U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5137

Prepared in cooperation with the 

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of 

Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of 

Southeastern Massachusetts
Cover. Photograph of Ashumet Pond, shot from helicopter by Denis R. LeBlanc, U.S. Geological Survey.
Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of 

Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of 

Southeastern Massachusetts

By Donald A. Walter and John P. Masterson

Prepared in cooperation with the

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5137

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Department of the Interior

KEN SALAZAR, Secretary

U.S. Geological Survey

Marcia K. McNutt, Director

U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2011

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Contents

Abstract...........................................................................................................................................................1

Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................1

Purpose and Scope ..............................................................................................................................1

Hydrogeology of Southeastern Massachusetts..............................................................................2

Methods of Analysis ............................................................................................................................4

Estimated Hydrologic Budgets ....................................................................................................................8

Water Fluxes Into and Out of Ponds ..................................................................................................8

Limitations of Analysis .......................................................................................................................10

Summary and Conclusions.........................................................................................................................12

References Cited..........................................................................................................................................12

Appendix 1. Locations of Simulated Ponds on U.S. Geological Survey Topographic 

Quadrangles....................................................................................................................................33

Figures

1. Map showing locations of coastal aquifers in southeastern Massachusetts...................2

2. Map showing water-table altitudes in the Plymouth-Carver and Cape Cod aquifer

systems, southeastern Massachusetts ....................................................................................3

3. Diagram showing vertical groundwater-flow paths upgradient and downgradient

from kettle-hole ponds typical of those found in coastal aquifers of southeastern

Massachusetts..............................................................................................................................4

4. Map showing extents of four regional models of coastal aquifers in southeastern

Massachusetts: the Plymouth-Carver, Sagamore, Monomoy, and Lower Cape

aquifers on Cape Cod...................................................................................................................5

5. Maps showing modifications to simulated ponds in the A, Sagamore and 

B, Monomoy regional models between the versions documented in Walter and

Whealan (2004) and the versions used to estimate pond fluxes ..........................................6

6. Schematic diagram of hydrologic-budget components (inflows and outflows) to

and from kettle-hole ponds in coastal aquifers of southeastern Massachusetts.............8

7. Map showing the locations of ponds in coastal aquifers of southeastern

Massachusetts for which hydrologic budgets were estimated by regional 

models of the Plymouth-Carver, Sagamore, Momomoy, and Lower Cape Cod 

aquifer systems.............................................................................................................................9

Tables

1. Identifiers, names, hydrologic budgets, and model errors for ponds in the

Plymouth-Carver and Cape Cod aquifer systems..................................................................15

2. Number of ponds simulated in each of the four coastal aquifers and types of

surface-water inflows and outflows and pumping from wells ...........................................10

3. Total flows and maximum and minimum percentages of each hydrologic-budget

component for ponds with and without surface-water inflows or outflows ....................11
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Conversion Factors and Datum

Multiply By To obtain

Length

inch (in.) 2.54 centimeter (cm)

foot (ft) 0.3048 meter (m)

mile (mi) 1.609 kilometer (km)

Area

acre 0.4047 hectare (ha)

Flow rate

cubic foot per day (ft3/d) 0.02832 cubic meter per day (m3/d)

inch per year (in/yr) 25.4 millimeter per year (mm/yr)

Hydraulic conductivity

foot per day (ft/d) 0.3048 meter per day (m/d)

Vertical coordinate information is referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 

(NAVD 29).

Horizontal coordinate information is referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83).

Altitude, as used in this report, refers to distance above the vertical datum.

List of Acronyms

MassDEP Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

USGS U.S. Geological Survey

TMDL Total maximum daily loads
Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in 

Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts

By Donald A. Walter and John P. Masterson

Abstract

Kettle-hole ponds in southeastern Massachusetts are in 

good hydraulic connection to an extensive coastal aquifer 

system that includes the Plymouth-Carver aquifer system on 

the mainland and aquifers underlying Cape Cod. The ponds 

receive water from, and contribute water to, the underlying 

glacial aquifer; ponds also receive water from precipitation 

and lose water to evaporation from the pond surface. Some 

ponds are connected to surface-water drainage systems and 

receive water from or contribute water to streams or adjacent 

wetlands. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental 

Protection currently (2011) is developing Total Maximum 

Daily Loads of phosphorus for the freshwater ponds in 

the region to maintain the health of pond ecosystems; the 

amounts and sources of water fluxes into and out of the 

ponds are important factors in determining the amount of 

phosphorus that can be assimilated into a pond. To assist in 

this effort, the U.S. Geological Survey used groundwater-flow 

models of the coastal aquifer system to estimate hydrologic 

budgets—including inflows and outflows from the aquifer 

system and adjacent streams and wetlands, and recharge from 

precipitation—for 425 ponds in southeastern Massachusetts.

Water fluxes through the ponds are a function of several 

factors, including the size, shape, and bathymetry of the pond, 

orientation of the pond relative to the regional hydraulic 

gradient, and hydrologic setting relative to the proximity of 

groundwater divides and discharge boundaries. Total steadystate fluxes through the ponds range from more than 3,300,000 

to less than 2,000 cubic feet per day. For ponds without 

surface-water inlets or outlets, groundwater inflow accounts 

for 98 to 3 percent of total inflow; conversely, recharge 

onto the pond surface accounts for the remainder of inflow 

(between 2 and 97 percent). All natural flows from these ponds 

are through recharge from the pond into the aquifer. In one 

pond, about 94 percent of the total outflow is removed for 

water supply. For ponds that are connected to surface-water 

drainages, most inflow and outflow are through streams. 

Ponds that receive water from streams receive most (58 to 

89 percent) of their water from those streams. Ponds that are 

drained by streams lose between 5 and 100 percent of their 

water to those streams.

Introduction

The coastal plain of southeastern Massachusetts, 

including Cape Cod, contains numerous freshwater ponds 

that are important ecological and recreational resources for 

the region. The ponds, known as kettle-hole ponds, (1) are 

in hydraulic connection with the underlying coastal aquifers 

and (2) receive water from and contribute water to the 

aquifers. Many ponds also are connected to surface-water 

drainages and can receive water from and contribute water to 

streams and adjacent wetlands. The ponds receive water from 

recharge, which is the net difference between precipitation 

and evaporation, and water is withdrawn from some ponds for 

municipal water supply. 

Nutrients, such as phosphorus, can be introduced into 

a pond from onsite septic disposal and agricultural activities 

within the watershed of the pond. Excess concentrations of 

phosphorus can contribute to the process of eutrophication, 

which can adversely affect water quality, clarity, and the 

ecological health of the ponds. The Massachusetts Department 

of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) currently (2009) 

is assessing the vulnerability of the region’s ponds to 

eutrophication by developing Total Maximum Daily Loads 

(TMDLs) of phosphorus for the ponds. The volume of water 

entering and leaving a pond and the mechanisms by which 

water flows into and out of a pond (groundwater and (or) 

surface water) are important factors affecting the susceptibility 

of a pond to phosphorus-induced eutrophication. In 2008, 

the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) developed hydrologic 

budgets for steady-state conditions for 425 ponds within the 

coastal aquifers of southeastern Massachusetts, including 

Cape Cod (fig. 1), to assist MassDEP in establishing TMDLs 

of phosphorus for ponds in the region. These budgets include 

estimates of pond inflows and outflows through recharge, 

surface water, groundwater, and production wells.

Purpose and Scope

The purpose of this report is to document analyses 

performed by the USGS in support of MassDEP efforts to 

develop TMDLs of phosphorus in ponds located in the coastal 
2 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts

aquifers of southeastern Massachusetts. The report includes 

discussions of the hydrologic settings of kettle-hole ponds 

located in coastal aquifers and of the individual components 

of the hydrologic budgets of the ponds. Estimated hydrologic 

budgets for 425 ponds are presented in data tables, grouped 

by aquifer (table 1, in back of report); index maps with 

topographic bases are presented to show the locations of 

individual ponds (appendix 1). 

Hydrogeology of Southeastern Massachusetts

The coastal areas of southeastern Massachusetts are 

underlain by unconsolidated glacial sediments deposited 

during the Pleistocene Epoch between 15,000 and 

16,000 years ago. The sediments, which range in thickness 

from near 0 adjacent to bedrock outcrops in the northwest 

part of the Plymouth-Carver area to more than 900 ft beneath 

eastern parts of Cape Cod, consist of gravel, sand, silt, and 

clay deposited in a variety of depositional environments 

beneath or near the edge of a continental ice sheet (Oldale 

and O’Hara, 1984; Uchupi and others, 1996). Much of the 

sediment was deposited in fluvial and lacustrine environments 

associated with deltas in proglacial meltwater lakes (Oldale, 

1992). These deltaic sediments are characterized by coarsegrained sand and gravel deposited within meltwater streams 

underlain by sand deposited in nearshore lacustrine sediments. 

These sandy sediments are, in turn, underlain by fine-grained 

silt and clay deposited in offshore lacustrine environments 

(Oldale and O’Hara, 1984). The deltaic sediments are bounded 

laterally by moraine and kame deposits (Oldale and Barlow, 

1986). Moraines were deposited at or near the ice edge by 

melting ice, and kame deposits were deposited by meltwater 

within holes in the ice sheets. Collapse structures are 

important geologic features of southeastern Massachusetts and 

Cape Cod. Remnants of glacial ice were buried by meltwater 

sediments following retreat of the ice sheets. As the buried 

ice blocks melted, the overlying glacial sediments collapsed 

forming topographic depressions within outwash plains; in 

some cases water then filled the depressions, forming kettlehole ponds.

The glacial sediments underlying coastal areas of 

southeastern Massachusetts compose important regional 

aquifers. These aquifers are the sole sources of potable 

water to local communities, and groundwater flow supports 

aquatic ecosystems in the streams, ponds, and coastal waters 

of the area. The regional aquifers include the PlymouthCarver aquifer on the Massachusetts mainland and aquifers 

underlying Cape Cod (fig. 2). Southeastern Massachusetts 

receives about 45 in. of precipitation annually; about one-half 

of the precipitation is lost to evapotranspiration, and the other 

half recharges the aquifer at the water table (LeBlanc and 

others, 1986). Groundwater flows away from water-table highs 

(regional groundwater divides) toward discharge locations in 

streams and coastal waters. The Plymouth-Carver aquifer is a 

single aquifer system; water-table altitudes in the aquifer range 

from about 130 ft above the National Geodetic Vertical Datum 

1929 (NGVD 29) near the regional water-table divide to near 

NGVD 29 at the coast (Masterson and others, 2009) (fig. 2). 

43°

42°

73° 71°

0 20 40 60 80 MILES

0 20 40 60 80 KILOMETERS

Coastal

Aquifers

MASSACHUSETTS

Cape Cod

Base from U.S. Geological Survey digital data,

Universal Transverse Mercator projection,

Zone 19, 1:24,000, 1991

Figure 1. Locations of coastal aquifers in southeastern Massachusetts.
Introduction 3

The aquifers underlying Cape Cod comprise six distinct 

flow lenses: the Sagamore, Monomoy, Nauset, Chequesset, 

Pamet, and Pilgrim flow lenses (LeBlanc and others, 1986) 

(fig. 2). The flow lenses are separated by substantial saltwater 

boundaries into separate flow systems. In this analysis, the 

aquifers underlying Cape Cod are included in three separate 

systems: the Sagamore aquifer (Sagamore flow lens), the 

Monomoy aquifer (the Monomoy lens), and the Lower Cape 

aquifer (the Nauset, Chequesset, Pamet, and Pilgrim flow 

lenses). The highest water-table altitudes in the Sagamore, 

Monomoy, and Lower Cape aquifers are about 70, 35, and 

15 ft, respectively (Walter and Whealan, 2004; Masterson, 

2004) (fig. 2). 

Kettle-hole ponds generally are in good hydraulic 

connection with the underlying coastal aquifers. Groundwater 

70°30' 70°

42°

41°30'

Nantucket Sound

Atlantic Ocean

Buzzards Bay

Town 

Cove

Bass

River

Cape Cod Bay

Cape Cod Aquifer

Plymouth-C

arver Aquife r

Cape Cod 

 Canal

0 4 8 12 16 MILES

0 4 8 12 16 KILOMETERS

20

40

30

10

50

60

30

10

20

5

10

5

5

Pilgrim

 Lens

Sagamore

 Lens

Nauset

 Lens

Pamet

 Lens 

Chequesset

 Lens

Monomoy

 Lens

80

40

100

60

120

20

Base from U.S. Geological Survey digital data,

Universal Transverse Mercator projection,

Zone 19, 1:24,000, 1991

Line of equal simulated 

 water level, in feet 

 above NGVD 29. Contour 

 interval is variable

EXPLANATION

10

both enters and leaves the ponds and, as a result, threedimensional groundwater-flow patterns are locally affected 

by ponds (Walter and Masterson, 2002). Because ponds 

are areas with little resistance to flow, contours of watertable altitudes bend around ponds and flow lines converge 

toward ponds in upgradient areas and diverge from ponds 

in downgradient areas (fig. 2). Vertical gradients are upward 

upgradient of ponds where ponds capture water from deeper 

in the aquifer and downward downgradient of ponds where 

ponds recharge the aquifer (fig. 3). Factors that affect the flux, 

or amount of groundwater flowing through a pond, include 

(1) the surface area, shape, and depth of the pond, (2) the 

location of the pond relative to regional groundwater divides 

and discharge locations in streams and coastal waters, and 

(3) the permeability of pond-bottom sediments (Walter and 

Figure 2. Water-table altitudes in the Plymouth-Carver and Cape Cod aquifer systems, southeastern Massachusetts.
4 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts

Masterson, 2002; Winter and others, 1998). For a given size 

and shape, ponds away from regional groundwater divides 

and closer to discharge boundaries or underlain by more 

permeable sediments generally would transmit larger fluxes 

of groundwater. Many ponds exchange water only with the 

aquifer; however, some ponds also exchange water with 

adjacent streams and wetlands. Some ponds have only outlets 

to surface waters, whereas other ponds have both inlets and 

outlets. Precipitation exceeds evaporation in southeastern 

Massachusetts, so ponds receive a net inflow from recharge. In 

addition to natural outflow, water is pumped from some ponds 

for water supply. 

Methods of Analysis

Hydrologic budgets were estimated for 425 ponds by 

using existing numerical models of the four regional aquifers 

of southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod: the PlymouthCarver, Sagamore, Monomoy, and Lower Cape Cod aquifer 

systems (fig. 4). Based on the U.S. Geological Survey 

finite-difference modeling code MODFLOW (Harbaugh and 

others, 2000; McDonald and Harbaugh, 1988), the models 

were designed during previous investigations between 

2004 and 2008 to simulate the groundwater-flow systems 

of the regional aquifers and are documented in detail in 

USGS publications. The regional models of the Sagamore 

and Monomoy flow lenses are documented in Walter and 

Whealan (2004), the regional model of the Lower Cape 

Cod aquifer system (consisting of the Nauset, Chequesset, 

Pamet, and Pilgrim flow lenses) is documented in Masterson 

(2004), and the regional model of the Plymouth-Carver 

aquifer is documented in Masterson and others (2009). 

These publications include detailed discussions of the 

geology and hydrology of the respective aquifer systems 

and document model inputs, including boundary conditions, 

aquifer properties, and hydraulic stresses. The reports also 

discuss model calibration, including hydraulic data used for 

calibration and the agreement between observed and simulated 

hydrologic conditions. 

Ponds were represented as regions of the aquifer with 

hydraulic conductivity (50,000–100,000 ft/d) much higher 

than the hydraulic conductivity of aquifer sediments (10 and 

350 ft/d). Representing ponds as zones of high hydraulic 

conductivity results in a modeled pond-aquifer system that 

behaves the same as the natural system; flow lines converge 

toward the pond in upgradient areas and diverge from the pond 

in downgradient areas. Generally ponds less than 3.7 acres in 

area were excluded; given the model discretization of 400 ft, 

those ponds would consist of only a single model cell. The 

Stream Package (Prudic, 1989) was used to represent ponds 

with surface-water inlets or outlets as a head-dependent 

boundary condition. Stream boundaries were coincident with 

one or more model cells that represented ponds. The boundary 

altitude was set to the simulated level of the pond, and a very 

high (essentially infinite) boundary leakance was specified. 

The result was a simulated condition in which the pond 

received water from or discharged water to the stream, and the 

volume of water discharged was a function of the simulated 

pond level. Recharge onto the pond surface was simulated 

by the RCH Package (McDonald and Harbaugh, 1988) as a 

specified flux of water onto the pond surface at a recharge rate 

of about 16 in/yr representing the estimated net difference 

between regional precipitation and evaporation. Withdrawals 

Groundwater underflow

Aquifer

Lower extent of groundwater inflow

Lower extent of pond outflow

Pond-bottom sediment

Schematic only, not to scale Modified from Winter and others (1998)

Converging flow

Diverging flow

Flow-through pond Water

 table

Figure 3. Vertical groundwater-flow paths upgradient and downgradient from kettle-hole ponds typical of those found in coastal 

aquifers of southeastern Massachusetts.
Introduction 5

of water for public supply were simulated as a specified 

flux by the WEL Package (McDonald and Harbaugh, 1988). 

The pumping rates and locations in this analysis generally 

represent current (2003–08) conditions and are documented 

in detail in Masterson and others (2009), Masterson (2004), 

and Walter and Whealan (2004). Steady-state conditions 

were assumed in which recharge and pumping stresses were 

averaged and constant over time; hydrologic budgets for the 

ponds, therefore, represented average inflows and outflows. 

