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
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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
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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??
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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
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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
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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
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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
Herring Creek ED man made creek 1.2 miles herring?
Ice House Pond- see Old House WT Kettle Hole 11.0
James' Pond WT 41 herring? clams James Pond West WT Dammed 4 Jennie's Pond WT X
Jernegan Pond ED Kettle Hole 3 Barrier Beach Yellow Perch, Job's Neck Pond ED Pond 68 Chain Pickerel Job's Neck Barrier Beach Pond, East ED Pond 17 Job's Neck Barrier Beach Pond, West ED Pond 6 Edgartow clams, n Harbor Barrier Beach quahogs Yes Katama Bay ED Pond 1695 scallops bacteria clams, Barrier Beach quahogs Lagoon Pond OB/T Pond 583 3868 herring scallops 1977 Barrier Beach Lily Pond AQ Pond 3 Lily Pond ED 1 Barrier Beach Lily Pond WT Pond 0.5 Little Pond ED Kettle Hole 0.5 Little Homer's Barrier Beach Pond WT Pond 5 Barrier Beach Long Cove Pond WT Pond 79 500
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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
Herring Creek y 1993 gaines/whoi whoi whoi phragmites Nat. Ice House Pond- Seashore/Basin see Old House y 2002 one time Y team yes (MVC) Yes 0.3 to 0.4 James' Pond (2003) 2003 Y Wilcox/MVC SMAST phragmites feet No P James Pond Yes West (2003) 2003 Y MVC SMAST Jennie's Pond Nat. 2002 one Seashore/Basin Nat. Jernegan Pond v. ltd. time y very ltd. team seashore
Job's Neck Pond MC Job's Neck Pond, East Job's Neck Pond, West
Yes Katama Bay ltd. ~1990 gaines/whoi whoi whoi (WHOI) CA Yes- eelgrass 1986 - variable Wilcox, Poole, yes (MVC) mapping Lagoon Pond Yes 2003 each year Gaines WHOI phragmites 1.75 feet n 1.75 1994 A/CA/P 1994
Lily Pond Lily Pond
Lily Pond Little Pond Little Homer's Pond 1995, WHOI , Long Cove Pond Yes 1996,2000 Yes MVC/ TTOR SMAST
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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
Herring Creek Portions in restoration from 2003
Ice House Pond- see Old House See OLD HOUSE POND below
James' Pond Circulation/tidal flushing/excess plant growth/anoxia in 2003 James Pond West Jennie's Pond
Yes Jernegan Pond (skating) Yes
Job's Neck Pond Job's Neck Pond, East Job's Neck Pond, West
Eelgrass disappeared by 1998. Large reduction in eelgrass in Katama Bay Ramp outer harbor area noted in 1999. circulation and nitrogen loading; stormwater runoff ; anoxia in 2002 & 2003; loss of eelgrass- 30% coverage in 1994 down to Lagoon Pond Ramp yes 13% in 1999.
Lily Pond Lily Pond yes
Lily Pond Little Pond Yes Little Homer's Pond
Long Cove Pond TTOR
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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
Looks Pond WT dammed stream 4 Mayhew's Trout Pond WT 1 important Soft Shell herring run, Clams, Barrier Beach bluefish, striped Scallops, Yes Menemsha Pond CH/AQ Pond 665 1856 bass Quahogs bacteria 1977 Middle Point Barrier Beach Cove WT Pond 20
Gold Shiners, Mill Banded Killifish, Brook draining to Tessellated Chilmark Pond CH Stream 2.4 miles Darters Mill Brook draining to Old 1.6 miles Mill Pond WT & CH (3.25 miles) Eel; tesselated darters; golden shiners; brown bullheads Brown Bullheads, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Large Mouth Bass*, Brown and Rainbow Trout*, Bluegills* Mill Pond WT Artificial/dammed 4 1000 (Imported*) 1977 Mink Meadows Pond T Artificial 8 Soft Shell Clams(few), Scallops Nashaquitsa (few), Pond CH 92 2140 Quahogs 1977
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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 Nat. 2002 one Seashore/Basin Nat. Looks Pond v. ltd. time y very ltd. team seashore Mayhew's Trout Pond
