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Martha's Vineyard Surface Waters Martha's Vineyard Surface Waters MV Watershed team Salt Fresh Revised/added to by W. Wilcox at Need Pond Pond Acres of Length of Common Fish Shellfish DEP WQ MVC Town Origin Info. Acreage acreage Watershed stream* Species Species 303D list assessment Figures in red are estimates Albert's Pond WT artificial/dammed 2 Angelina's Pond WT X Alvin's Lane Pond AQ Artificial X 0.3 Beetle Swamp ED perched 0.5 Big Homer's Barrier Beach Pond WT Pond 38 Black Brook AQ 1.5 miles Barrier Beach Black Point Pond CH Pond 68 Blackwater 2.5 mile (all Brook WT branches) Blackwater Brook Pond WT dammed 0.5 Bliss Pond CH artificial/dammed 3.5 Large Mouth Bass* Brine's Pond ED artificial/dug 2.5 (Imported*) Brookside Farm Pond CH Artificial/dammed 1 Brush Pond OB tidal 14 Butler's Pond WT X Cagney's Pond CH Artificial X Caleb's Pond ED tidal- once fresh 39 Quahogs? Barrier Beach Scallop & Cape Poge Pond ED Pond 1563 quahog Cedar Tree Neck Pond: see Barrier Beach Daggett's WT Pond 12/29/2015 Compiled by the Martha's Vineyard Watershed Team 1 Martha's Vineyard Surface Waters MV Watershed Tide team water Data corrected Tide Revised/added to by W. Wilcox at quality Collection Nutrient monitoring invasive Tide Data to Common Range Habitat Shellfish Area Sanitary MVC data Years Data group Lab species & Range Datum Feet assessment Classification Survey ~ indicates data not fully processed or insufficient Albert's Pond Angelina's Pond Alvin's Lane Pond bullfrog observed Beetle Swamp 2002 Big Homer's Pond Black Brook Black Point Pond Blackwater Brook Blackwater Brook Pond y 1999 v. ltd. RSVP/MVC RSVP Bliss Pond Brine's Pond Brookside Farm Pond 1986 Wilcox, Poole, Brush Pond Yes &1995/96 Yes Gaines WHOI phragmites Butler's Pond Cagney's Pond eel grass yes (MVC) mapping Caleb's Pond y 2000 y ltd. phinney smast ~2 feet n 1994 yes (MVC) eelgrass phinney/mvc- 1.9 to 2.0 mapping Cape Poge Pond y 2000; 2002 y wilcox smast feet n 1994 A Sep-92 Cedar Tree Neck Pond: see Daggett's 12/29/2015 Compiled by the Martha's Vineyard Watershed Team 2 Martha's Vineyard Surface Waters Town Water MV Watershed team supply well in Endangered Revised/added to watershed? Or by W. Wilcox at Public pond in well species MVC access contribution area Biomap habitat Priorities/Notes Albert's Pond Angelina's Pond Alvin's Lane I think this is a small backyard pond (a few 1000 s.f). right on Pond State Road. Beetle Swamp AKA Sweetened Water Farm Pond Big Homer's Pond Black Brook Circulation/flushing drains to Tisbury Great through a shallow Black Point Pond ditch Blackwater Brook road runoff at Lambert's Cove Road. Discharges as Coca Blackwater Cola Creek- strongly colored with tannins and periodically Brook Pond showing high fecal coliform counts. Bliss Pond Brine's Pond Yes Brookside Farm Pond heavily developed watershed and MV Hospital wastewater Brush Pond Yes outfall--nitrogen loading issue Butler's Pond Cagney's Pond Caleb's Pond Yes tidal flushing; natural channel is sinuous The most productive scallop pond in Mass. When its on. Cape Poge Pond Yes Some eelgrass decline in period from 2000 to 2002 Cedar Tree Neck Pond: see Daggett's This may AKA Dagget's Pond?? 12/29/2015 Compiled by the Martha's Vineyard Watershed Team 3 Martha's Vineyard Surface Waters MV Watershed team Salt Fresh Revised/added to by W. Wilcox at Need Pond Pond Acres of Length of Common Fish Shellfish DEP WQ MVC Town Origin Info. Acreage acreage Watershed stream* Species Species 303D list assessment American Eels, Alewives, Brook Trout, Banded Barrier Beach Killifish, Oysters Yes Chilmark Pond CH Pond 241 3173 Mummichogs (few) bacteria 1977 Crackatuxet Barrier Beach Cove ED Pond 39 Dug ponds for Cranberry Acres cranberry flood Reservoirs T water storage 6 Stream Crocker Pond WT Pond/dammed 8 Brook Trout Yellow Perch, White Perch, Chain Pickerel, Barrier Beach Goldfish* Crystal Lake OB Pond 12 (Imported*) Barrier Beach Daggett's Pond WT Pond 10 Chain Pickerel, Stream Brook Trout, Davis Pond WT Pond/dammed 2 Banded Killifish Dodger's Hole OB Kettle Hole 1 Chain Pickerel, Duarte's Pond OB Kettle Hole 5 Yellow Perch 1977 Brown Bullheads, Duarte's Pond WT Kettle Hole 20 Brook Trout White Perch, American Eels, Oysters, Edgartown Great Barrier Beach Alewives- DMF Soft Shell Pond ED Pond 842 5150 fish survey 2000 Clams 12/29/2015 Compiled by the Martha's Vineyard Watershed Team 4 Martha's Vineyard Surface Waters MV Watershed Tide team water Data corrected Tide Revised/added to by W. Wilcox at quality Collection Nutrient monitoring invasive Tide Data to Common Range Habitat Shellfish Area Sanitary MVC data Years Data group Lab species & Range Datum Feet