The models representing the Plymouth-Carver and 

Lower Cape Cod aquifers are the same as those documented 

in Masterson and others (2009) and Masterson (2004). The 

models of the Sagamore and Monomoy aquifers (Walter and 

Whealan, 2004) were modified from their original versions 

as part of this analysis. Hydrologic boundary conditions, 

water-transmitting properties of aquifer sediments, and 

hydraulic stresses were identical to those documented in 

Walter and Whealan (2004); however, areas of the models that 

represent ponds—as zones with essentially infinite hydraulic 

conductivity—were modified to better match actual conditions 

(fig. 5). In the Sagamore model, 16 new ponds were added, 

and 11 ponds were modified (fig. 5A); in the Monomoy 

model, 5 new ponds were added and 10 ponds were modified 

(fig. 5B).

Base from U.S. Geological Survey digital data,

Universal Transverse Mercator projection,

Zone 19, 1:24,000, 1991

42°

41°30'

70°30' 70°

Nantucket Sound

Atlantic Ocean

Buzzards Bay

Plymouth-Carver Cape Cod Bay

Model

Sagamore 

Model

Monomoy

Model

Lower Cape

Model

0 4 8 12 16 MILES

0 4 8 12 16 KILOMETERS

Figure 4. Extents of four regional models of coastal aquifers in southeastern Massachusetts: the Plymouth-Carver, Sagamore, 

Monomoy, and Lower Cape aquifers on Cape Cod. 
6 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts 70°10' 70°20' 70°30' 70°40' 41°45' 41°35' Original regional model Modified regional model EXPLANATION Simulated pond Extent of regional model

0 6 9 12 3 MILES0 6 9 12 3 KILOMETERS

Base from U.S. Geological Survey digital data,Universal Transverse Mercator projection,Zone 19, 1:24,000, 1991

A

Figure 5.

Modifications to simulated ponds in the A, Sagamore and B, Monomoy regional models between the versions documented in Walter and Whealan 

(2004) and the versions used to estimate pond fluxes.
Introduction 

7

70° 70°10'

41°45'41°40'

Extent of regional model

0 4 6 8 2 MILES

0 4 6 8 2 KILOMETERS

Base from U.S. Geological Survey digital data,Universal Transverse Mercator projection,Zone 19, 1:24,000, 1991

Original regional model

Modified regional model

EXPLANATION

Simulated pond 

B

Figure 5. Modifications to simulated ponds in the A, Sagamore and B, Monomoy regional models between the versions documented in Walter and Whealan (2004) and the versions used to estimate pond fluxes.—Continued
8 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts

Hydrologic budgets for ponds were estimated by using 

the USGS program ZONEBUDGET (Harbaugh, 1990). This 

program uses cell-by-cell flows calculated by MODFLOW 

to estimate hydrologic budgets for user-defined subregions of 

the model domain. For this analysis, the program was used 

to estimate hydrologic budgets for each zone that represented 

a pond within the models. The program calculates water 

exchange between the pond and the surrounding model cells 

(groundwater inflow and outflow) as well as between the pond 

and head-dependent boundaries (stream inflow and outflow); 

the program also accounts for water that enters the pond as 

recharge and water that is withdrawn from wells.

Estimated Hydrologic Budgets

The hydrologic budget of a pond is defined as the sum 

of individual flow components entering and leaving the pond. 

Inflows to the simulated ponds are (1) inflow from the aquifer 

(groundwater inflow), (2) inflow from a stream (stream 

inflow), and (3) precipitation onto the pond surface (fig. 6). 

Outflows from the simulated ponds are (1) outflow into the 

aquifer (groundwater outflow), (2) outflow into a stream 

(stream outflow), (3) evaporation from the pond surface, 

and (4) withdrawals from pumped wells within the pond 

(fig. 6). The sum of all inflows equals the sum of all outflows 

(equation 1):

IN

Q groundwater + Q stream + Q precipitation = 

OUT 

Q groundwater + Q stream + Q evaporation + Q wells (1)

Recharge is defined as the difference between 

precipitation and evaporation. Because precipitation exceeds 

evaporation in this region, recharge is a net flow into the pond. 

Equation 1 is based on steady-state-flow conditions, in 

which recharge and pumping stresses are constant through 

time. Total inflows are equal to total outflows, and there is 

no change in storage within the pond. If stresses change 

through time, inflows and outflows would not be equal, and 

the difference would be the result of a change in storage in the 

pond. In this analysis, the steady-state pumping and recharge 

stresses represented average annual rates as discussed in 

Masterson and others (2009), Masterson (2004), and Walter 

and Whealan (2004).

Water Fluxes Into and Out of Ponds

Water fluxes through the ponds are a function of several 

factors. The physical characteristics that determine total water 

fluxes through the pond include the surface area, volume, and 

bathymetry of the pond, as well as the shape and orientation 

of the pond relative to the regional hydraulic gradient. Another 

important factor is the hydrologic setting of the pond relative 

to groundwater divides and discharge boundaries. In areas 

near a regional groundwater divide, where hydraulic gradients 

are small, a pond with a given set of physical characteristics 

generally would have a smaller water flux than a similar 

pond in an area close to discharge boundaries (streams and 

coastal waters) with steep hydraulic gradients. Another 

factor affecting water fluxes through a pond is the hydraulic 

conductivity of pond-bottom sediments. Walter and Masterson 

(2002) found that fluxes through a pond can differ threefold 

Well

Inflow from stream

Precipitation

Pond

Inflow from

 aquifer

Stream Stream

Aquifer

Outflow to stream

Outflow to

aquifer

Evaporation

Figure 6. Schematic diagram of hydrologic-budget components (inflows and outflows) to and from kettle-hole 

ponds in coastal aquifers of southeastern Massachusetts. 
Estimated Hydrologic Budgets 9

over a range of pond-bottom hydraulic conductivities from silt 

and clay to sand and gravel. In the regional models used for 

this analysis, pond-bottom sediments in nearshore areas, where 

most pond-aquifer water exchange occurs, were assumed to be 

sandy with relatively high hydraulic conductivities, resulting 

in a good hydraulic connection with the aquifer.

Hydrologic budgets were estimated for 425 ponds in the 

four modeled aquifers (table 1, in back of report): 218 in the 

Plymouth-Carver aquifer, 101 in the Sagamore aquifer, 72 

in the Monomoy aquifer, and 34 in the Lower Cape aquifer 

(fig. 7; table 2). The names, locations, and sizes of the ponds 

are presented in appendix 1. Of the 218 simulated ponds in the 

Plymouth-Carver aquifer, 86 have surface-water inflows or 

outflows. Of these ponds, 47 have surface-water outflows only, 

8 have inflows only, and 30 have both surface-water inflows 

and outflows (table 2). The remaining 132 ponds have no 

surface-water inflows or outflows and receive water only from 

recharge and groundwater inflow. The Sagamore, Monomoy, 

and Lower Cape aquifers have a total of 13, 6, and 2 ponds, 

respectively, with surface-water outflows; only 2 of these 

ponds, both in the Monomoy aquifer, also have surface-water 

inflows (table 2). Water is withdrawn for water supply from 

1 pond each in the Sagamore and Plymouth-Carver aquifers. 

The Sagamore, Monomoy, and Lower Cape aquifers have a 

total of 87, 66, and 32 ponds, respectively, that receive water 

only from recharge and groundwater inflow with no surfacewater inflows or outflows (table 2). The sizes of the simulated 

ponds range from 3.7 to 841.1 acres. The areas of the largest 

70°30' 70°

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Nantucket Sound

Atlantic Ocean

Buzzards Bay

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EXPLANATION

Locations of simulated ponds, by regional model

Plymouth-Carver

Lower Cape

Base from U.S. Geological Survey digital data,

Universal Transverse Mercator projection,

Zone 19, 1:24,000, 1991

Figure 7. The locations of ponds in coastal aquifers of southeastern Massachusetts for which hydrologic budgets were 

estimated by regional models of the Plymouth-Carver, Sagamore, Momomoy, and Lower Cape Cod aquifer systems. 
10 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts

ponds in the Plymouth-Carver, Sagamore, Monomoy, and 

Lower Cape aquifers are 786.0, 639.1, 841.1, and 117.5 acres, 

respectively (table 2).

The total pond fluxes ranged from 3,315,660 cubic feet 

per day (ft3/d)—through Glen Charlie Pond in the PlymouthCarver aquifer (identifier 220 in table 1, in back of report)—

to 1,196 ft3/d at Simmons Pond in the Monomoy aquifer 

(identifier 33 in table 1, in back of report). The largest pond 

fluxes in the Sagamore, Monomoy, and Lower Cape aquifers 

were about 870,030; 517,805; and 68,488 ft3/d, respectively 

(table 3). In the Plymouth-Carver, Sagamore, and Monomoy 

aquifers, the ponds with the largest fluxes have surface-water 

inflows and outflows. Ponds with surface-water inflows or 

outflows generally had higher total water fluxes than ponds 

that exchange water only with the underlying aquifer. The 

largest water fluxes through ponds in the Plymouth-Carver, 

Sagamore, Monomoy, and Lower Cape aquifers that have 

surface-water inflows or outflows were 3,315,660; 870,030; 

517,805; and 57,854 ft3/d, respectively (table 3). The largest 

pond fluxes in the aquifers that do not have surface-water 

inflows or outflows were 619,120; 434,660; 213,130; and 

68,488 ft3/d, respectively (table 3).

For ponds that have surface-water inflows or outflows, 

direct recharge, groundwater inflow, and inflow from streams 

were the sources of inflow; water left the ponds as outflow into 

streams, recharge of pond water into the aquifer, and, in one 

case, well withdrawals. For ponds that received water from 

streams, surface water was the largest component of inflow; 

surface-water inflow into these ponds ranged from 88.9 to 

58.4 percent of total inflow (table 3). The percentage of total 

inflow from groundwater in these ponds ranged from 98.3 to 

9.6 percent. Recharge, generally a small component of water 

fluxes through ponds, ranged from 34.1 to 0.8 percent. The 

percentage of total outflow through streams ranged from 100 

to 4.5 percent (table 3). Conversely, groundwater outflow 

from ponds into the aquifer ranged from 95.5 to 0 percent 

as a percentage of total outflow. About 34.7 percent of total 

outflow was withdrawn for water supply from one pond.

For ponds that do not have surface-water inflows or 

outflows, recharge and groundwater are the sole sources of 

inflow, and recharge of pond water into the aquifer is the sole 

component of outflow from the pond (fig. 6; table 3). The 

percentage of groundwater inflow, expressed as the percentage 

of total inflow, in these ponds ranged from 98.2 to 3.1 percent; 

the percentage of total inflow from recharge similarly ranged 

from 96.9 to 1.8 percent. Higher percentages of total inflow 

from groundwater inflow correspond to lower percentages 

from recharge. The percentage of outflow into groundwater 

was 100 percent from ponds that do not have surface-water 

inflows or outflows, with the exception of one pond in the 

Sagamore aquifer, where 93.7 percent of outflow is withdrawn 

from a well for water supply (table 3).

Limitations of Analysis

The hydrologic budgets listed in table 1 (in back of 

report) were calculated from numerical models calibrated 

to measured groundwater levels and streamflows; no direct 

measurements of pond fluxes were available for comparison to 

modeled fluxes. Sources of uncertainty inherent in numerical 

models include (1) inaccuracies in model design, including 

representation of the hydrogeologic framework, (2) calibration 

errors resulting from differences between observed and 

simulated hydrologic conditions, and (3) solution errors. The 

first two sources of uncertainty are a function of the design 

of the numerical models and the accuracy of the calibration 

data; both of these components of uncertainty are discussed in 

Walter and Whealan (2004), Masterson (2004), and Masterson 

(2009). Solution errors represent the accuracy of the balance 

between inflows and outflows and can be estimated for any 

region of a model domain representing a pond. The solution 

error of an estimated hydrologic budget is the percent 

difference between total estimated inflows and outflows 

relative to the total water flux through the pond. Errors in 

estimated hydrologic budgets were less than or equal to 

0.1 percent in the Sagamore aquifer and less than 0.8 percent 

Table 2. Number of ponds simulated in each of the four coastal aquifers and types of surface-water inflows and outflows and 

pumping from wells. 

[Groundwater inflow and outflow occurs in all ponds; Max is maximum surface area, Min is minimum surface area]

Modeled 

aquifer 

system

No 

surfacewater 

flows or 

pumping

Stream 

outflow 

only

Stream 

inflow 

only

Stream 

inflow 

and 

outflow

Stream 

outflow 

and 

pumping

Pumping 

only

Total 

number of 

ponds

Modeled surface area 

of pond, in acres 

Max Min

Plymouth-Carver Aquifer 132 47 8 30 1 0 218 786.0 7.4

Sagamore Aquifer 87 13 0 0 0 1 101 639.1 3.7

Monomoy Aquifer 66 4 0 2 0 0 72 841.1 7.4

Lower Cape Aquifer 32 2 0 0 0 0 34 117.5 3.7
Estimated Hydrologic Budgets 11

Table 3. Total flows and maximum and minimum percentages of each hydrologic-budget component for ponds with and without surface-water inflows or outflows.[Max is maximum, Min is minimum]

Modeled aquifer system

Total flow, 

(cubic feet per day 

total flow)

Groundwater 

inflow (percent 

of total flow)

Groundwater 

outflow (percent 

of total flow)

Surface-water 

inflow (percent of 

total flow)

Surface-water 

outflow (percent 

of total flow)

Pumping from 

wells (percent of 

total flow)

Recharge inflow 

(percent of 

total flow)

Model 

error, in 

percent

Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max

Ponds with surface water inflows or outflows

Lower Cape Aquifer 57854 16067 92.0 90.4 51.3 20.6 0 0 79.4 48.7 0 0 9.6 8.0 0.00Monomoy Aquifer 517805 110116 91.6 9.6 85.6 0.3 88.9 58.4 99.7 14.4 0 0 31.7 1.5 0.73Plymouth-Carver Aquifer 3315660 5869 98.3 12.9 95.5 0 85.9 0 100 4.5 34.7 0 34.1 0.8 5.20Sagamore Aquifer 870030 42932 93.5 85.6 87.2 3.2 0 0 100 12.8 0 0 14.4 1.3 0.01

Ponds without surface water inflows or outflows

Lower Cape Aquifer 68488 1837 92.5 3.1 100 100 0 0 96.9 7.5 1.38Monomoy Aquifer 213130 1196 96.0 22.2 100 100 0 0 77.8 4.0 0.33Plymouth-Carver Aquifer 619120 2268 98.1 35.4 100 100 0 0 64.6 1.9 8.63Sagamore Aquifer 434660 5105 98.2 34.6 100 6.3 93.7 0 65.4 1.8 0.10
12 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts

in the Monomoy aquifer (table 1, in back of report). Errors 

in estimated hydrologic budgets exceeded 1.0 percent in 

three ponds in the Lower Cape aquifer and seven ponds in 

the Plymouth-Carver aquifer; the largest errors in hydrologic 

budgets for ponds in these two aquifers were about 1.3 and 

8.6 percent, respectively (table 1, in back of report). It should 

be noted that the larger errors generally were calculated for 

ponds with hydrologic budgets that had relatively small fluxes; 

differences between total inflow and outflow result in larger 

budget errors when expressed as percentage of a smaller total 

water flux. 

Summary and Conclusions

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental 

Protection currently (2011) is developing Total Maximum 

Daily Loads of phosphorus for kettle-hole ponds in 

southeastern Massachusetts to assist in protecting aquatic 

ecosystems. The ponds are in good hydraulic connection 

to an extensive regional aquifer system that extends from 

the Plymouth-Carver aquifer on the mainland to aquifers 

underlying Cape Cod. The ponds receive water from and 

contribute water to the underlying aquifer. Ponds also 

receive water from precipitation; the net recharge onto the 

pond surface is the difference between precipitation and 

evaporation. Some ponds are connected to surface-water 

drainages and may receive water from or contribute water 

to surface waters. In addition, water is withdrawn from two 

ponds for public supply. 

An understanding of the amounts and sources of water 

fluxes through the ponds—that is, the hydrologic budgets 

of the ponds—is integral in determining the amount of 

phosphorus a pond can assimilate without adversely affecting 

water quality and the ecological health of the pond. The U.S. 

Geological Survey estimated steady-state hydrologic budgets 

for 425 ponds in an area of southeastern Massachusetts that 

encompasses the Plymouth-Carver and Cape Cod aquifer 

systems. Regional models of these coastal aquifers developed 

between 2004 and 2008 were used to estimate the hydrologic 

budgets of the ponds, including the exchange of water with 

the underlying aquifer, recharge onto the pond surface, 

flow of water to and from streams, and water withdrawn for 

water supply. Water fluxes through the ponds are a function 

of several factors, including the surface area, volume, and 

bathymetry of the pond as well as the shape and orientation 

of the pond relative to the regional hydraulic gradient. Other 

important factors include the hydrologic setting of the pond 

relative to groundwater divides and discharge boundaries and 

the hydraulic conductivity of pond-bottom sediments. 

The ponds represented in the regional models ranged 

in surface area from 3.7 to 841.1 acres. Total water 

fluxes through the region’s ponds varied from 1,196 to 

3,315,660 cubic feet per day. Ponds that exchange water 

with both the aquifer and streams generally had higher fluxes 

than ponds that exchanged water only with the aquifer. The 

latter group of ponds received water only from recharge and 

groundwater as inflow. The percentage of total inflow that 

entered the pond as groundwater for this group of ponds 

ranged from about 3 to 98 percent. All of the water exited 

these ponds as recharge back into the aquifer (groundwater 

outflow) with the exception of one pond, from which water 

was being removed for water supply. Ponds that exchange 

water with both the aquifer and streams had more complex 

hydrologic budgets. In ponds that had surface-water inflows, 

58 to 89 percent of the total inflow was from streams. In ponds 

that had surface-water outflows, the percentage of the total 

outflow that exited the pond through streams was as low as 

5 percent; in some ponds, discharge into streams accounted 

for all outflow from the pond. Recharge onto the surfaces of 

ponds that exchanged water with streams ranged from less 

than 1 to about 34 percent of the total water flux through the 

pond. For the two ponds that were also used for water supply, 

the proportion of outflow withdrawn for supply ranged from 

about 35 to 94 percent. 

