
- Tracys Pond has 1 public campground from USGS The National Map within 5 km, including Hop Brook Lake Recreation Area. This is a location join, not a booking. Cabins and hotels are listed separately; campsite reservations use the official link when the source provides one.
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Where this data comes from
2 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-21.
Collected and reported by
- CT DEEP Volunteer Water Monitoring Program (Volunteer)
CTVOLMON2 samples · 2025
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
Public campgrounds from USGS The National Map Structures, within about 3 miles