assessment Classification Survey 1999-2000; yes (MVC) Chilmark Pond y 2002-2003 y MVC/Wilcox SMAST phragmites ~0.45 feet Yes 0-0.45 P phragmites; Crackatuxet Gaines/Whoi & purple Cove Yes 1993; 2003 Yes Wilcox/MVC loosestrife Cranberry Acres Reservoirs Nat. 2002 one Seashore/Basin Nat. Crocker Pond Yes time Yes team seashore East chop assoc/RSVP/MV SAV-1978 Crystal Lake Yes 1992-2002 Yes C U. Wash. phragmites update 2002 y very Daggett's Pond Yes 1998 limited MVC SMAST Davis Pond Nat. 2002 one Seashore/Basin Nat. Dodger's Hole y time y very ltd. team seashore Duarte's Pond Nat. 2002 one Seashore/Basin Nat. Duarte's Pond y time y very ltd. team seashore phragmites; In process; widely UMass scattered y(Gaines & Coastal Edgartown Great 1993 - yes- smast,gai purple Wilcox 0.1 - Systems Pond y present extensive gaines/mvc nes, UW loosestrife 2003) No 0.7 group CA 12/29/2015 Compiled by the Martha's Vineyard Watershed Team 5 Martha's Vineyard Surface Waters Town Water MV Watershed team supply well in Endangered Revised/added to watershed? Or by W. Wilcox at Public pond in well species MVC access contribution area Biomap habitat Priorities/Notes poor circulation/tidal flushing; Marsh and shoals around inlet Chilmark Pond Yes reduce tidal flow. Crackatuxet Poor circulation/flushing. Reconnected to Edgartown Great Cove Pond in 2003 restoration project. Cranberry Acres Water willow Reservoirs borer Crocker Pond private not On-going eutrophic conditions. Weed control undertaken in Crystal Lake enforced 2002 for phragmites and potamegeton Daggett's Pond bluegreen algae bloom in 1997; considerable tannin coloration. Davis Pond pbl. water Dodger's Hole willow borer open water very restricted by emergent marsh & water willow Duarte's Pond Stocked with trout Duarte's Pond Machacket, Edgartown Great Yes boat Quenomica and Tidal/flushing circulation and nitrogen loading; dermo disease Pond slide Wintucket wells in oysters; Eelgrass loss in 1999. 12/29/2015 Compiled by the Martha's Vineyard Watershed Team 6 Martha's Vineyard Surface Waters MV Watershed team Salt Fresh Revised/added to by W. Wilcox at Need Pond Pond Acres of Length of Common Fish Shellfish DEP WQ MVC Town Origin Info. Acreage acreage Watershed stream* Species Species 303D list assessment Scallops , soft shell Barrier Beach clams (few), Pond. Barrier now quahogs Eel Pond ED largely dispersed 115 (few) Possibly Barrier Beach pbly some some Farm Pond OB Pond 33 463 herring quahogs Stream Brook Trout, Fisher Pond WT Pond/dammed 10 Banded Killifish Flat Bottom Pond T 3 Chain Pickerel, Brown Bullheads, Yellow Perch, Large and Small Mouth Bass*, Brown and Rainbow Trout*, Fresh Pond AKA Bluegills* Wiggie's OB Kettle Hole 9 (Imported*) Fulling Mill Brook CH Stream 1.25 miles Brook Trout Gaymark Pond CH Artificial 2 Glimmerglass Pond WT dammed?? X 2 Gray's Pond WT 5 Barrier Beach Hamlin's Pond OB Pond 5 Chain Pickerel, Harlock Pond CH Kettle Hole 14 Yellow Perch 12/29/2015 Compiled by the Martha's Vineyard Watershed Team 7 Martha's Vineyard Surface Waters MV Watershed Tide team water Data corrected Tide Revised/added to by W. Wilcox at quality Collection Nutrient monitoring invasive Tide Data to Common Range Habitat Shellfish Area Sanitary MVC data Years Data group Lab species & Range Datum Feet assessment Classification Survey Eel Pond y very limited eval. eelgrass Storm yes (MVC) mapping Farm Pond y 2000; 2003 runoff MVC/OB u. Wash. phragmites ~0.3 feet n 0.3 1994 P Fisher Pond Flat Bottom Pond 1998-2001 Hach Kit Fresh Pond AKA very 2002 one very RSVP/MVC & Nat. Wiggie's limited time limited &Nat Seashore Seashore Fulling Mill Brook v. ltd. RSVP/MVC v. ltd. RSVP/MVC Hach Kit water lilies/ Gaymark Pond bamboo Glimmerglass Pond Gray's Pond Hamlin's Pond phragmites Nat. 2002 one Seashore/Basin Nat. Harlock Pond v. ltd. time y very ltd. team seashore 12/29/2015 Compiled by the Martha's Vineyard Watershed Team 8 Martha's Vineyard Surface Waters Town Water MV Watershed team supply well in Endangered Revised/added to watershed? Or by W. Wilcox at Public pond in well species MVC access contribution area Biomap habitat Priorities/Notes Yes boat Eel Pond slide Yes, Culvert under Beach Road is inadequate therefore tidal small flushing is not what it could be. Eelgrass bed appears to be in Farm Pond pier Yes good health. Fisher Pond Flat Bottom Pond Fresh Pond AKA Wiggie's Stocked with trout Fulling Mill Brook Gaymark Pond Weed problems Glimmerglass water willow Pond borer?? Gray's Pond Hamlin's Pond Harlock Pond 12/29/2015 Compiled by the Martha's Vineyard Watershed Team 9 Martha's Vineyard Surface Waters MV Watershed team Salt Fresh Revised/added to by W.
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