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16 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts Table 1. Identifiers, names, hydrologic budgets, and model errors for ponds in the Plymouth-Carver and Cape Cod aquifer systems.—Continued [Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system; MMR is abbreviation for Massachusetts Military Reservation] Identifier Pond name Inflow Outflow Recharge (cubic feet per day) Surface- water inflow (cubic feet per day) Ground- water inflow (cubic feet per day) Total inflow (cubic feet per day) Pumping from wells (cubic feet per day) Surface- water outflow (cubic feet per day) Ground- water outflow (cubic feet per day) Total outflow (cubic feet per day) Model error (percent) Plymouth-Carver Aquifer

3 Keene Pond 2198 12570 18862 33630 0 23830 9800 33630 0.004 Unnamed pond north of Green Harbor Brook 4397 0 49557 53954 0 42659 11319 53978 0.045 Unnamed pond north of Bourne Wharf River 8061 0 29641 37702 0 3891 33812 37703 0.006 Unnamed pond west of Wright Reservoir 1466 0 10987 12453 0 0 12459 12459 0.057 Wright Reservoir 8061 60668 86750 155479 0 7072 148920 155992 0.339 South River Reservoir 8794 0 77113 85907 0 80723 5181 85904 0.00

10 Unnamed pond, West Duxbury 2931 0 34004 36935 0 34430 2505 36935 0.0012 North Hill Marsh 9526 22463 59377 91366 0 15751 75678 91429 0.0713 Unnamed pond, West Duxbury 1466 0 4404 5870 0 5343 526 5869 -0.0115 Lorings Bogs 7580 0 56321 63901 0 0 63903 63903 0.0016 Upper Chandler Pond 1466 0 4797 6263 0 757 5506 6263 -0.0117 Unnamed pond near Town Forest 2329 0 7914 10243 0 0 10243 10243 0.0018 Round Pond 1466 0 8582 10048 0 0 10049 10049 0.0119 Lower Chandler Pond 10385 4351 47808 62544 0 21426 41117 62543 0.0020 Pine Lake 4397 0 10621 15018 0 0 15018 15018 0.0021 Island Creek Pond 10992 0 41435 52427 0 0 52424 52424 -0.0122 Silver Lake 127690 180930 446160 754780 261700 492610 25 754335 -0.0623 Near Halls Brook 2931 0 9884 12815 0 1096 11720 12816 0.0024 Mill Pond 1466 13211 34469 49146 0 0 49146 49146 0.0026 Reeds Millpond 3664 29056 35573 68293 0 22473 45820 68293 0.0028 Bracketts Pond 1466 15915 19930 37311 0 0 37310 37310 0.0029 Unnamed pond near Winthrop Street 1466 0 7697 9163 0 0 9163 9163 0.0032 Blackwater Pond 1466 0 10528 11994 0 10022 1972 11994 0.0033 Unnamed pond near Jones River Brook 2931 0 40356 43287 0 25217 18070 43287 0.0035 Crossman Pond 2198 0 13416 15614 0 0 15614 15614 0.0036 Foundry Pond 2198 0 81243 83441 0 25650 57794 83444 0.0037 Soules Pond 1649 17420 85163 104232 0 0 104230 104230 0.00
Table 1 17

Table 1. Identifiers, names, hydrologic budgets, and model errors for ponds in the Plymouth-Carver and Cape Cod aquifer systems.—Continued[Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system; MMR is abbreviation for Massachusetts Military Reservation]

Identifier Pond name

Inflow Outflow

Recharge 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Surfacewater 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Groundwater 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Total 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Pumping 

from wells 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Surfacewater 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Groundwater 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Total 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Model 

error 

(percent)

Plymouth-Carver Aquifer—Continued

39 Russell Pond 2931 4281 33032 40244 0 10475 29963 40438 0.4840 Unnamed pond near Jones River Brook 1466 0 39766 41232 0 11810 29422 41232 0.0042 Dennetts Pond 1466 34882 18971 55319 0 0 55318 55318 0.0043 Smelt Pond 11725 0 155760 167485 0 0 167480 167480 0.0044 Goose Pond 1649 0 14542 16191 0 0 16191 16191 0.0045 Pratt Pond 1466 0 13098 14564 0 0 14563 14563 0.0046 Indian Pond 18320 0 35464 53784 0 29243 27494 56737 5.2048 Little Smelt Pond 1466 0 30285 31751 0 0 31752 31752 0.0049 Unnamed pond near Upland Road 2198 0 78407 80605 0 25422 55183 80605 0.0050 Muddy Pond 10992 0 79365 90357 0 0 90358 90358 0.0051 Unnamed pond near Brook Street 7328 0 81168 88496 0 0 88496 88496 0.0052 Triangle Pond 5294 0 93274 98568 0 0 98568 98568 0.0054 Little Muddy Pond 1466 0 21540 23006 0 0 23007 23007 0.0155 Little Pond 8794 0 77865 86659 0 0 86660 86660 0.0056 Ricketts Pond 2931 0 35839 38770 0 0 38772 38772 0.0057 Unnamed pond near High Street 2198 0 87997 90195 0 41394 48825 90219 0.0358 Unnamed pond southwest of Ricketts Pond 1466 0 32084 33550 0 0 33549 33549 0.0059 Billington Sea 55693 0 942610 998303 0 990360 7876 998236 -0.0161 Lout Pond 4397 0 9667 14064 0 0 14064 14064 0.0062 Darby Pond 8794 0 14929 23723 0 0 23699 23699 -0.1063 Little Cedar Pond 1630 0 17148 18778 0 16097 2815 18912 0.7164 Clear Pond 2363 10582 15664 28609 0 10582 18292 28874 0.9266 Unnamed pond near Cedar Swamp 1466 0 39874 41340 0 0 41346 41346 0.0267 Bartlett Pond 9691 878650 311310 1199651 0 1051600 148080 1199680 0.0068 Unnamed pond near Doten Brook 1466 0 25315 26781 0 0 26785 26785 0.0269 Briggs Reservoir 4397 0 86244 90641 0 0 90640 90640 0.0071 Unnamed pond near Cole Mill 1466 0 21761 23227 0 0 23227 23227 0.00
18 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts Table 1. Identifiers, names, hydrologic budgets, and model errors for ponds in the Plymouth-Carver and Cape Cod aquifer systems.—Continued [Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system; MMR is abbreviation for Massachusetts Military Reservation] Identifier Pond name Inflow Outflow Recharge (cubic feet per day) Surface- water inflow (cubic feet per day) Ground- water inflow (cubic feet per day) Total inflow (cubic feet per day) Pumping from wells (cubic feet per day) Surface- water outflow (cubic feet per day) Ground- water outflow (cubic feet per day) Total outflow (cubic feet per day) Model error (percent) Plymouth-Carver Aquifer—Continued 72 Unnamed pond near Plymouth Road 2198 0 58944 61142 0 61103 0 61103 -0.06 74 Howland Pond 1466 0 31435 32901 0 19753 13148 32901 0.00 76 Unnamed pond on Eel River 2931 0 122330 125261 0 94249 31022 125271 0.01 77 Cooks Pond 5862 0 87300 93162 0 0 93162 93162 0.00 78 Fresh Meadow Pond 15389 0 184240 199629 0 198010 1794 199804 0.09 79 Unnamed pond near Plymouth Road 1466 0 11504 12970 0 0 12959 12959 -0.08 80 Little, Big, and Grassy West Ponds 22717 0 97217 119934 0 0 119940 119940 0.01 82 Micajah Pond 4397 0 59333 63730 0 0 63570 63570 -0.25 83 Unnamed pond near Plymouth Road 1466 0 9865 11330 0 0 11334 11334 0.03 84 Forge Pond 2198 0 123690 125888 0 85724 40158 125882 -0.01 85 Russell Millpond 13190 1274 420270 434734 0 221160 213540 434700 -0.01 86 Cooper Pond 4397 0 40082 44479 0 0 44488 44488 0.02 87 Great South Pond 87203 0 356250 443453 0 0 443410 443410 -0.01 88 Little Micajah Pond 2931 0 23891 26822 0 0 26974 26974 0.56 89 Wenham Pond 9526 0 65520 75046 0 36816 39847 76663 2.11 90 Unnamed pond southwest of Forge Pond 1466 0 73471 74937 0 0 74936 74936 0.00 92 South Triangle Pond 5130 0 81558 86688 0 0 86723 86723 0.04 93 Spring Pond 1466 0 10668 12134 0 0 12138 12138 0.04 94 Muddy Pond 16109 0 307980 324089 0 324040 5 324045 -0.01 95 Kings Pond 7328 0 74286 81614 0 69160 12413 81573 -0.05 96 Ellis Pond 3828 0 14272 18100 0 0 18125 18125 0.14 97 Fresh Pond 12458 0 50457 62915 0 0 65652 65652 4.17

98 Unnamed pond near Sandwich Road 2198 0 27200 29398 0 0 29380 29380 -0.0699 Johns Pond 5130 0 5389 10519 0 0 10521 10521 0.02

100 Unnamed pond near Stone Street 4397 0 18836 23233 0 0 23233 23233 0.00

 101 Unnamed pond near Centre Street 1466 0 35798 37264 0 0 37269 37269 0.01

103 Unnamed pond near Valley Road 1466 0 29451 30917 0 0 30930 30930 0.04
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Table 1. Identifiers, names, hydrologic budgets, and model errors for ponds in the Plymouth-Carver and Cape Cod aquifer systems.—Continued[Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system; MMR is abbreviation for Massachusetts Military Reservation]

Identifier Pond name

Inflow Outflow

Recharge 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Surfacewater 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Groundwater 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Total 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Pumping 

from wells 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Surfacewater 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Groundwater 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Total 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Model 

error 

(percent)

Plymouth-Carver Aquifer—Continued

104 Unnamed pond near Pond Street 1466 0 36393 37859 0 0 37860 37860 0.00105 Beaver Dam Pond 6595 0 160880 167475 0 138070 29431 167501 0.02106 Island Pond 2931 0 19943 22874 0 0 22874 22874 0.00107 Powderhorn Pond 2931 0 29366 32297 0 0 32297 32297 0.00108 Unnamed pond near Forest Street 5130 0 9830 14960 0 0 14962 14962 0.02

110 Unnamed pond near airport 1466 0 15946 17412 0 0 17411 17411 0.00

111 Long Island Pond 8061 100690 70161 178912 0 74212 109790 184002 2.77

112 Hoyts Pond 10259 0 34302 44561 0 0 44560 44560 0.00113 Unnamed pond near Centre Street 1466 2084 22554 26104 0 0 25914 25914 -0.73114 Clear Bottom Pond 1466 0 14535 16001 0 0 16003 16003 0.01115 Little Widgeon Pond 2198 0 9690 11889 0 0 11889 11889 0.00116 South Meadow Pond 4397 0 35722 40119 0 15384 24739 40123 0.01117 Negro Pond 733 0 1668 2401 0 0 2401 2401 0.00118 Unnamed pond near Rocky Neck Road 1466 0 32002 33468 0 24317 9155 33472 0.01119 Widgeon pond 5862 0 13698 19560 0 0 19560 19560 0.00

120 Shallow Pond 3664 14096 10809 28569 0 0 28339 28339 -0.81121 Curlew Pond 8794 0 27802 36596 0 0 36595 36595 0.00122 Vaughn Pond 4397 0 25182 29579 0 0 29580 29580 0.00123 Island Pond 18320 20732 162150 201202 0 78492 122070 200562 -0.32124 Unnamed pond near Federal Furnace Road 1466 7817 18120 27403 0 16183 11223 27406 0.01125 Unnamed pond near Meadow Street 2198 0 12297 14495 0 0 14496 14496 0.00126 Crooked Pond 1466 0 7148 8613 0 0 8613 8613 0.00127 Rocky Pond 3664 0 25138 28802 0 0 28802 28802 0.00128 Unnamed pond near Tremont St 1466 941 16314 18720 0 0 18722 18722 0.01129 Unnamed pond near Purchase Street 1093 0 30607 31700 0 0 31700 31700 0.00130 Federal Pond 32976 0 322820 355796 0 272950 83127 356077 0.08131 Unnamed pond in Cedar Swamp 2198 8388 21560 32146 0 1948 30213 32161 0.05
20 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts Table 1. Identifiers, names, hydrologic budgets, and model errors for ponds in the Plymouth-Carver and Cape Cod aquifer systems.—Continued [Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system; MMR is abbreviation for Massachusetts Military Reservation] Identifier Pond name Inflow Outflow Recharge (cubic feet per day) Surface- water inflow (cubic feet per day) Ground- water inflow (cubic feet per day) Total inflow (cubic feet per day) Pumping from wells (cubic feet per day) Surface- water outflow (cubic feet per day) Ground- water outflow (cubic feet per day) Total outflow (cubic feet per day) Model error (percent) Plymouth-Carver Aquifer—Continued 132 Clam Pudding Pond 2931 0 15043 17974 0 0 17969 17969 -0.03 133 Briggs Reservoir 9526 0 78799 88325 0 0 88329 88329 0.00 134 Unnamed pond in Cedar Swamp 2198 1270 17825 21293 0 14432 6864 21296 0.01 135 Unnamed pond near Maxim Corner 2198 0 36825 39023 0 18466 20557 39023 0.00 137 Little Long and Long Ponds 57158 0 561890 619048 0 0 619120 619120 0.01 138 Ship Pond 2198 0 36630 38828 0 0 38830 38830 0.00 139 Unnamed pond near South Meadow Brook 4397 0 66049 70446 0 52319 18331 70650 0.29 140 Morey Hole 5862 0 50942 56804 0 0 56804 56804 0.00 142 College Pond 10992 0 74380 85372 0 0 85373 85373 0.00 144 Dunham Pond 9526 33064 59011 101601 0 33064 68851 101915 0.31 145 Unnamed pond near Rocky Meadow Brook 2198 1964 21275 25437 0 10308 15130 25438 0.00 147 Gallows Pond 10259 0 103980 114239 0 0 114220 114220 -0.02 148 Torrey Pond 3664 0 42773 46437 0 0 46438 46438 0.00 149 Unnamed pond near Atwood Bogs 57158 0 39601 96759 0 0 105900 105900 8.63 150 Three Cornered Pond 6595 0 72733 79328 0 0 79329 79329 0.00 151 Dugway Pond 1466 0 21452 22918 0 0 22918 22918 0.00 153 Halfway Pond 45434 0 1237600 1283034 0 1277700 5354 1283054 0.00 154 Sampson Pond 63021 18358 259050 340429 0 315940 26386 342326 0.55 155 Unnamed pond near Crane Brook 1466 0 15472 16938 0 0 16935 16935 -0.02 156 Bloody Pond 23450 0 344500 367950 0 0 367950 367950 0.00 157 Unnamed pond near Tremont Street 7328 0 54125 61453 0 33969 27327 61296 -0.26 158 Unnamed pond near Double Brook 3664 0 21136 24800 0 0 24803 24803 0.01

160 Round Pond 5862 0 86530 92392 0 0 92383 92383 -0.01161 New Long Pond 5862 0 124990 130852 0 0 130850 130850 0.00163 Unnamed pond near Atwood Bogs 2198 0 19224 21422 0 0 21492 21492 0.32164 Bumps Pond 3664 0 64589 68253 0 0 68254 68254 0.00166 Savery Pond 6595 0 125670 132265 0 85604 46689 132293 0.02
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Table 1. Identifiers, names, hydrologic budgets, and model errors for ponds in the Plymouth-Carver and Cape Cod aquifer systems.—Continued[Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system; MMR is abbreviation for Massachusetts Military Reservation]

Identifier Pond name

Inflow Outflow

Recharge 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Surfacewater 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Groundwater 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Total 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Pumping 

from wells 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Surfacewater 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Groundwater 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Total 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Model 

error 

(percent)

