Transquaking River Higgins Mill Pond
Dorchester County, MarylandView mapDirections
MDE publishes the water-quality measurements for Transquaking River Higgins Mill Pond. Here is what has been measured.
- Impaired · Nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen)
- Limited data
Transquaking River Higgins Mill Pond in Dorchester County, Maryland has water-quality measurements published by MDE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 0.7 ft visibility.
Transquaking River Higgins Mill Pond is a lake in Dorchester County, Maryland. Overall water quality is declining over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency, last sampled 2022-10-19. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Transquaking River Higgins Mill Pond is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen), pH / acidity. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Transquaking River Higgins Mill Pond is safe to swim in today is a call for the Maryland Department of the Environment and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Transquaking River Higgins Mill Pond
These are the measurements MDE publishes for Transquaking River Higgins Mill 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 0.7 ft of visibility. TSI 83.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 0.7ft | 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. | 83 | Hypereutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Very high nutrients, dense algae, poor clarity
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Fishing Transquaking River Higgins Mill Pond
Water quality readings over time
2 seasons of samples on record (2021–2022). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Water clarity
Worsening2 years
EPA Impairment Status
Transquaking River Higgins Mill Pond is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2024 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Aquatic life.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit MD-02130308-Higgins_Mill_Pond · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Transquaking River Higgins Mill Pond
Where is Transquaking River Higgins Mill Pond?
- Transquaking River Higgins Mill Pond is a lake in Dorchester County, Maryland. Its water-quality measurements are published by MDE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Transquaking River Higgins Mill Pond?
- Transquaking River Higgins Mill Pond in Dorchester County, Maryland has water-quality measurements published by MDE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 0.7 ft visibility.
Is Transquaking River Higgins Mill Pond safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Transquaking River Higgins Mill Pond is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen), pH / acidity. Check local advisories before you swim.
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Where this data comes from
192 measurements from 6 monitoring stations, 2021–2022. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Submitting organization not recorded for these samples192 samples · 2021–2022
Monitoring station identifiers (6)
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
Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database