Lake Quality in the NH Lakes Region

COLOR (Water Clarity): Clear 0-25 / Light Tea-Color 25-40 / Tea Color 40-75

PLANTS – Sparse growth SG few emergent plants, Scattered SP small patches or shoreline growth, Common plants CP around the shoreline, abundant AG shoreline growth with thick surface patches visible, very abundant VG ½ the surface area covered

TROPHIC CLASS is a designation of a lake or pond according to algae production, rooted plant growth, water clarity and bottom dissolved oxygen levels

OLIGO - Minimal Support for algal blooms or rooted plant growth
MESO - Moderate Support
EUTRO - High Support

Water level ph, phosphorus and alkalinity are available upon request.

Body of Water	Acres	Max. Depth	Color	Trophic	Town	Plants
Ashuelot Pond	299	23'	30	MESO	Washington	cp
Beech Pond, Lower	154	49'	10	OLIGO	Tuftonboro	cp
Blaisdell Lake	158	43'	11	OLIGO	Sutton	sg
Bow Lake	1,160	75'	14	MESO	Strafford, Northwood	sg
Crescent Lake	148	21'	20	OBLIGO	Wolfeboro	sg
Crystal Lake	364	54'	24	OBLIGO	Enfield	sp
Crystal Lake	441	51'	26	OBLIGO	Gilmanton	sg
Dan Hole Pond	408	131'	20	OBLIGO	Tuftonboro	sp
Eastman Pond	334	40'	23	EUTRO	Grantham	cp
Franklin Pierce Lake (Jackman Reservoir)	519	30'	30	OLIGO	Hillsboro	sp
Gregg Lake	195	36	12	OLIGO	Antrim	sp
Goose Pond	553	33'	18	OLIGO	Canaan	sp
Grafton Pond	320	65'	15	MESO	Grafton	cp
Great East Lake	1,706	102'	N/A	N/A	Wakefield	sp
Half Moon Lake	280	20'	18	MESO	Alton, Barnstead	cp
Hermit Lake	176	49'	15	MESO	Sanbornton	vg
Highland Lake	210	47'	20	MESO	Andover	sp
Highland Lake	711	29'	30	MESO	Washington	cp
Hills Pond	137	42'	30	MESO	Alton	cp
Island Pond	202	55'	15	OLIGO	Washington	sp
Jenness Pond	243	28'	8	MESO	Northwood, Pittsfield	cg
Lake Kanasatka	371	40'	8	OLIGO	Moultonbourogh	sp
Kezar Lake	181	26'	15	MESO	Sutton	sp
Kolkelemook Lake	98	22'	10	OLIGO	Springfield	sp
Little Sunapee Lake	471	43'	10	MESO	New London, Springfield	sg
Loon Pond	121	45'	10	MESO	Gilmanton	cp
Loon Lake	111	29'	17	MESO	Plymouth	sp
Lovell Lake	537	41'	15	OLIGO	Wakefield	sg
Manning Lake	202	53'	20	OLIGO	Gilmanton	sg
Mascoma Lake	1,114	65'	25	MESO	Enfield	sg
Massasecum Lake	401	49'	14	MESO	Bradford	cg
Mendum's Pond	252	52	39	OLIGO	Nottingham	sg
Merrymeeting Lake	1,111	135'	0	OLIGO	New Durham	sg
Mirror Lake	377	43'	25	MESO	Tuftonboro, Wolfeboro	cg
Mountainview Lake	104	22'	16	OLIGO	Sunapee	sp
Newfound Lake	4,105	182'	0	OLIGO	Alexandria, Bridgewater, Bristol, Hebron	sp
Northwood Lake	686	24'	24	MESO	Northwood, Deerfield, Epsom	sp
Opechee Bay	426	61'	5	OLIGO	Laconia	sp
Ossipee Lake	3091	50'	21	OLIGO	Freedom, Ossipee	sg
Otter Pond	184	24'	12	MESO	Sunapee	cp
Pine River Pond	593	42'	10	MESO	Wakefield	sp
Pemigewasset Lake	241	28'	38	MESO	Meredith, New Hampton	ag
Perkins Pond	156	8'	10	OLIGO	Sunapee	sp
Pleasant Lake	493	65'	0	OLIGO	Deerfield	sg
Rust Pond	210	40'	7	MESO	Wolfeboro	sp
Sawyer Lake	79	15'	17	OLIGO	Gilmanton	sp
Shellcamp Pond	148	15'	70	MESO	Gilmanton	vg
Silver Lake	216	19'	9'	MESO	Belmont, Tilton	vg
Silver Lake	994	164'	12	OLIGO	Madison	sg
Spectacle Pond	107	18'	15	OLIGO	Enfield	cg
Sunapee Lake	4,090	104'	5	OLIGO	Newbury, New London, Sunapee	sp
Lower Suncook Pond	216	15'	18	MESO	Barnstead	cp
Upper Suncook Pond	362	41'	28	OLIGO	Barnstead	sp
Sunrise Lake	250	man made lake			Middleton
Sunset Lake	205	77'	15	OLIGO	Alton	sg
Squam Lake	6,764	99'	0	OLIGO	Holderness, Sandwich, Center Harbor	sg
Swain's Lake	405	21'	33	MESO	Barrington	cg
Lake Waukewan	912	70'	13	OLIGO	Meredith, New Hampton	sg
Webster Lake	612	38'	7	OLIGO	Franklin	sp
Lake Wentworth	3,017	82'	11	OLIGO	Wolfeboro	sg
Wickwas Lake	328	35'	22	MESO	Meredith	vg
Wild Goose Pond	98	21'	20	OLIGO	Pittsfield	cp
Lake Winnepocket	226	66'	7	OLIGO	Webster	sg
Lake Winnipesaukee	44,585	180'	0-14	OLIGO	Alton, Center Harbor, Gilford, Laconia, Meredith, Moultonboro, Tuftonboro, Wolfeboro	sg
Lake Winnisquam	4,264	150'	7	OLIGO	Belmont, Laconia, Meredith, Sanbornton, Tilton	sg
Lake Winona	154	47.9'	12	MESO	New Hampton	sg

Additional lake quality support information websites

http://www.nhlakes.org  NH LAKES is a statewide, nonprofit, member-supported organization dedicated to protecting New Hampshire's lakes, which are integral to the quality of life and economic health of the State.

http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/index.htm  NH Department of Environmental Services, water division

http://nhwatersheds.unh.edu/quality.html New Hampshire Water Quality Reports