Plymouth-Carver Aquifer—Continued

167 East Head Pond 25648 0 499870 525518 0 156870 368090 524960 -0.11168 Unnamed pond near Tremont Street 3664 0 37766 41430 0 18762 22668 41430 0.00169 Barrett Pond 2931 0 45599 48530 0 0 48531 48531 0.00171 Bates Pond 5862 0 19223 25085 0 0 25085 25085 0.00172 Cedar Pond 1733 0 23389 25122 0 0 25123 25123 0.00173 Unnamed Reservoir 2931 17513 96476 116920 0 68665 48254 116919 0.00175 Little Herring Pond 20518 0 718610 739128 0 678840 60551 739391 0.04176 Fearing Pond 5130 0 109010 114140 0 0 114140 114140 0.00177 Unnamed pond near Huckleberry Corner 1466 0 14609 16075 0 0 16076 16076 0.01178 Clear Pond 1466 0 12449 13915 0 0 13916 13916 0.01179 Black Jummy Pond 2198 0 48656 50854 0 0 50856 50856 0.00180 Hedges Pond 6595 0 120820 127415 0 0 127420 127420 0.00181 Fawn Pond 10992 0 257850 268842 0 41538 227360 268898 0.02182 New Grassy Pond 1466 0 53193 54659 0 0 54657 54657 0.00183 Unnamed pond near Crane Brook 1093 0 7166 8258 0 6467 1788 8255 -0.04184 Wall Pond 2198 0 41002 43200 0 0 43200 43200 0.00185 Lang Duck Pond 7328 0 111060 118388 0 0 118370 118370 -0.02187 Big Rocky Pond 3664 0 40847 44511 0 0 44523 44523 0.03188 Triangle Pond 3664 0 61638 65302 0 0 65290 65290 -0.02189 Deer Pond 1466 0 30071 31537 0 0 31541 31541 0.01190 Golden Field Pond 3664 0 52489 56153 0 0 56153 56153 0.00191 White Island Pond 68150 0 404100 472250 0 130450 342540 472990 0.16192 Abner Pond 1466 0 50881 52347 0 0 52347 52347 0.00193 Raccoon Pond 1466 0 42659 44125 0 0 44126 44126 0.00194 Unnamed pond near Crane Brook 19053 0 71014 90067 0 24539 65531 90070 0.00196 Unnamed pond near Beach Street 3291 0 18661 21952 0 0 21952 21952 0.00198 Charge Pond 4397 0 95176 99573 0 0 99575 99575 0.00
22 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts Table 1. Identifiers, names, hydrologic budgets, and model errors for ponds in the Plymouth-Carver and Cape Cod aquifer systems.—Continued [Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system; MMR is abbreviation for Massachusetts Military Reservation] Identifier Pond name Inflow Outflow Recharge (cubic feet per day) Surface- water inflow (cubic feet per day) Ground- water inflow (cubic feet per day) Total inflow (cubic feet per day) Pumping from wells (cubic feet per day) Surface- water outflow (cubic feet per day) Ground- water outflow (cubic feet per day) Total outflow (cubic feet per day) Model error (percent) Plymouth-Carver Aquifer—Continued 199 Big Sandy Pond 27846 0 101170 129016 0 0 128710 128710 -0.24 200 Island Pond 12458 0 162180 174638 0 0 174600 174600 -0.02 201 Unnamed pond near Agawam River 8061 100380 352050 460491 0 394000 66222 460222 -0.06 202 Unnamed pond near Wareham Street 7328 0 24445 31773 0 0 31773 31773 0.00 203 Great Herring Pond 90134 0 681230 771364 0 81364 691580 772944 0.20 204 Unnamed pond near Frogfoot Brook 5862 66377 86947 159186 0 13583 145630 159213 0.02 205 Fivemile Pond 3664 0 109710 113374 0 0 113340 113340 -0.03 206 Unnamed pond near Wareham Street 2931 0 25596 28527 0 0 28527 28527 0.00 209 Merton Pond 2198 0 31550 33748 0 0 33745 33745 -0.01 210 Whites Pond 7328 0 59257 66585 0 0 66830 66830 0.37 211 Elbow Pond 5862 0 64145 70007 0 0 70226 70226 0.31 213 Ezekiel Pond 8061 0 55838 63899 0 0 63893 63893 -0.01 214 Unnamed pond near Wareham Street 5862 0 54465 60327 0 0 60326 60326 0.00 215 Little Long Pond 3664 0 163180 166844 0 0 166850 166850 0.00 217 Grassy Pond 1627 0 22938 24565 0 0 24603 24603 0.15 218 Unnamed pond near Hammond Street 2931 0 29049 31980 0 0 31975 31975 -0.02 220 Glen Charlie Pond 40304 2847000 427800 3315104 0 2639800 675860 3315660 0.02 223 Unnamed pond southeast of Little Long Pond 5130 0 296170 301300 0 138690 162600 301290 0.00 224 Unnamed pond near Hammond Street 6955 0 84587 91542 0 0 91541 91541 0.00 225 Tihonet Pond 23450 2390 259670 285510 0 35324 250140 285464 -0.02 226 Little Rocky Pond 2198 0 32363 34561 0 0 34584 34584 0.07 227 Little Sandy Pond 6595 0 70318 76913 0 0 76880 76880 -0.04

229 Unnamed pond near Charge Pond Road 1466 11859 34945 48270 0 0 44450 44450 -8.59230 Unnamed pond near Main Street 11725 143870 78108 233703 0 66529 167180 233709 0.00232 Bartlett Pond 2198 0 52425 54623 0 0 54615 54615 -0.02233 Unnamed pond near Charge Pond Road 1466 0 39337 40803 0 0 40807 40807 0.01234 Unnamed pond near Charge Pond Road 1466 0 52424 53890 0 7670 47371 55041 2.09
Table 1 23

Table 1. Identifiers, names, hydrologic budgets, and model errors for ponds in the Plymouth-Carver and Cape Cod aquifer systems.—Continued[Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system; MMR is abbreviation for Massachusetts Military Reservation]

Identifier Pond name

Inflow Outflow

Recharge 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Surfacewater 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Groundwater 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Total 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Pumping 

from wells 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Surfacewater 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Groundwater 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Total 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Model 

error 

(percent)

Plymouth-Carver Aquifer—Continued

235 Unnamed pond near Charge Pond Road 1466 0 58309 59775 0 24040 35721 59761 -0.02236 Mosquito Pond 2198 0 33609 35807 0 0 35806 35806 0.00237 Unnamed pond near Charge Pond Road 1466 0 61749 63215 0 0 63227 63227 0.02239 Unnamed pond west of Glen Charlie Pond 1466 0 74830 76296 0 0 76297 76297 0.00240 Black Pond 1629 0 26042 27671 0 0 27456 27456 -0.78241 Unnamed pond near Rose Brook 2931 2684 47269 52884 0 12671 40205 52876 -0.01242 Unnamed pond near Maple Swamp 3664 0 157270 160934 0 107250 53702 160952 0.01243 Unnamed pond near Maple Swamp 2931 867 80992 84790 0 70302 14472 84774 -0.02244 Weeks Pond 2198 0 84665 86863 0 0 86865 86865 0.00245 Mill and Spectacle Ponds 50677 178470 510984 740131 0 291706 449048 740754 0.08246 Unnamed pond near Harlow Brook 847 0 18147 18994 0 0 18975 18975 -0.10249 Unnamed pond near Harlow Brook 733 0 18781 19514 0 0 19500 19500 -0.07251 Parker Mills Pond 16122 0 181990 198112 0 138020 60043 198063 -0.02252 Foundry Pond 1466 0 45974 47440 0 0 47361 47361 -0.17253 Goat Pasture Pond 4397 0 108690 113087 0 0 113100 113100 0.01254 Mare Pond 5201 0 179700 184901 0 0 184910 184910 0.00255 Unnamed pond south of Weeks Pond 2931 0 113420 116351 0 0 116370 116370 0.02256 Sandy Pond 5862 1835 45018 52716 0 5079 47289 52368 -0.66259 Horseshoe Pond 13190 0 157690 170880 0 155150 15728 170878 0.00260 Cedar Pond 2931 112 84667 87710 0 31358 56081 87439 -0.31262 Union Pond 3664 11884 63352 78900 0 19528 59367 78895 -0.01263 Dicks Pond 9526 0 140500 150026 0 49350 100980 150330 0.20264 Sand Pond 2198 0 7708 9907 0 0 9906 9906 0.00265 Queen Sewell Pond 2931 0 31369 34300 0 0 34286 34286 -0.04266 Blackmere Reservoir 2198 0 19082 21280 0 0 21281 21281 0.00267 Nightingale Pond 1537 0 19549 21086 0 0 21082 21082 -0.02268 Beaverdam Pond 1466 0 8492 9958 0 0 9957 9957 -0.01
24 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts Table 1. Identifiers, names, hydrologic budgets, and model errors for ponds in the Plymouth-Carver and Cape Cod aquifer systems.—Continued [Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system; MMR is abbreviation for Massachusetts Military Reservation] Identifier Pond name Inflow Outflow Recharge (cubic feet per day) Surface- water inflow (cubic feet per day) Ground- water inflow (cubic feet per day) Total inflow (cubic feet per day) Pumping from wells (cubic feet per day) Surface- water outflow (cubic feet per day) Ground- water outflow (cubic feet per day) Total outflow (cubic feet per day) Model error (percent) Plymouth-Carver Aquifer—Continued 270 Unnamed pond near Brandy Hill 1466 0 803 2268 0 0 2268 2268 0.00 271 Bourne Pond 2198 0 20442 22640 0 0 22639 22639 -0.01 Sagamore Aquifer

3 Lower Shawme Lake 5288 0 283670 288958 0 255950 33008 288958 0.004 Upper Shawme Lake 4499 0 342020 346519 0 284110 62413 346523 0.005 Hoxie Pond 2986 0 99963 102949 0 99689 3255 102944 0.006 Nye Pond 1990 0 56924 58914 0 40525 18386 58911 0.017 Mill Pond 1168 0 51079 52247 0 0 52247 52247 0.008 Clay Pond 1168 0 13601 14769 0 0 14769 14769 0.00

10 unnamed pond, West Barnstable 3915 0 131650 135565 0 43195 92370 135565 0.00

11 Hinckley Pond 1752 0 38396 40148 0 0 40148 40148 0.00

12 Spectacle Pond 14016 0 55845 69861 0 0 69849 69849 0.0213 Lawrence Pond 19856 0 100190 120046 0 0 120020 120020 0.0214 Dennis Pond 2336 0 22874 25210 0 0 25210 25210 0.0015 Miss Thachers Pond 1168 0 41764 42932 0 32187 10745 42932 0.0016 Greenough Pond 4088 0 25044 29132 0 0 29132 29132 0.0017 Elishas Pond 1752 0 17926 19678 0 0 19678 19678 0.0018 Triangle Pond 11096 0 32388 43484 0 0 43485 43485 0.0019 Garretts Pond 4784 0 68296 73080 0 0 73079 73079 0.0020 Peters Pond 18688 0 147700 166388 0 0 166370 166370 0.0121 Flax Pond 3504 0 125300 128804 0 0 128800 128800 0.0022 Little Pond 1752 0 21414 23166 0 0 23167 23167 0.0023 Hathaway Pond (north) 2920 0 13789 16709 0 0 16710 16710 -0.0124 SnakePond 12264 0 56722 68986 0 0 68999 68999 -0.0225 Flax Pond 1752 0 20278 22030 0 0 22030 22030 0.0026 Israel Pond 2920 0 19033 21953 0 0 21951 21951 0.0127 Mystic/Middle/Hamblin Pond 59792 0 375300 435092 0 0 434660 434660 0.10
Table 1 25

Table 1. Identifiers, names, hydrologic budgets, and model errors for ponds in the Plymouth-Carver and Cape Cod aquifer systems.—Continued[Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system; MMR is abbreviation for Massachusetts Military Reservation]

Identifier Pond name

Inflow Outflow

Recharge 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Surfacewater 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Groundwater 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Total 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Pumping 

from wells 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Surfacewater 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Groundwater 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Total 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Model 

error 

(percent)

Sagamore Aquifer—Continued

28 Lamson Pond 2920 0 20302 23222 0 0 23220 23220 0.0129 Hathaway Pond (south) 2336 0 11120 13456 0 0 13455 13455 0.0130 Wequaquet Lake 100670 0 182650 283320 0 0 283360 283360 -0.0131 Pimlico Pond 1752 0 66519 68271 0 0 68269 68269 0.0032 Weeks Pond 2336 0 14218 16554 0 0 16555 16555 -0.0133 Shallow Pond 12848 0 6797 19645 0 0 19645 19645 0.0034 Mashpee/Wakeby Pond 125060 0 744990 870050 0 269340 600690 870030 0.0035 Mary Dunn Pond 2920 0 16132 19052 0 0 19052 19052 0.0036 Red Brook Pond 2450 0 130570 133020 0 0 133020 133020 0.0038 Phlashes Pond 7008 0 51181 58189 0 0 58191 58191 0.0039 Long Pond 9911 0 67496 77407 0 0 77406 77406 0.0040 Schubael Pond 10040 0 57514 67554 0 0 67519 67519 0.0541 Bassetts Lot Pond 1168 0 11567 12735 0 0 12735 12735 0.0042 Long Pond 7592 0 96476 104068 0 0 104070 104070 0.0043 Horse Pond 4277 0 30501 34778 0 0 34778 34778 0.0044 Muddy Pond 3504 0 38359 41863 0 0 41864 41864 0.0045 Little Sandy Pond 1752 0 21887 23639 0 0 23639 23639 0.0046 Big Sandy Pond 1752 0 14998 16750 0 0 16750 16750 0.0047 Jabinettes Pond 1168 0 15698 16866 0 0 16866 16866 0.0049 Santuit Pond 25523 0 369160 394683 0 147270 247450 394720 -0.0150 Long Pond 3504 0 85779 89283 0 0 89283 89283 0.0051 Osborn Pond 3158 0 38994 42152 0 0 42164 42164 -0.0352 Fawcetts Pond 1168 0 41595 42763 0 0 42763 42763 0.0053 North Pond 1168 0 33414 34582 0 0 34581 34581 0.0054 Lovells Pond 8176 0 126560 134736 0 0 134710 134710 0.0255 West Pond 1752 0 48357 50109 0 0 50111 50111 0.0056 Cedar Lake 3981 0 134060 138041 0 97743 40297 138040 0.00
26 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts Table 1. Identifiers, names, hydrologic budgets, and model errors for ponds in the Plymouth-Carver and Cape Cod aquifer systems.—Continued [Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system; MMR is abbreviation for Massachusetts Military Reservation] Identifier Pond name Inflow Outflow Recharge (cubic feet per day) Surface- water inflow (cubic feet per day) Ground- water inflow (cubic feet per day) Total inflow (cubic feet per day) Pumping from wells (cubic feet per day) Surface- water outflow (cubic feet per day) Ground- water outflow (cubic feet per day) Total outflow (cubic feet per day) Model error (percent) Sagamore Aquifer—Continued 57 Washburn Pond 1752 0 51441 53193 0 0 53193 53193 0.00 58 Simmons Pond 1864 0 18302 20166 0 0 20166 20166 0.00 59 Moody Pond 4088 0 168230 172318 0 0 172320 172320 0.00 60 Micah Pond 2336 0 40795 43131 0 0 43131 43131 0.00 61 Bog Pond 1168 0 30252 31420 0 0 31427 31427 -0.02 62 Joshua Pond 1752 0 30055 31807 0 0 31805 31805 0.01 63 Ashumet Pond 32704 0 335650 368354 0 0 368310 368310 0.01 64 Eagle Pond 1168 0 28654 29822 0 0 29821 29821 0.00 65 Johns Pond 52146 0 665840 717986 0 292360 425630 717990 0.00 67 Wings Pond 4088 0 321720 325808 0 325810 0 325810 0.00 68 Deep Pond 5614 0 93487 99101 0 0 99101 99101 0.00 69 Coonamessett Pond 27568 0 477990 505558 0 64640 440920 505560 0.00 70 Grassy Pond 1168 0 27318 28486 0 0 28487 28487 0.00 71 Unnamed pond near Johns Pond 1752 0 55121 56873 0 0 56873 56873 0.00 72 Martha Pond 1752 0 43190 44942 0 0 44942 44942 0.00 73 Round Pond 1752 0 18764 20516 0 0 20516 20516 0.00 74 Crooked Pond 5840 0 129990 135830 0 0 135830 135830 0.00 75 Unnamed pond near Johns Pond 1168 0 29794 30962 0 0 30962 30962 0.00 76 Crocker Pond 1168 0 34349 35517 0 0 35517 35517 0.00 77 Shallow Pond 2283 0 56664 58947 0 0 58947 58947 0.00 78 Round Pond 4155 0 108580 112735 0 0 112740 112740 0.00 79 Jenkins Pond 14136 0 240130 254266 0 0 254250 254250 0.01

80 Fresh Pond 1752 0 34943 36695 0 0 36695 36695 0.0081 Unnamed pond along Coonamessett River 3158 0 153500 156658 0 119830 36825 156655 0.0082 Deer Pond 2163 0 9816 11979 0 0 11980 11980 -0.0184 Flax Pond 2920 0 74057 76977 0 0 76977 76977 0.0085 Mares Pond 4672 0 64221 68893 0 0 68896 68896 0.00
Table 1 27

Table 1. Identifiers, names, hydrologic budgets, and model errors for ponds in the Plymouth-Carver and Cape Cod aquifer systems.—Continued[Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system; MMR is abbreviation for Massachusetts Military Reservation]

Identifier Pond name

Inflow Outflow

Recharge 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Surfacewater 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Groundwater 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Total 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Pumping 

from wells 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Surfacewater 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Groundwater 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Total 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Model 

error 

(percent)

Sagamore Aquifer—Continued

86 Spectacle Pond 2920 0 54749 57669 0 0 57669 57669 0.0087 Bourne Pond 1168 0 7298 8466 0 0 8466 8466 0.0088 Long Pond 22776 0 329200 351976 329900 0 22057 351957 0.0189 Dean Pond 1752 0 10440 12192 0 0 12192 12192 0.0090 Grews Pond 2336 0 5272 7608 0 0 7608 7608 0.0091 Jones Pond 1872 0 15349 17221 0 0 17221 17221 0.0092 Morse Pond 1752 0 10983 12735 0 0 12735 12735 0.0093 Shivericks Pond 1168 0 6114 7282 0 0 7283 7283 0.0094 Siders Pond 5256 0 54534 59790 0 0 59771 59771 0.0395 Pond near MMR rotary 1990 0 44375 46365 0 0 46366 46366 0.0096 Edmunds Pond 2986 0 32322 35308 0 0 35307 35307 0.0098 unnamed pond north of Shivericks Pond 1990 0 3115 5105 0 0 5105 5105 0.0099 Jim Pond 4066 0 2953 7018 0 0 7018 7018 0.00

100 Unnamed pond near Quaker Meetinghouse Rd 

and Route 6A

1990 0 34211 36201 0 0 36202 36202 0.00

101 Hog Pond (North) 1990 0 9322 11312 0 0 11312 11312 0.00102 Hog Pond (South) 1990 0 8613 10604 0 0 10603 10603 0.01103 Pattys Pond 1990 0 27845 29835 0 0 29835 29835 0.00104 Round Pond 1990 0 12990 14980 0 0 14981 14981 0.00105 Lambert Pond 4093 0 34647 38740 0 0 38744 38744 -0.01107 Miller Pond 1990 0 7197 9187 0 0 9187 9187 0.00108 Flintrock Pond 1990 0 12559 14549 0 0 14550 14550 0.00109 Spruce Pond 995 0 6213 7208 0 0 7208 7208 0.00

110 Sandy Hill Pond 1990 0 9795 11786 0 0 11786 11786 0.00

Monomoy Aquifer

2 Cedar Pond 3981 0 17735 21716 0 0 21715 21715 0.003 Harvey Pond 2083 0 2897 4980 0 0 4978 4978 -0.02
28 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts Table 1. Identifiers, names, hydrologic budgets, and model errors for ponds in the Plymouth-Carver and Cape Cod aquifer systems.—Continued [Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system; MMR is abbreviation for Massachusetts Military Reservation] Identifier Pond name Inflow Outflow Recharge (cubic feet per day) Surface- water inflow (cubic feet per day) Ground- water inflow (cubic feet per day) Total inflow (cubic feet per day) Pumping from wells (cubic feet per day) Surface- water outflow (cubic feet per day) Ground- water outflow (cubic feet per day) Total outflow (cubic feet per day) Model error (percent) Monomoy Aquifer—Continued

4 Crystal Lake 6251 0 37982 44233 0 0 44343 44343 0.255 Baker Pond 4672 0 46537 51209 0 0 51340 51340 0.266 Flax Pond 7592 0 88734 96326 0 0 96310 96310 -0.027 Pilgrim Lake 6835 0 68490 75325 0 0 75434 75434 0.148 Blueberry/Salls Pond 4499 0 50868 55367 0 0 55365 55365 0.009 Cobbs Pond 2920 0 70591 73511 0 0 73513 73513 0.00

10 Cliff/Little Cliff Pond 37376 0 175580 212956 0 0 213130 213130 0.08

11 Higgins Pond 4088 0 49176 53264 0 0 53149 53149 -0.22

12 Coles Pond 3981 0 7130 11110 0 0 11114 11114 0.0313 School House Pond 1884 0 23757 25641 0 0 25641 25641 0.0014 Ruth Pond 2163 0 15245 17408 0 0 17409 17409 0.0015 Smith Pond 2163 0 18572 20735 0 0 20737 20737 0.0116 Rafe Pond 1752 0 9501 11253 0 0 11252 11252 -0.0117 Sheep Pond 22776 0 25333 48109 0 0 48088 48088 -0.0418 Sarahs Pond 1990 0 14992 16982 0 0 16996 16996 0.0819 Twinings Pond 1752 0 27571 29323 0 0 29326 29326 0.0120 Griffiths Pond 4672 0 32310 36982 0 0 36982 36982 0.0021 Lower Mill Pond 7419 433140 46875 487434 0 448190 42851 491041 0.7322 Scargo Lake 8003 0 44930 52933 0 0 52978 52978 0.0823 Shoal/Deep Pond 4246 0 44033 48279 0 0 48276 48276 -0.0124 Uncle Seths Pond 1990 0 14423 16413 0 0 16434 16434 0.1325 Canoe Pond 2163 0 1021 3184 0 0 3176 3176 -0.2426 Upper Mill Pond 39605 0 429326 468931 0 467520 1256 468776 -0.0327 Long Pond 138830 0 299370 438200 0 165520 272190 437710 -0.1128 Cedar Pond 1752 0 2787 4539 0 0 4544 4544 0.1029 Seymour Pond 21608 0 179040 200648 0 154370 46233 200603 -0.0230 Aunt Pattys Pond 2517 0 2825 5341 0 0 5344 5344 0.04
Table 1 29

Table 1. Identifiers, names, hydrologic budgets, and model errors for ponds in the Plymouth-Carver and Cape Cod aquifer systems.—Continued[Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system; MMR is abbreviation for Massachusetts Military Reservation]

Identifier Pond name

Inflow Outflow

Recharge 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Surfacewater 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Groundwater 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Total 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Pumping 

from wells 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Surfacewater 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Groundwater 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Total 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Model 

error 

(percent)

Monomoy Aquifer—Continued

31 Walkers Pond 18367 0 69655 88022 0 0 88028 88028 0.0132 Slough Pond 4499 0 17001 21500 0 0 21496 21496 -0.0233 Simmons Pond 584 0 612 1196 0 0 1196 1196 0.0134 Pine Pond 2920 0 7572 10492 0 0 10494 10494 0.0235 Bakers Pond 2336 0 7314 9650 0 0 9651 9651 0.0136 Hinckleys Pond 23944 302460 191170 517574 0 461330 56475 517805 0.0437 Hawksnest/Slack Pond 5667 0 5555 11222 0 0 11209 11209 -0.1138 Grassy Pond 3504 0 16090 19594 0 0 19597 19597 0.0239 Flax Pond 1752 0 16156 17908 0 0 17903 17903 -0.0340 Walkers Pond 5256 0 8190 13446 0 0 13454 13454 0.0641 Elbow Pond 7485 0 9407 16891 0 0 16890 16890 -0.0142 Matthews Pond 5256 0 26545 31801 0 0 31796 31796 -0.0243 Aunt Edies Pond 2920 0 12990 15910 0 0 15912 15912 0.0144 unnamed pond, North Chatham 1168 0 8103 9271 0 0 9272 9272 0.0145 Cornelius Pond 1752 0 16551 18303 0 0 18300 18300 -0.0246 Robbins Pond 4672 0 72283 76955 0 0 76954 76954 0.0047 Stillwater Pond 2920 0 21124 24044 0 0 24056 24056 0.0548 Josephs Pond 3504 0 25256 28760 0 0 28717 28717 -0.1549 White Pond 2344 0 13259 15603 0 0 15607 15607 0.0250 Lovers Lake 6530 0 26733 33263 0 0 33261 33261 -0.0151 Bucks Pond 5418 0 42940 48358 0 0 48410 48410 0.1152 Unnamed pond near Bucks Pond 1330 0 9992 11322 0 0 11320 11320 -0.0253 Unnamed pond near Goose Pond 2442 0 16742 19184 0 0 19182 19182 -0.0154 Unnamed pond, near Frost Fish Creek 2442 0 17062 19504 0 0 19533 19533 0.1555 Mill Pond 4499 0 65948 70447 0 0 70443 70443 -0.0156 Eagle Pond 1168 0 13999 15167 0 0 15168 15168 0.0157 Goose Pond 5256 0 27693 32949 0 0 32953 32953 0.01
30 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts Table 1. Identifiers, names, hydrologic budgets, and model errors for ponds in the Plymouth-Carver and Cape Cod aquifer systems.—Continued [Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system; MMR is abbreviation for Massachusetts Military Reservation] Identifier Pond name Inflow Outflow Recharge (cubic feet per day) Surface- water inflow (cubic feet per day) Ground- water inflow (cubic feet per day) Total inflow (cubic feet per day) Pumping from wells (cubic feet per day) Surface- water outflow (cubic feet per day) Ground- water outflow (cubic feet per day) Total outflow (cubic feet per day) Model error (percent) Monomoy Aquifer—Continued 58 Schoolhouse Pond 3026 0 8384 11411 0 0 11429 11429 0.16 59 Emery Pond 2549 0 1945 4493 0 0 4494 4494 0.02 60 Flax Pond 3331 0 45339 48670 0 0 48670 48670 0.00 61 White Pond 4672 0 11953 16625 0 0 16620 16620 -0.03 62 Perch Pond 2574 0 1929 4503 0 0 4503 4503 0.00 63 Sand Pond 3331 0 22066 25397 0 0 25395 25395 -0.01 64 Reservoir 14016 0 96039 110055 0 15842 94274 110116 0.06 65 Paddocks Pond 2336 0 26415 28751 0 0 28753 28753 0.01 66 Grass Pond 2920 0 38301 41221 0 0 41237 41237 0.04 67 Fresh Pond 4672 0 22220 26892 0 0 26912 26912 0.07 68 Skinequit Pond 4488 0 44314 48802 0 0 48965 48965 0.33 69 Run Pond 1990 0 8080 10071 0 0 10067 10067 -0.04 70 Kelleys Pond 9138 0 2605 11743 0 0 11775 11775 0.27 71 Fund Pond 1990 0 2037 4028 0 0 4017 4017 -0.26 72 Olivers Pond 2986 0 3270 6256 0 0 6249 6249 -0.11 73 Andrews Pond 1990 0 10577 12567 0 0 12567 12567 0.00 Lower Cape Aquifer

3 Unnamed pond near Great Pond 1754 0 864 2617 0 0 2595 2595 0.844 Great Pond 3507 0 567 4074 0 0 4026 4026 1.195 Bennett Pond 2630 0 85 2715 0 0 2678 2678 1.386 Duck Pond 1754 0 245 1999 0 0 1976 1976 1.137 Clapps Pond 11398 0 3790 15188 0 0 15064 15064 0.828 Shank Painter Pond (west) 6138 0 4406 10544 0 0 10487 10487 0.549 Shank Painter Pond (east) 4384 0 2655 7039 0 0 7001 7001 0.54

10 Featherbed Swamp 1024 0 2889 3913 0 0 3914 3914 -0.02

11 Great Pond 5120 0 2684 7804 0 0 7809 7809 -0.07

12 Unnamed pond north of Round Pond 512 0 2093 2605 0 0 2605 2605 0.00
Table 1 31

Table 1. Identifiers, names, hydrologic budgets, and model errors for ponds in the Plymouth-Carver and Cape Cod aquifer systems.—Continued[Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system; MMR is abbreviation for Massachusetts Military Reservation]

Identifier Pond name

Inflow Outflow

Recharge 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Surfacewater 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Groundwater 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day) 

Total 

inflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Pumping 

from wells 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Surfacewater 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Groundwater 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Total 

outflow 

(cubic feet 

per day)

Model 

error 

(percent)

Lower Cape Aquifer

13 Round Pond 1024 0 7591 8615 0 0 8615 8615 0.0014 Horseleech Pond 4608 0 40383 44991 0 0 44991 44991 0.0015 Snow Pond 1024 0 3418 4442 0 0 4443 4443 -0.0216 Gull Pond 15872 0 42753 58625 0 0 58628 58628 -0.0117 Ryder Pond 3072 0 12558 15630 0 0 15632 15632 -0.0118 Long Pond 6144 0 7160 13304 0 0 13332 13332 -0.2119 Great Pond 8192 0 11105 19297 0 0 19348 19348 -0.2620 Dyer Pond 2048 0 4931 6979 0 0 6991 6991 -0.1821 Duck Pond 1024 0 802 1826 0 0 1837 1837 -0.6222 Unnamed pond near Minister Pond 512 0 2283 2795 0 0 2794 2794 0.0523 Unnamed pond near Minister Pond 1024 0 5102 6126 0 0 6123 6123 0.0524 Minister Pond 5338 0 34119 39457 0 0 39440 39440 0.0425 Great Pond 16749 0 51737 68486 0 0 68448 68448 0.0626 Depot Pond 4608 0 13485 18093 0 0 18080 18080 0.0727 Unnamed pond near Great Pond 512 0 4547 5059 0 0 5059 5059 0.0128 Jemima Pond 1024 0 5372 6396 0 0 6393 6393 0.0429 Widow Harding Pond 1024 0 7108 8132 0 0 8131 8131 0.0230 Mill Pond 4384 0 6233 10617 0 0 10608 10608 0.0931 Herring Pond 5632 0 29590 35222 0 0 35209 35209 0.0432 Unnamed pond near Mill Pond 1536 0 14532 16068 0 12752 3315 16067 0.0033 Higgins Pond 4608 0 53245 57853 0 28166 29688 57854 0.0034 Williams Pond 2048 0 25435 27483 0 0 27482 27482 0.0035 Herring Pond 3584 0 4482 8066 0 0 8066 8066 0.0036 Slough Pond 4608 0 29760 34368 0 0 34369 34369 0.00
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Appendix 1 33

Appendix 1. Locations of Simulated Ponds on U.S. Geological Survey

Topographic Quadrangles

Figure 1–1. Map showing locations of U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Quadrangle that encompass coastal aquifers of 

southeastern Massachusetts.

Figures 1–2 through 1–23. Maps showing locations of simulated ponds on U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Quadrangles

1–2. Chatham.

1–3. Cotuit.

1–4. Dennis.

1–5. Duxbury.

1–6. Falmouth.

1–7. Hanover.

1–8. Harwich.

1–9. Hyannis.

1–10. Manomet.

1–11. North Truro.

1–12. Onset.

1–13. Orleans.

1–14. Plymouth.

1–15. Plympton.

1–16. Pocasset.

1–17. Provincetown.

1–18. Sagamore.

1–19. Sandwich.

1–20. Snipatuit Pond.

1–21. Wareham.

1–22. Wellfleet.

1–23. Woods Hole.

Table 1–1. Pond identifier, name, location, topographic quadrangle, and simulated ponds in the Plymouth-Carver and Cape Cod 

aquifer systems.
34 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts

DENNIS

ONSET

COTUIT

HYANNIS

HARWICH CHATHAM

DUXBURY

HANOVER

MANOMET

WAREHAM

ORLEANS

PLYMPTON

FALMOUTH

POCASSET

SANDWICH

PLYMOUTH

SAGAMORE

WELLFLEET

WOODS

 HOLE

NORTH 

TRURO

PROVINCETOWN

SNIPATUIT

POND

(Figure 1–7)

(Figure 1–2)

(Figure 1–3)

(Figure 1–4)

(Figure 1–5)

(Figure 1–6)

(Figure 1–10)

(Figure 1–9)

(Figure 1–11)

(Figure 1–8)

(Figure 1–13)

(Figure 1–17)

(Figure 1–22)

(Figure 1–21)

(Figure 1–20)

(Figure 1–19)

(Figure 1–18)

(Figure 1–12)

(Figure 1–14)

(Figure 1–16)

(Figure 1–15)

(Figure 1–23)

(Figure 1–7)

(Figure 1–2)

(Figure 1–3)

(Figure 1–4)

(Figure 1–5)

(Figure 1–6)

(Figure 1–10)

(Figure 1–9)

(Figure 1–11)

(Figure 1–8)

(Figure 1–13)

(Figure 1–17)

(Figure 1–22)

(Figure 1–21)

(Figure 1–20)

(Figure 1–19)

(Figure 1–18)

(Figure 1–12)

(Figure 1–14)

(Figure 1–16)

(Figure 1–15)

(Figure 1–23)

70°52’30” 70°45’ 70°37’30” 70°30’ 70°22’30” 70°15’ 70°07’30” 70° 69°52’30”

42°

42°07’30”

41°52’30”

41°45’

41°30’

41°37’30”

Nantucket Sound

Atlantic Ocean

Buzzards Bay

Cape Cod Bay

Plymouth-Carver

 Aquifer

Sagamore Aquifer

Monomoy Aquifer

Lower Cape

 Aquifer

0 2 4 6 8 MILES

0 2 4 6 8 KILOMETERS

Base from U.S. Geological Survey digital data,

Universal Transverse Mercator projection,

Zone 19, 1:24,000, 1991 EXPLANATION

7.5 minute quadrangle—dimensions

are 7o30’ latitude by 7o30’ longitude,

named for prominent town or other

prominent feature in the area

Figure 1–1. Location of U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Quadrangle that encompass coastal aquifers of 

southeastern Massachusetts.
Appendix 1 35

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, DRG, 1:25,000, 2001

Lambert conformal conical projection, 1983 North American datum

Massachusetts coordinate system mainland zone

Simulated pond and 

identifier—number is

identifier listed in 

tables 1 and 1–1

EXPLANATION

41°45’

69°59’ 69°58’ 69°57’ 69°56’ 69°55’ 69°54’ 69°53’

41°37’30”

41°42’30”

41°40’

0 1 2 MILES

0 1 2 KILOMETERS

Figure 1–2. Chatham.
36 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, DRG, 1:25,000, 2001

Lambert conformal conical projection, 1983 North American datum

Massachusetts coordinate system mainland zone

Simulated pond and 

identifier—number is

identifier listed in 

tables 1 and 1–1

EXPLANATION

70°30' 70°27’30” 70°25’ 70°22’30”

41°37’30’’

41°32’30’’

41°35’

41°40’

0 1 2 MILES

0 1 2 KILOMETERS

Figure 1–3. Cotuit. 
Appendix 1 37

Monomoy Aquifer

Sagamore Aquifer

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, DRG, 1:25,000, 2001

Lambert conformal conical projection, 1983 North American datum

Massachusetts coordinate system mainland zone

 

0 1 2 MILES

0 1 2 KILOMETERS

Simulated pond and 

identifier—number is

identifier listed in 

tables 1 and 1–1

EXPLANATION

70°15’ 70°07’30”

41°45’

41°37’30”

41°40’

41°42’30”

70°12’30” 70°10’

Figure 1–4. Dennis.
38 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, DRG, 1:25,000, 2001

Lambert conformal conical projection, 1983 North American datum

Massachusetts coordinate system mainland zone

0 1 2 MILES

0 1 2 KILOMETERS

Simulated pond and 

identifier—number is

identifier listed in 

tables 1 and 1–1

EXPLANATION

70°45’ 70°42’30” 70°40’ 70°37’30”

42°07’30”

42°05’

42°02’30”

42°

Figure 1–5. Duxbury.
Appendix 1 39

0 1 2 MILES

0 1 2 KILOMETERS

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, DRG, 1:25,000, 2001

Lambert conformal conical projection, 1983 North American datum

Massachusetts coordinate system mainland zone

Simulated pond and 

identifier—number is

identifier listed in 

tables 1 and 1–1

EXPLANATION

70°37’30”

41°30’

70°35’ 70°32’30” 70°30’

41°37’30”

41°35’

41°32’30”

Figure 1–6. Falmouth.
40 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, DRG, 1:25,000, 2001

Lambert conformal conical projection, 1983 North American datum

Massachusetts coordinate system mainland zone

0 1 2 MILES

0 1 2 KILOMETERS

Simulated pond and 

identifier—number is

identifier listed in 

tables 1 and 1–1

EXPLANATION

70°47’30” 70°45’

42°07’30”

42°

70°52’30” 70°50’

42°05’

42°02’30”

Figure 1–7. Hanover.
Appendix 1 41

Figure 1–8. Harwich.

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, DRG, 1:25,000, 2001

Lambert conformal conical projection, 1983 North American datum

Massachusetts coordinate system mainland zone

0 1 2 MILES

0 1 2 KILOMETERS

70°07’30” 70°05’ 70°02’30” 70°

41°40’

41°42’30”

41°45’

Simulated pond and 

identifier—number is

identifier listed in 

tables 1 and 1–1

EXPLANATION
42 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, DRG, 1:25,000, 2001

Lambert conformal conical projection, 1983 North American datum

Massachusetts coordinate system mainland zone

0 1 2 MILES

0 1 2 KILOMETERS

Simulated pond and 

identifier—number is

identifier listed in 

tables 1 and 1–1

EXPLANATION

70°22’30” 70°20’ 70°17’30” 70°15’

41°37’30”

41°40’

41°42’30”

Figure 1–9. Hyannis.
Appendix 1 43

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, DRG, 1:25,000, 2001

Lambert conformal conical projection, 1983 North American datum

Massachusetts coordinate system mainland zone

0 1 2 MILES

0 1 2 KILOMETERS

Simulated pond and 

identifier—number is

identifier listed in 

tables 1 and 1–1

EXPLANATION

70°37’30” 70°35’ 70°32’30” 70°30’

42°

41°52’30”

41°55’

41°57’30”

Figure 1–10. Manomet.
44 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, DRG, 1:25,000, 2001

Lambert conformal conical projection, 1983 North American datum

Massachusetts coordinate system mainland zone

No modeled ponds on North Truro quadrangle.

0 1 2 MILES

0 1 2 KILOMETERS Simulated pond and 

identifier—number is

identifier listed in 

tables 1 and 1–1

EXPLANATION

70°07’30” 70°05’ 70°02’30” 70°

42°

42°02’30”

42°05’

42°07’30”

Figure 1–11. North Truro.
Appendix 1 45

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, DRG, 1:25,000, 2001

Lambert conformal conical projection, 1983 North American datum

Massachusetts coordinate system mainland zone

0 1 2 MILES

0 1 2 KILOMETERS

Plymouth-Carver

 Aquifer

Sagamore 

 Aquifer

Simulated pond and 

identifier—number is

identifier listed in 

tables 1 and 1–1

EXPLANATION

70°45’ 70°42’30” 70°40’ 70°37’30”

41°45’

41°37’30”

41°40’

41°42’30”

Figure 1–12. Onset. 
46 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts

Monomoy 

 Aquifer

Lower Cape

 Aquifer

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, DRG, 1:25,000, 2001

Lambert conformal conical projection, 1983 North American datum

Massachusetts coordinate system mainland zone

0 1 2 MILES

0 1 2 KILOMETERS

Simulated pond and 

identifier—number is

identifier listed in 

tables 1 and 1–1

EXPLANATION

70°

41°45’

41°47’30”

41°52’30”

41°50’

70°02’30” 69°47’30” 69°45’

Figure 1–13. Orleans. 
Appendix 1 47

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, DRG, 1:25,000, 2001

Lambert conformal conical projection, 1983 North American datum

Massachusetts coordinate system mainland zone

0 1 2 MILES

0 1 2 KILOMETERS

Simulated pond and 

identifier—number is

identifier listed in 

tables 1 and 1–1

EXPLANATION

70°45’ 70°37’30”

42°

41°52’30”

70°42’30” 70°40’

41°55’

41°57’30”

Figure 1–14. Plymouth. 
48 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, DRG, 1:25,000, 2001

Lambert conformal conical projection, 1983 North American datum

Massachusetts coordinate system mainland zone

0 1 2 MILES

0 1 2 KILOMETERS

Simulated pond and 

identifier—number is

identifier listed in 

tables 1 and 1–1

EXPLANATION

70°52’30” 70°50’ 70°47’30” 70°45’

42°

41°52’30”

41°55’

41°57’30”

Figure 1–15. Plympton.
Appendix 1 49

Plymouth-Carver

 Aquifer

Sagamore Aquifer

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, DRG, 1:25,000, 2001

Lambert conformal conical projection, 1983 North American datum

Massachusetts coordinate system mainland zone

0 1 2 MILES

0 1 2 KILOMETERS

Simulated pond and 

identifier—number is

identifier listed in 

tables 1 and 1–1

EXPLANATION

70°37’30” 70°35’ 70°32’30” 70°30’

41°45’

41°37’30”

41°40’

41°42’30”

Figure 1–16. Pocasset.
50 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, DRG, 1:25,000, 2001

Lambert conformal conical projection, 1983 North American datum

Massachusetts coordinate system mainland zone

0 1 2 MILES

0 1 2 KILOMETERS

Simulated pond and 

identifier—number is

identifier listed in 

tables 1 and 1–1

EXPLANATION

70°15’

42°07’30”

70°12’30” 70°10’ 70°07’30”

42°

42°02’30”

42°05’

Figure 1–17. Provincetown.
Appendix 1 51

Plymouth-Carver

 Aquifer

Sagamore Flow Lens

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, DRG, 1:25,000, 2001

Lambert conformal conical projection, 1983 North American datum

Massachusetts coordinate system mainland zone

70°37’30” 70°32’30” 70°30’

41°52’30”

41°45’

41°47’30”

41°50’

70°35’

Simulated pond and 

identifier—number is

identifier listed in 

tables 1 and 1–1

EXPLANATION

0 1 2 MILES

0 1 2 KILOMETERS

Figure 1–18. Sagamore. 
52 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, DRG, 1:25,000, 2001

Lambert conformal conical projection, 1983 North American datum

Massachusetts coordinate system mainland zone

Simulated pond and 

identifier—number is

identifier listed in 

tables 1 and 1–1

EXPLANATION

70°30’ 70°27’30” 70°25’ 70°22’30”

41°40’

41°45’

41°42’30”

41°47’30”

0 1 2 MILES

0 1 2 KILOMETERS

Figure 1–19. Sandwich. 
Appendix 1 53

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, DRG, 1:25,000, 2001

Lambert conformal conical projection, 1983 North American datum

Massachusetts coordinate system mainland zone

Simulated pond and 

identifier—number is

identifier listed in 

tables 1 and 1–1

EXPLANATION

70°52’30” 70°50’ 70°47’30” 70°45’

41°52’30”

41°45’

41°47’30”

41°50’

0 1 2 MILES

0 1 2 KILOMETERS

Figure 1–20. Snipatuit Pond.
54 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, DRG, 1:25,000, 2001

Lambert conformal conical projection, 1983 North American datum

Massachusetts coordinate system mainland zone

Simulated pond and 

identifier—number is

identifier listed in 

tables 1 and 1–1

EXPLANATION

70°45’ 70°40’ 70°37’30”

41°45’

41°52’30”

41°47’30”

41°50’

70°42’30”

0 1 2 MILES

0 1 2 KILOMETERS

Figure 1–21. Wareham. 
Appendix 1 55

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, DRG, 1:25,000, 2001

Lambert conformal conical projection, 1983 North American datum

Massachusetts coordinate system mainland zone

70°

41°52’30”

42°

70°05’ 70°02’30” 69°47’30”

41°55’

41°57’30”

Simulated pond and 

identifier—number is

identifier listed in 

tables 1 and 1–1

EXPLANATION

0 1 2 MILES

0 1 2 KILOMETERS

Figure 1–22. Wellfleet.
56 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts

Base from U.S. Geological Survey, DRG, 1:25,000, 2001

Lambert conformal conical projection, 1983 North American datum

Massachusetts coordinate system mainland zone

70°45’ 70°37’30”

41°30’

41°37’30”

41°35’

41°32’30”

70°42’30” 70°40’

Simulated pond and 

identifier—number is

identifier listed in 

tables 1 and 1–1

EXPLANATION

0 1 2 MILES

0 1 2 KILOMETERS

Figure 1–23. Woods Hole. 
Appendix 1 57

Table 1–1. Identifiers, names, locations, names of U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangles and modeled areas of ponds in the Plymouth-Carver aquifer, Sagamore, Monomoy, and Lower Cape aquifers.[Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system. Datum is North American Datum 1983. MMR, Massachusetts Military Reservation]

Identifier Pond name Latitude (decimal degrees) Longitude, (decimal degrees) Town Name of topographic quadrangle Modeled area (acres)

Plymouth–Carver Aquifer

3 Keene Pond 42.07558 -70.75212 Duxbury Hanover 11.02

4 Unnamed pond north of Green Harbor Brook 42.07078 -70.69178 Marshfield Duxbury 22.04

5 Unnamed pond north of Bourne Wharf River 42.06850 -70.68002 Marshfield Duxbury 40.40

6 Unnamed west of Wright Reservoir 42.06543 -70.71247 Duxbury Duxbury 7.35

7 Wright Reservoir 42.06428 -70.70512 Duxbury Duxbury 40.40

9 South River Reservoir 42.05350 -70.73324 Duxbury Duxbury 44.08

10 Unnamed pond, West Duxbury 42.05046 -70.77304 Duxbury Hanover 14.69

12 North Hill Marsh 42.04235 -70.70834 Duxbury Duxbury 47.75

13 Unnamed pond, West Duxbury 42.04604 -70.76867 Duxbury Hanover 7.35

15 Lorings Bogs 42.04137 -70.72602 Duxbury Duxbury 36.73

16 Upper Chandler Pond 42.04275 -70.76871 Duxbury/Pembroke Hanover 7.35

17 Unnamed pond, near Town Forest 42.04061 -70.77757 Pembroke Hanover 11.0218 Round Pond 42.03364 -70.71875 Duxbury Duxbury 7.35

19 Lower Chandler Pond 42.03064 -70.76296 Duxbury/Pembroke Hanover 51.42

20 Pine Lake 42.03256 -70.72171 Duxbury Duxbury 22.04

21 Island Creek Pond 42.02810 -70.71146 Duxbury Duxbury 55.10

22 Silver Lake 42.01883 -70.80579 Pembroke/ Plympton/Kingston Hanover 639.12

23 Unnamed pond along Halls Brook 42.02291 -70.75569 Duxbury Hanover 14.69

24 Mill Pond 42.01712 -70.71159 Duxbury Duxbury 7.35

26 Reeds Millpond 42.00985 -70.77350 Kingston Hanover 18.37

28 Bracketts Pond 42.01190 -70.75140 Kingston Hanover 7.35

29 Unnamed pond near Winthrop Street 42.01074 -70.74111 Kingston Duxbury 7.35

32 Blackwater Pond 42.00633 -70.73822 Kingston Duxbury 7.35

33 Unnamed pond near Jones River Brook 41.99465 -70.80016 Plympton Plympton 14.69

35 Crossman Pond 41.98999 -70.75754 Kingston Plympton 11.0236 Foundry Pond 41.98418 -70.71053 Kingston Plymouth 11.0237 Soules Pond 41.98113 -70.74588 Kingston Plymouth 7.35

39 Russell Pond 41.97565 -70.74741 Kingston Plymouth 14.69

40 Unnamed pond near Jones River Brook 41.97364 -70.77539 Kingston Plympton 7.35
58 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts Table 1–1. Identifiers, names, locations, names of U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangles and modeled areas of ponds in the Plymouth-Carver aquifer, Sagamore, Monomoy, and Lower Cape aquifers.—Continued [Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system. Datum is North American Datum 1983. MMR, Massachusetts Military Reservation] Identifier Pond name Latitude (decimal degrees) Longititude, (decimal degrees) Town Name of topographic quadrangle Modeled area (acres) Plymouth–Carver Aquifer—Continued 42 Dennetts Pond 41.97377 -70.79745 Plympton Plympton 7.35 43 Smelt Pond 41.96782 -70.72544 Kingston Plymouth 58.77 44 Goose Pond 41.96793 -70.74162 Kingston Plymouth 7.35 45 Pratt Pond 41.96351 -70.73726 Kingston Plymouth 7.35 46 Indian Pond 41.96148 -70.76229 Kingston/Plympton Plympton 91.83 48 Little Smelt Pond 41.96339 -70.71961 Kingston Plymouth 7.35 49 Unnamed pond near Upland Road 41.95944 -70.78731 Plympton Plympton 11.02 50 Muddy Pond 41.95693 -70.73881 Kingston Plymouth 55.10 51 Unnamed pond near Brook Street 41.95175 -70.78593 Plympton Plympton 36.73 52 Triangle Pond 41.95011 -70.70360 Plymouth Plymouth 25.71 54 Little Muddy Pond 41.94686 -70.71099 Plymouth Plymouth 7.35 55 Little Pond 41.94230 -70.68605 Plymouth Plymouth 44.08 56 Ricketts Pond 41.94393 -70.76543 Carver Plympton 14.69 57 Unnamed pond near High Street 41.94289 -70.77427 Carver Plympton 11.02 58 Unnamed pond southwest of Ricketts Pond 41.93956 -70.76842 Carver Plympton 7.35 59 Billington Sea 41.93462 -70.68762 Plymouth Plymouth 279.16 61 Lout Pond 41.93561 -70.67144 Plymouth Plymouth 22.04 62 Darby Pond 41.93392 -70.74497 Plymouth Plymouth 44.08 63 Little Cedar Pond 41.93387 -70.73762 Plymouth Plymouth 7.35 64 Clear Pond 41.93272 -70.73028 Plymouth Plymouth 11.02 66 Unnamed pond near Cedar Swamp 41.93074 -70.76264 Carver Plympton 7.35 67 Bartlett Pond 41.92705 -70.55836 Plymouth Manomet 47.75 68 Unnamed pond near Doten Brook 41.92979 -70.78470 Carver Plympton 7.35 69 Briggs Reservoir 41.92802 -70.68477 Plymouth Plymouth 22.04 71 Unnamed pond near Cole Mill 41.92878 -70.79942 Carver Plympton 7.35

72 Unnamed pond near Plymouth Road 41.92859 -70.77002 Carver Plympton 11.0274 Howland Pond 41.92529 -70.61278 Plymouth Manomet 7.3576 Unnamed pond on Eel River 41.92317 -70.62310 Plymouth Manomet 14.6977 Cooks Pond 41.92239 -70.66573 Plymouth Plymouth 29.38
Appendix 1 59

Table 1–1. Identifiers, names, locations, names of U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangles and modeled areas of ponds in the Plymouth-Carver aquifer, Sagamore, Monomoy, and Lower Cape aquifers.—Continued [Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system. Datum is North American Datum 1983. MMR, Massachusetts Military Reservation]

Identifier Pond name Latitude (decimal degrees) Longititude, (decimal degrees) Town Name of topographic quadrangle Modeled area (acres)

Plymouth–Carver Aquifer—Continued

78 Fresh Meadow Pond 41.91964 -70.74367 Carver/Plymouth Plymouth 77.13

79 Unnamed pond near Plymouth Road 41.92320 -70.78478 Carver Plympton 7.35

80 Little, Big, and Grassy West Ponds 41.91833 -70.71135 Plymouth Plymouth 113.87

82 Micajah Pond 41.92043 -70.69809 Plymouth Plymouth 22.04

83 Unnamed pond near Plymouth Road 41.91990 -70.78335 Carver Plympton 7.35

84 Forge Pond 41.91759 -70.61141 Plymouth Manomet 11.02

85 Russell Millpond 41.91667 -70.63494 Plymouth Plymouth 66.12

86 Cooper Pond 41.91885 -70.79071 Carver Plympton 22.04

87 Great South Pond 41.90596 -70.67035 Plymouth Plymouth 437.10

88 Little Micajah Pond 41.91712 -70.69666 Plymouth Plymouth 14.69

89 Wenham Pond 41.91648 -70.76428 Carver Plympton 47.75

90 Unnamed pond southwest of Forge Pond 41.91543 -70.61585 Plymouth Manomet 7.35

92 South Triangle Pond 41.91469 -70.66289 Plymouth Plymouth 25.71

93 Spring Pond 41.91509 -70.72021 Plymouth Plymouth 7.35

94 Muddy Pond 41.91339 -70.79665 Carver Plympton 84.48

95 Kings Pond 41.91060 -70.70556 Plymouth Plymouth 36.73

96 Ellis Pond 41.90955 -70.71292 Plymouth Plymouth 18.37

97 Fresh Pond 41.90397 -70.55577 Plymouth Manomet 62.4498 Unnamed pond near Sandwich Road 41.90547 -70.60571 Plymouth Manomet 11.02

99 Johns Pond 41.90673 -70.78496 Carver Plympton 25.71

100 Unnamed pond near Stone Street 41.90691 -70.81288 Middleborough/Carver Plympton 22.04101 Unnamed pond near Centre Street 41.90440 -70.76295 Carver Plympton 7.35103 Unnamed pond near Valley Road 41.90106 -70.60283 Plymouth Manomet 7.35104 Unnamed pond near Pond Street 41.90217 -70.75710 Carver Plympton 7.35105 Beaver Dam Pond 41.89860 -70.57054 Plymouth Manomet 33.06106 Island Pond 41.90025 -70.64104 Plymouth Plymouth 14.69107 Powderhorn Pond 41.90057 -70.68365 Plymouth Plymouth 14.69108 Unnamed pond near Forest Street 41.90138 -70.80706 Carver Plympton 25.71

110 Unnamed pond near airport 41.89978 -70.72774 Plymouth Plymouth 7.35
60 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts Table 1–1. Identifiers, names, locations, names of U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangles and modeled areas of ponds in the Plymouth-Carver aquifer, Sagamore, Monomoy, and Lower Cape aquifers.—Continued [Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system. Datum is North American Datum 1983. MMR, Massachusetts Military Reservation] Identifier Pond name Latitude (decimal degrees) Longititude, (decimal degrees) Town Name of topographic quadrangle Modeled area (acres) Plymouth–Carver Aquifer—Continued 111 Long Island Pond 41.89536 -70.57646 Plymouth Manomet 40.40 112 Hoyts Pond 41.89266 -70.65290 Plymouth Plymouth 51.42 113 Unnamed pond near Centre Street 41.89897 -70.77183 Carver Plympton 7.35 114 Clear Bottom Pond 41.89776 -70.75568 Carver Plympton 7.35 115 Little Widgeon Pond 41.89512 -70.68960 Plymouth Plymouth 11.02 116 South Meadow Pond 41.89656 -70.73953 Carver Plymouth 22.04 117 Negro Pond 41.89380 -70.65876 Plymouth Plymouth 3.67 118 Unnamed pond near Rocky Neck Road 41.89313 -70.71900 Plymouth Plymouth 7.35 119 Widgeon pond 41.89072 -70.68818 Plymouth Plymouth 29.38 120 Shallow Pond 41.88968 -70.55304 Plymouth Manomet 18.37 121 Curlew Pond 41.89078 -70.69700 Plymouth Plymouth 44.08 122 Vaughn Pond 41.89024 -70.78074 Carver Plympton 22.04 123 Island Pond 41.88436 -70.57368 Plymouth Manomet 91.83 124 Unnamed pond near Federal Furnace Road 41.88874 -70.71906 Plymouth Plymouth 7.35 125 Unnamed pond near Meadow Street 41.88945 -70.83070 Middleborough Plympton 11.02 126 Crooked Pond 41.88713 -70.64710 Plymouth Plymouth 7.35 127 Rocky Pond 41.88528 -70.69560 Plymouth Plymouth 18.37 128 Unnamed pond near Tremont St 41.88655 -70.72055 Carver Plymouth 7.35 129 Unnamed pond near Purchase Street 41.88609 -70.82045 Middleborough Plympton 7.35 130 Federal Pond 41.87658 -70.70746 Carver/Plymouth Plymouth/ Wareham 165.29 131 Unnamed pond in Cedar Swamp 41.88227 -70.73676 Carver Plymouth 11.02 132 Clam Pudding Pond 41.87898 -70.58698 Plymouth Manomet 14.69 133 Briggs Reservoir 41.87220 -70.56358 Plymouth Sagamore 47.75 134 Unnamed pond in Cedar Swamp 41.87692 -70.75739 Carver Plympton 11.02 135 Unnamed pond near Maxim Corner 41.87615 -70.81028 Middleborough Plympton 11.02

137 Little Long and Long Ponds 41.86047 -70.60634 Plymouth Sagamore 286.50138 Ship Pond 41.86976 -70.53424 Plymouth Sagamore 11.02139 Unnamed pond near South Meadow Brook 41.87047 -70.77950 Carver Snipatuit Pond 22.04140 Morey Hole 41.86886 -70.55775 Plymouth Sagamore 29.38
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Table 1–1. Identifiers, names, locations, names of U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangles and modeled areas of ponds in the Plymouth-Carver aquifer, Sagamore, Monomoy, and Lower Cape aquifers.—Continued [Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system. Datum is North American Datum 1983. MMR, Massachusetts Military Reservation]

Identifier Pond name Latitude (decimal degrees) Longititude, (decimal degrees) Town Name of topographic quadrangle Modeled area (acres)

Plymouth–Carver Aquifer—Continued

142 College Pond 41.86750 -70.66498 Plymouth Wareham 55.10

144 Dunham Pond 41.86687 -70.73254 Carver Wareham 47.75

145 Unnamed pond near Rocky Meadow Brook 41.86843 -70.80449 Carver Snipatuit Pond 11.02

147 Gallows Pond 41.86273 -70.61512 Plymouth Sagamore 51.42

148 Torrey Pond 41.86317 -70.67385 Plymouth Wareham 18.37

149 Unnamed pond near Atwood Bogs 41.85945 -70.77228 Carver Snipatuit Pond 286.50

150 Three Cornered Pond 41.85988 -70.67389 Plymouth Wareham 33.06

151 Dugway Pond 41.85795 -70.56673 Plymouth Sagamore 7.35

153 Halfway Pond 41.85288 -70.61819 Plymouth Sagamore 227.73

154 Sampson Pond 41.85053 -70.75036 Carver Snipatuit Pond/ Wareham 315.89155 Unnamed pond near Crane Brook 41.85697 -70.72826 Carver Wareham 7.35

156 Bloody Pond 41.84930 -70.58300 Plymouth Sagamore 117.54

157 Unnamed pond near Tremont Street 41.85370 -70.73270 Carver Wareham 36.73

158 Unnamed pond near Double Brook 41.85525 -70.80316 Middleborough Snipatuit Pond 18.37

160 Round Pond 41.85277 -70.60498 Plymouth Sagamore 29.38

161 New Long Pond 41.85113 -70.67841 Plymouth Wareham 29.38

163 Unnamed pond near Atwood Bogs 41.85405 -70.78555 Carver Snipatuit Pond 11.02

164 Bumps Pond 41.85209 -70.65931 Plymouth Wareham 18.37166 Savery Pond 41.84684 -70.55074 Plymouth Sagamore 33.06167 East Head Pond 41.84350 -70.68585 Carver/Plymouth Wareham 128.56168 Unnamed pond near Tremont Street 41.84604 -70.73573 Carver Wareham 18.37169 Barrett Pond 41.84465 -70.69317 Carver Wareham 14.69171 Bates Pond 41.83641 -70.77401 Carver Snipatuit Pond 29.38172 Cedar Pond 41.83505 -70.73439 Carver Wareham 7.35173 Unnamed reservoir 41.83426 -70.62432 Plymouth Sagamore/Wareham 14.69175 Little Herring Pond 41.82510 -70.57601 Plymouth Sagamore 102.85176 Fearing Pond 41.83129 -70.66692 Plymouth Wareham 25.71177 Unnamed pond near Huckleberry Corner 41.83196 -70.76525 Carver Snipatuit Pond 7.35178 Clear Pond 41.83181 -70.74177 Carver Wareham 7.35
62 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts Table 1–1. Identifiers, names, locations, names of U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangles and modeled areas of ponds in the Plymouth-Carver aquifer, Sagamore, Monomoy, and Lower Cape aquifers.—Continued [Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system. Datum is North American Datum 1983. MMR, Massachusetts Military Reservation] Identifier Pond name Latitude (decimal degrees) Longititude, (decimal degrees) Town Name of topographic quadrangle Modeled area (acres) Plymouth–Carver Aquifer—Continued 179 Black Jummy Pond 41.82944 -70.57008 Plymouth Sagamore 11.02 180 Hedges Pond 41.82611 -70.56572 Plymouth Sagamore 33.06 181 Fawn Pond 41.82667 -70.63616 Plymouth Wareham 55.10 182 New Grassy Pond 41.82787 -70.65082 Plymouth Wareham 7.35 183 Unnamed pond near Crane Brook 41.82750 -70.75503 Carver Snipatuit Pond 7.35 184 Wall Pond 41.82530 -70.60096 Plymouth Sagamore 11.02 185 Lang Duck Pond 41.82194 -70.59367 Plymouth Sagamore 36.73 187 Big Rocky Pond 41.82088 -70.59809 Plymouth Sagamore 18.37 188 Triangle Pond 41.81961 -70.57609 Plymouth Sagamore 18.37 189 Deer Pond 41.82000 -70.62598 Plymouth Wareham 7.35 190 Golden Field Pond 41.82073 -70.72723 Carver Wareham 18.37 191 White Island Pond 41.81010 -70.62318 Plymouth/Wareham Sagamore/Wareham 341.60 192 Abner Pond 41.81917 -70.66121 Plymouth Wareham 7.35 193 Raccoon Pond 41.82068 -70.71989 Carver Wareham 7.35 194 Unnamed pond near Crane Brook 41.81652 -70.75369 Carver Snipatuit Pond/Wareham 95.50 196 Unnamed pond near Beach Street 41.81887 -70.77861 Middleborough Snipatuit Pond 18.37 198 Charge Pond 41.81598 -70.67593 Plymouth Wareham 22.04 199 Big Sandy Pond 41.81105 -70.60409 Plymouth Sagamore 139.58 200 Island Pond 41.81084 -70.57769 Plymouth Sagamore 62.44 201 Unnamed pond near Agawam River 41.81242 -70.63929 Plymouth Wareham 40.40 202 Unnamed pond near Wareham Street 41.81425 -70.74345 Carver Wareham 36.73 203 Great Herring Pond 41.79866 -70.56466 Plymouth/Bourne Sagamore 451.79 204 Unnamed pond near Frogfoot Brook 41.80958 -70.70242 Plymouth Wareham 29.38 205 Fivemile Pond 41.81253 -70.65396 Plymouth Wareham 18.37 206 Unnamed pond near Wareham Street 41.81311 -70.73612 Carver Wareham 14.69

209 Merton Pond 41.80658 -70.59389 Plymouth Sagamore 11.02

210 Whites Pond 41.80555 -70.60270 Plymouth Sagamore 36.73

211 Elbow Pond 41.80537 -70.58070 Plymouth Sagamore 29.38

213 Ezekiel Pond 41.80453 -70.61299 Plymouth Sagamore 40.40
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Table 1–1. Identifiers, names, locations, names of U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangles and modeled areas of ponds in the Plymouth-Carver aquifer, Sagamore, Monomoy, and Lower Cape aquifers.—Continued [Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system. Datum is North American Datum 1983. MMR, Massachusetts Military Reservation]

Identifier Pond name Latitude (decimal degrees) Longititude, (decimal degrees) Town Name of topographic quadrangle Modeled area (acres)

Plymouth–Carver Aquifer—Continued

214 Unnamed pond near Wareham Street 41.80436 -70.74063 Carver Wareham 29.38

215 Little Long Pond 41.80491 -70.66287 Plymouth/Wareham Wareham 18.37

217 Grassy Pond 41.80442 -70.59832 Plymouth Sagamore 7.35

218 Unnamed pond near Hammond Street 41.80209 -70.73039 Carver Wareham 14.69

220 Glen Charlie Pond 41.79163 -70.64837 Wareham Wareham 202.02

223 Unnamed pond southeast of Little Long Pond 41.79938 -70.65707 Wareham Wareham 25.71

224 Unnamed pond near Hammond Street 41.79991 -70.73188 Carver/Wareham Wareham 36.73

225 Tihonet Pond 41.79212 -70.71731 Wareham Wareham 117.54

226 Little Rocky Pond 41.79681 -70.60870 Plymouth Sagamore 11.02

227 Little Sandy Pond 41.79568 -70.60431 Plymouth Sagamore 33.06

229 Unnamed pond near Charge Pond Road 41.79632 -70.68938 Wareham Wareham 7.35

230 Unnamed pond near Main Street 41.79354 -70.76570 Wareham Snipatuit Pond 58.77

232 Bartlett Pond 41.79371 -70.63368 Wareham Wareham 11.02

233 Unnamed pond near Charge Pond Road 41.79310 -70.69969 Wareham Wareham 7.35

234 Unnamed pond near Charge Pond Road 41.79304 -70.69089 Wareham Wareham 7.35

235 Unnamed pond near Charge Pond Road 41.79085 -70.69239 Wareham Wareham 7.35

236 Mosquito Pond 41.79111 -70.72905 Wareham Wareham 11.02

237 Unnamed pond near Charge Pond Road 41.78965 -70.67773 Wareham Wareham 7.35239 Unnamed pond west of Glen Charlie Pond 41.78622 -70.65871 Wareham Wareham 7.35240 Black Pond 41.78435 -70.56047 Bourne Sagamore 7.35241 Unnamed pond near Rose Brook 41.78347 -70.73648 Wareham Wareham 14.69242 Unnamed pond near Maple Swamp 41.78224 -70.71743 Wareham Wareham 18.37243 Unnamed pond near Maple Swamp 41.77891 -70.71160 Wareham Wareham 14.69244 Weeks Pond 41.77820 -70.61482 Plymouth Sagamore 11.02

245 Mill and Spectacle Ponds 41.77309 -70.66475 Wareham Wareham 253.44246 Unnamed pond near Harlow Brook 41.77995 -70.70279 Wareham Wareham 3.67249 Unnamed pond near Harlow Brook 41.77886 -70.70427 Wareham Wareham 3.67251 Parker Mills Pond 41.77458 -70.72045 Bourne Sagamore 80.81252 Foundry Pond 41.77341 -70.56503 Bourne Sagamore 7.35
64 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts Table 1–1. Identifiers, names, locations, names of U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangles and modeled areas of ponds in the Plymouth-Carver aquifer, Sagamore, Monomoy, and Lower Cape aquifers.—Continued [Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system. Datum is North American Datum 1983. MMR, Massachusetts Military Reservation] Identifier Pond name Latitude (decimal degrees) Longititude, (decimal degrees) Town Name of topographic quadrangle Modeled area (acres) Plymouth–Carver Aquifer—Continued 253 Goat Pasture Pond 41.77259 -70.59877 Plymouth Wareham/Sagamore 22.04 254 Mare Pond 41.77279 -70.62516 Plymouth Sagamore 25.71 255 Unnamed pond south of Weeks Pond 41.77273 -70.61783 Wareham Wareham 14.69 256 Sandy Pond 41.77193 -70.65597 Wareham Wareham/Snipatuit Pond 29.38 259 Horseshoe Pond 41.76382 -70.75284 Wareham Wareham 66.12 260 Cedar Pond 41.76539 -70.66338 Wareham Wareham 14.69 262 Union Pond 41.76216 -70.67222 Wareham Wareham 18.37 263 Dicks Pond 41.75986 -70.65759 Wareham Wareham 47.75 264 Sand Pond 41.75977 -70.64586 Bourne Sagamore 11.02 265 Queen Sewell Pond 41.75507 -70.60488 Wareham Wareham 14.69 266 Blackmere Reservoir 41.75711 -70.73386 Bourne Sagamore 11.02 267 Nightingale Pond 41.75498 -70.59315 Wareham Wareham 7.35 268 Beaverdam Pond 41.75560 -70.67524 Wareham Wareham 7.35 270 Unnamed pond near Brandy Hill 41.75022 -70.68997 Bourne Pocasset 7.35 271 Bourne Pond 41.74846 -70.60204 Bourne Pocasset 11.02 Sagamore Aquifer

3 Lower Shawme Lake 41.75393 -70.50154 Sandwich Sagamore 29.38

4 Upper Shawme Lake 41.74734 -70.50164 Sandwich Pocasset 25.71

5 Hoxie Pond 41.73246 -70.43446 Sandwich Sandwich 11.02

6 Nye Pond 41.72696 -70.43308 Sandwich Sandwich 7.357 Mill Pond 41.72837 -70.59572 Bourne Pocasset 7.358 Clay Pond 41.71628 -70.59443 Bourne Pocasset 7.35

10 Unnamed pond, West Barnstable 41.70895 -70.38651 Barnstable Sandwich 22.04

11 Hinckley Pond 41.70502 -70.32358 Barnstable Hyannis 11.02

12 Spectacle Pond 41.70304 -70.45839 Sandwich Sandwich 88.1513 Lawrence Pond 41.69960 -70.44233 Sandwich Sandwich 132.2314 Dennis Pond 41.69549 -70.25345 Barnstable Hyannis 36.7315 Miss Thacher’s Pond 41.69620 -70.21828 Barnstable Dennis 11.02

16 Greenough Pond 41.69422 -70.23736 Barnstable Dennis 25.71
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Table 1–1. Identifiers, names, locations, names of U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangles and modeled areas of ponds in the Plymouth-Carver aquifer, Sagamore, Monomoy, and Lower Cape aquifers.—Continued [Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system. Datum is North American Datum 1983. MMR, Massachusetts Military Reservation]

Identifier Pond name Latitude (decimal degrees) Longititude, (decimal degrees) Town Name of topographic quadrangle Modeled area (acres)

Sagamore Aquifer—Continued

17 Elisha’s Pond 41.69522 -70.22856 Barnstable Dennis 11.02

18 Triangle Pond 41.69425 -70.45706 Sandwich Sandwich 69.79

19 Garrett’s Pond 41.69214 -70.35165 Barnstable Hyannis 29.38

20 Peters Pond 41.68908 -70.49230 Sandwich Sandwich 117.54

21 Flax Pond 41.68885 -70.59628 Bourne Pocasset 22.04

22 Little Pond 41.68621 -70.41912 Barnstable Sandwich 11.02

23 Hathaway Pond (north) 41.68405 -70.31225 Barnstable Hyannis 18.37

24 Snake Pond 41.68274 -70.52022 Sandwich Pocasset 77.13

25 Flax Pond 41.68266 -70.18634 Barnstable Dennis 11.02

26 Israel Pond 41.68150 -70.27862 Barnstable Hyannis 14.69

27 Mystic/Middle/Hamblin Pond 41.67408 -70.41347 Barnstable Sandwich 374.66

28 Lamson Pond 41.68029 -70.26839 Barnstable Hyannis 18.37

29 Hathaway Pond (south) 41.68078 -70.31524 Barnstable Hyannis 14.69

30 Wequaquet Lake 41.67115 -70.33885 Barnstable Hyannis 631.77

31 Pimlico Pond 41.67925 -70.49831 Sandwich Sandwich 11.02

32 Weeks Pond 41.67948 -70.52466 Sandwich Pocasset 14.69

33 Shallow Pond 41.67649 -70.32411 Barnstable Hyannis 80.81

34 Mashpee/Wakeby Pond 41.67037 -70.48674 Mashpee Sandwich 786.0435 Mary Dunn Pond 41.67491 -70.27875 Barnstable Hyannis 18.3736 Red Brook Pond 41.67688 -70.60963 Bourne Pocasset 14.6938 Phlashes Pond 41.66989 -70.22174 Barnstable Dennis 44.0839 Long Pond 41.66963 -70.19832 Barnstable Dennis 58.7740 Schubael Pond 41.67170 -70.39447 Barnstable Sandwich 62.4441 Bassetts Lot Pond 41.66673 -70.23352 Barnstable Dennis 7.3542 Long Pond 41.66669 -70.44434 Barnstable Sandwich 47.7543 Horse Pond 41.66460 -70.23941 Barnstable Dennis 25.7144 Muddy Pond 41.66659 -70.43409 Barnstable Sandwich 22.0445 Little Sandy Pond 41.66362 -70.24968 Barnstable Hyannis 11.02

46 Big Sandy Pond 41.66018 -70.23657 Barnstable Dennis 11.02
66 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts Table 1–1. Identifiers, names, locations, names of U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangles and modeled areas of ponds in the Plymouth-Carver aquifer, Sagamore, Monomoy, and Lower Cape aquifers.—Continued [Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system. Datum is North American Datum 1983. MMR, Massachusetts Military Reservation] Identifier Pond name Latitude (decimal degrees) Longititude, (decimal degrees) Town Name of topographic quadrangle Modeled area (acres) Sagamore Aquifer—Continued 47 Jabinettes Pond 41.65914 -70.24245 Barnstable Dennis 7.35 49 Santuit Pond 41.65365 -70.45919 Mashpee Cotuit 157.94 50 Long Pond 41.65575 -70.33620 Barnstable Hyannis 44.08 51 Osborn Pond 41.65793 -70.57330 Bourne Pocasset 14.69 52 Fawcetts Pond 41.64883 -70.30413 Barnstable Hyannis 7.35 53 North Pond 41.65066 -70.37581 Barnstable Cotuit 7.35 54 Lovells Pond 41.64800 -70.44172 Barnstable Cotuit 51.42 55 West Pond 41.64738 -70.37733 Barnstable Cotuit 11.02 56 Cedar Lake 41.64954 -70.62318 Bourne Pocasset 14.69 57 Washburn Pond 41.64400 -70.48423 Barnstable Cotuit 11.02 58 Simmons Pond 41.64008 -70.30722 Barnstable Hyannis 11.02 59 Moody Pond 41.64095 -70.51208 Mashpee Pocasset 25.71 60 Micah Pond 41.63862 -70.37895 Barnstable Cotuit 14.69 61 Bog Pond 41.63772 -70.39945 Barnstable Cotuit 7.35 62 Joshua Pond 41.63645 -70.38191 Barnstable Cotuit 11.02 63 Ashumet Pond 41.63236 -70.53416 Mashpee Pocasset 205.69 64 Eagle Pond 41.63469 -70.42731 Barnstable Cotuit 7.35 65 Johns Pond 41.62785 -70.52106 Mashpee Pocasset 326.91 67 Wings Pond 41.62652 -70.62642 Falmouth Onset 25.71 68 Deep Pond 41.62395 -70.57964 Falmouth Falmouth 29.38 69 Coonamessett Pond 41.61946 -70.56800 Falmouth Falmouth 172.64 70 Grassy Pond 41.62249 -70.53577 Falmouth Falmouth 7.35 71 Unnamed pond near Johns Pond 41.62123 -70.51677 Mashpee Falmouth 11.02 72 Martha Pond 41.62009 -70.51240 Mashpee Falmouth 11.02

73 Round Pond 41.61940 -70.56069 Falmouth Falmouth 11.02

74 Crooked Pond 41.61740 -70.58412 Falmouth Falmouth 36.7375 Unnamed pond near Johns Pond 41.61462 -70.51395 Mashpee Falmouth 7.3576 Crocker Pond 41.61664 -70.62656 Falmouth Woods Hole 7.3577 Shallow Pond 41.60973 -70.58570 Falmouth Falmouth 11.02
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Table 1–1. Identifiers, names, locations, names of U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangles and modeled areas of ponds in the Plymouth-Carver aquifer, Sagamore, Monomoy, and Lower Cape aquifers.—Continued [Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system. Datum is North American Datum 1983. MMR, Massachusetts Military Reservation]

Identifier Pond name Latitude (decimal degrees) Longititude, (decimal degrees) Town Name of topographic quadrangle Modeled area (acres)

Sagamore Aquifer—Continued

78 Round Pond 41.60089 -70.57851 Falmouth Falmouth 22.04

79 Jenkins Pond 41.59656 -70.58588 Falmouth Falmouth 88.15

80 Fresh Pond 41.59393 -70.53328 Falmouth Falmouth 11.02

81 Unnamed pond along Coonamessett River 41.59535 -70.57274 Falmouth Falmouth 14.69

82 Deer Pond 41.59554 -70.59613 Falmouth Falmouth 11.02

84 Flax Pond 41.58873 -70.56845 Falmouth Falmouth 18.37

85 Mares Pond 41.58788 -70.59917 Falmouth Falmouth 29.38

86 Spectacle Pond 41.58783 -70.59332 Falmouth Falmouth 18.37

87 Bourne Pond 41.58504 -70.52171 Falmouth Falmouth 7.35

88 Long Pond 41.57923 -70.61537 Falmouth Falmouth 143.25

89 Dean Pond 41.57028 -70.46639 Barnstable Cotuit 11.02

90 Grews Pond 41.56933 -70.61405 Falmouth Falmouth 14.69

91 Jones Pond 41.56159 -70.60684 Falmouth Falmouth 11.02

92 Morse Pond 41.55719 -70.60544 Falmouth Falmouth 11.02

93 Shivericks Pond 41.55399 -70.61718 Falmouth Falmouth 7.35

94 Siders Pond 41.54854 -70.62164 Falmouth Falmouth 33.06

95 Pond near MMR rotary 41.68549 -70.58754 Bourne Pocasset 7.35

96 Edmunds Pond 41.65464 -70.57334 Bourne Pocasset 11.02

98 Unnamed pond north of Shivericks Pond 41.55617 -70.61569 Falmouth Falmouth 7.3599 Jim Pond 41.56932 -70.48103 Mashpee Cotuit 14.69

100 Unnamed pond near Quaker Meetinghouse Rd 41.74370 -70.46212 Sandwich Sandwich 7.35101 Hog Pond (North) 41.68651 -70.45133 Sandwich Sandwich 7.35102 Hog Pond (South) 41.68323 -70.45285 Sandwich Sandwich 7.35103 Pattys Pond 41.65786 -70.44009 Barnstable Cotuit 7.35104 Round Pond 41.66725 -70.38870 Barnstable Sandwich 7.35105 Lambert Pond 41.65946 -70.37712 Barnstable Cotuit 14.69107 Miller Pond 41.69867 -70.24314 Yarmouth Dennis 7.35108 Flintrock Pond 41.67828 -70.28600 Barnstable Hyannis 7.35109 Spruce Pond 41.69111 -70.35899 Barnstable Hyannis 7.35

110 Sandy Hill Pond 41.69006 -70.36340 Barnstable Hyannis 7.35
68 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts Table 1–1. Identifiers, names, locations, names of U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangles and modeled areas of ponds in the Plymouth-Carver aquifer, Sagamore, Monomoy, and Lower Cape aquifers.—Continued [Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system. Datum is North American Datum 1983. MMR, Massachusetts Military Reservation] Identifier Pond name Latitude (decimal degrees) Longititude, (decimal degrees) Town Name of topographic quadrangle Modeled area (acres) Monomoy Aquifer

2 Cedar Pond 41.79445 -69.99186 Orleans Orleans 14.69

3 Harvey Pond 41.77969 -69.95554 Orleans Orleans 7.35

4 Crystal Lake 41.77457 -69.98353 Orleans Orleans 36.73

5 Baker Pond 41.76606 -70.00426 Orleans Harwich 29.38

6 Flax Pond 41.76635 -70.02625 Brewster Harwich 47.75

7 Pilgrim Lake 41.76464 -69.97937 Orleans Orleans 40.40

8 Blueberry and Salls Ponds 41.76449 -70.05269 Brewster Harwich 29.38

9 Cobbs Pond 41.76603 -70.08785 Brewster Harwich 18.37

10 Cliff and Little Cliff Ponds 41.75753 -70.02352 Brewster Harwich 242.42

11 Higgins Pond 41.75734 -70.00886 Brewster Harwich 25.71

12 Coles Pond 41.75674 -70.13644 Dennis Dennis 14.69

13 School House Pond 41.75292 -70.09254 Brewster Harwich 11.02

14 Ruth Pond 41.75216 -70.03244 Brewster Harwich 11.02

15 Smith Pond 41.74757 -70.10438 Brewster Harwich 11.02

16 Rafe Pond 41.74536 -70.01647 Brewster Harwich 11.02

17 Sheep Pond 41.73837 -70.07087 Brewster Harwich 143.25

18 Sarahs Pond 41.74151 -69.97405 Orleans Chatham 7.35

19 Twinings Pond 41.74165 -69.98431 Orleans Chatham 11.02

20 Griffiths Pond 41.74083 -70.09134 Brewster Harwich 29.3821 Lower Mill Pond 41.74106 -70.11039 Brewster Harwich 44.0822 Scargo Lake 41.74193 -70.18366 Dennis Dennis 47.7523 Shoal and Deep Ponds 41.73955 -69.99169 Orleans Chatham 18.3724 Uncle Seths Pond 41.73743 -69.99760 Orleans Chatham 7.3525 Canoe Pond 41.73679 -70.12074 Brewster Harwich 11.0226 Upper Mill Pond 41.73017 -70.11795 Brewster Harwich 238.7527 Long Pond 41.72511 -70.06384 Harwich Harwich 841.1428 Cedar Pond 41.73492 -70.14716 Dennis Dennis 11.02

29 Seymour Pond 41.72438 -70.09316 Harwich Harwich 183.6530 Aunt Pattys Pond 41.72723 -70.14732 Dennis Dennis 14.69
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Table 1–1. Identifiers, names, locations, names of U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangles and modeled areas of ponds in the Plymouth-Carver aquifer, Sagamore, Monomoy, and Lower Cape aquifers.—Continued [Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system. Datum is North American Datum 1983. MMR, Massachusetts Military Reservation]

Identifier Pond name Latitude (decimal degrees) Longititude, (decimal degrees) Town Name of topographic quadrangle Modeled area (acres)

Monomoy Aquifer—Continued

31 Walkers Pond 41.72260 -70.12691 Brewster Dennis 99.17

32 Slough Pond 41.72376 -70.13274 Brewster Dennis 25.71

33 Simmons Pond 41.72305 -70.16500 Dennis Dennis 7.35

34 Pine Pond 41.72052 -70.13721 Brewster Dennis 18.37

35 Bakers Pond 41.71953 -70.14602 Dennis Dennis 14.69

36 Hinckleys Pond 41.71337 -70.09048 Harwich Harwich 165.29

37 Hawksnest and Slack Ponds 41.71389 -70.04504 Harwich Harwich 33.06

38 Grassy Pond 41.71643 -70.16220 Dennis Dennis 22.04

39 Flax Pond 41.71562 -70.18713 Dennis Dennis 14.69

40 Walkers Pond 41.71179 -70.05242 Harwich Harwich 33.06

41 Elbow Pond 41.71380 -70.12563 Brewster Harwich 36.73

42 Matthews Pond 41.70945 -70.22388 Yarmouth Dennis 33.06

43 Aunt Edies Pond 41.70759 -70.06716 Harwich Harwich 18.37

44 Unnamed pond, North Chatham 41.70507 -69.95881 Chatham Chatham 7.35

45 Cornelius Pond 41.70640 -70.05986 Harwich Harwich 11.02

46 Robbins Pond 41.70484 -70.11117 Harwich Harwich 29.38

47 Stillwater Pond 41.70325 -69.98669 Chatham Chatham 18.37

48 Josephs Pond 41.70078 -70.04974 Harwich Harwich 22.0449 White Pond 41.70291 -70.13319 Dennis Dennis 11.02

50 Lovers Lake 41.69774 -69.98535 Chatham Chatham 40.4051 Bucks Pond 41.69961 -70.04390 Harwich Harwich 33.0652 Unnamed pond east of Bucks Pond 41.70061 -70.03656 Harwich Harwich 7.3553 Unnamed pond near Goose Pond 41.69904 -69.99997 Chatham Harwich 14.6954 Unnamed pond near Frost Frost Fish Creek 41.69641 -69.96781 Chatham Chatham 14.6955 Mill Pond 41.69828 -70.02636 Chatham Harwich 25.7156 Eagle Pond 41.69746 -70.13623 Dennis Dennis 7.3557 Goose Pond 41.69364 -70.00742 Chatham Harwich 33.0658 Schoolhouse Pond 41.69461 -69.99715 Chatham Chatham 18.3759 Emery Pond 41.69222 -69.98255 Chatham Chatham 14.69
70 Estimated Hydrologic Budgets of Kettle-Hole Ponds in Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts Table 1–1. Identifiers, names, locations, names of U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangles and modeled areas of ponds in the Plymouth-Carver aquifer, Sagamore, Monomoy, and Lower Cape aquifers.—Continued [Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system. Datum is North American Datum 1983. MMR, Massachusetts Military Reservation] Identifier Pond name Latitude (decimal degrees) Longititude, (decimal degrees) Town Name of topographic quadrangle Modeled area (acres) Monomoy Aquifer—Continued 60 Flax Pond 41.69149 -70.09682 Harwich Harwich 18.37 61 White Pond 41.68785 -69.98412 Chatham Chatham 29.38 62 Perch Pond 41.68773 -69.97534 Chatham Chatham 11.02 63 Sand Pond 41.68949 -70.11297 Harwich Harwich 18.37 64 Reservoir 41.68406 -70.11748 Harwich Harwich 88.15 65 Paddocks Pond 41.68227 -70.06187 Harwich Harwich 14.69 66 Grass Pond 41.67916 -70.07659 Harwich Harwich 18.37 67 Fresh Pond 41.67788 -70.15130 Dennis Dennis 29.38 68 Skinequit Pond 41.67325 -70.04304 Harwich Harwich 22.04 69 Run Pond 41.71878 -70.17534 Dennis Dennis 7.35 70 Kelleys Pond 41.65951 -70.17657 Dennis Dennis 33.06 71 Fund Pond 41.73281 -70.15453 Dennis Dennis 7.35 72 Olivers Pond 41.71601 -70.03913 Harwich Harwich 11.02 73 Andrews Pond 41.69787 -70.08056 Harwich Harwich 7.35 Lower Cape Aquifer

3 Unnamed pond near Great Pond 42.06732 -70.19553 Provincetown Provincetown 7.35

4 Great Pond 42.06498 -70.20052 Provincetown Provincetown 14.69

5 Bennett Pond 42.05917 -70.19909 Provincetown Provincetown 11.02

6 Duck Pond 42.05638 -70.19674 Provincetown Provincetown 7.357 Clapps Pond 42.05298 -70.20954 Provincetown Provincetown 47.758 Shank Painter Pond (west) 42.04916 -70.20109 Provincetown Provincetown 25.719 Shank Painter Pond (east) 42.04775 -70.20687 Provincetown Provincetown 18.37

10 Featherbed Swamp 41.97833 -70.02001 Truro Wellfleet 7.35

11 Great Pond 41.97460 -70.03077 Truro Wellfleet 36.73

12 Unnamed pond north of Round Pond 41.97321 -70.00878 Truro Wellfleet 3.6713 Round Pond 41.96960 -70.01097 Truro Wellfleet 7.3514 Horseleech Pond 41.96855 -70.00489 Truro Wellfleet 33.0615 Snow Pond 41.96937 -70.02812 Truro Wellfleet 7.3516 Gull Pond 41.95645 -70.00863 Wellfleet Wellfleet 113.87
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Table 1–1. Identifiers, names, locations, names of U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangles and modeled areas of ponds in the Plymouth-Carver aquifer, Sagamore, Monomoy, and Lower Cape aquifers.—Continued [Pond identifiers are unique within each aquifer system. Datum is North American Datum 1983. MMR, Massachusetts Military Reservation]

Identifier Pond name Latitude (decimal degrees) Longititude, (decimal degrees) Town Name of topographic quadrangle Modeled area (acres)

Lower Cape Aquifer—Continued

17 Ryder Pond 41.96669 -70.03108 Truro Wellfleet 22.04

18 Long Pond 41.94423 -70.00707 Wellfleet Wellfleet 44.08

19 Great Pond 41.93981 -69.99991 Wellfleet Wellfleet 58.77

20 Dyer Pond 41.93760 -70.01019 Wellfleet Wellfleet 14.69

21 Duck Pond 41.93190 -70.00022 Wellfleet Wellfleet 7.35

22 Unnamed pond northeast of Minister Pond 41.84998 -69.98717 Eastham Orleans 3.67

23 Unnamed pond northeast of Minister Pond 41.84544 -69.98858 Eastham Orleans 7.35

24 Minister Pond 41.84125 -69.97815 Eastham Orleans 33.06

25 Great Pond 41.83299 -69.99029 Eastham Orleans 117.54

26 Depot Pond 41.83217 -69.98096 Eastham Orleans 33.06

27 Unnamed pond west of Great Pond 41.83102 -69.99729 Eastham Orleans 3.67

28 Jemima Pond 41.82892 -69.98516 Eastham Orleans 7.35

29 Widow Harding Pond 41.82880 -69.99372 Eastham Orleans 7.35

30 Mill Pond 41.82601 -69.97754 Eastham Orleans 18.37

31 Herring Pond 41.82531 -69.98734 Eastham Orleans 40.40

32 Unnamed pond south of Mill Pond 41.81530 -69.97553 Eastham Orleans 11.02

33 Higgins Pond 41.96134 -70.00925 Wellfleet Wellfleet 33.06

34 Williams Pond 41.96436 -70.00832 Wellfleet Wellfleet 14.6935 Herring Pond 41.96297 -70.01409 Wellfleet Wellfleet 25.7136 Slough Pond 41.96715 -70.01066 Truro Wellfleet 33.06
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