1995 - eelgrass 2000; 2002- WHOI, yes (MVC) 2.95 mapping Menemsha Pond Yes 2003 Yes Tribe, MVC SMAST phragmites 3.0 feet y feet 1994 A Middle Point Cove 2000 rapid assessment Mill indicates Brook draining to good trophic Chilmark Pond structure Mill Brook draining to Old Slightly Mill Pond impaired
Mill Pond Yes limited 1998-2000 Yes limited RSVP/MVC Hach Kit Mink Meadows Pond phragmites
Nashaquitsa deqe eelgrass Pond Yes 1977; 1995 &MVC Tribe & MVC SMAST mapping
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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
Looks Pond Increasing growth of pondweed noted in 2001 and 2002 Mayhew's Trout Pond
Menemsha Pond Yes Middle Point Cove
Mill Brook draining to Chilmark Pond Mill Brook draining to Old Mill Pond
Yes water willow Mill Pond aesthetic borer? Mink Meadows Pond
Yes, small Nashaquitsa pier & Pond ramp
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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
No Bottom Pond WT X
North Neck Pond ED 2
Oak Bluffs Barrier Beach Yes, Harbor OB Pond 30 quahogs bacteria 1977 Obed Daggett SEE Daggett's ?? WT Artificial
Occooch Pond AQ 4
Chain Pickerel, Yellow Perch, Banded Killifish, Old House Pond WT Kettle Hole 11 Swamp Darters Old Mill Pond NOTE THIS IS THE SAME AS MILL POND above WT Stream Pond Soft Shell Clams Barrier Beach (few), Yes, Oyster Pond ED Pond 207 2500 Oysters bacteria
Paint Mill Brook CH Stream 0.81 miles Brook Trout Paint Mill Brook Pond CH Artificial 3 Paint Mill Brook Barrier beach Pond 2 CH pond 5 Barrier beach Paqua Pond ED pond 14 manmade or Parsonage Pond WT enhanced 0.75
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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
No Bottom Pond
North Neck Pond eelgrass Oak Bluffs 1977;2001 mapping Harbor Yes thru 2003 deqe MVC SMAST 1994 CA Obed Daggett SEE Daggett's 1997 one ?? v. ltd. time Yes MVC SMAST Nat. 2002 one Seashore/Basin Nat. Occooch Pond v. ltd. time y very ltd. team seashore
Nat. 2002 one Seashore/Basin Nat. Old House Pond v. ltd. time y very ltd. team seashore Old Mill Pond NOTE THIS IS THE SAME AS MILL POND above
Oyster Pond Yes 1995-6 Yes Wilcox/MVC WHOI MC 2000 non- Paint Mill Brook impacted Paint Mill Brook Pond Paint Mill Brook Pond 2
Paqua Pond MC
Parsonage Pond
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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
No Bottom Pond
North Neck Pond
Oak Bluffs Heavy summer use by boats; substantial stormwater runoff, Harbor Ramp seasonally closed to shellfishing. Obed Daggett SEE Daggett's ?? sampled in response to blue-green algae bloom
water willow Occooch Pond borer? open water was very limited during October visit
residents feel there is a decline in water quality; lower transparency; increased weed growth; bullfrogs; may have Old House Pond been stocked years ago species unknown Old Mill Pond NOTE THIS IS THE SAME AS MILL POND above
Oyster Pond dermo disease in oysters
Paint Mill Brook Paint Mill Brook Pond Paint Mill Brook Pond 2
Paqua Pond Water willow Parsonage Pond borer?
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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 Pease Pond, Barrier Beach Chappaquiddick ED Pond 7.5 Yellow Perch (before open to Cape Poge Scallops Pond in 1940s mainly in Barrier Beach increasing channel. Pocha Pond ED Pond 114 salinity) Mussels?
Priester's Pond WT Stream Pond 5 Brook Trout Barrier Beach Quenames Cove CH Pond 17 Rainwater Pond WT X R.D. William Pond WT Artificial X Rhoda Pond T Part of Tashmoo
Roaring Brook CH Stream 1.7 miles Brook Trout 1977 Round Pond CH X
Self's Pond (Chappaquiddick ED 3.25 Soft Shell Flooded Clams, Sengekontacket topographic low herring limited Scallops, Yes, Pond OB/ED spot. 691 4089 run Quahogs bacteria 1977
Chain Pickerel, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Banded Killifish, Swamp Darters, Large and Small Mouth Bass*, Brown and Rainbow Trout*, Bluegills* Seth's Pond WT Kettle Hole 11.4 87 (Imported*) 1977
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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 Pease Pond, Chappaquiddick
yes (MVC) 2000 & Phinney & ~ 1.5 to 2 Pocha Pond Yes 2003 Yes Wilcox/MVC Smast feet n A Nat. 2002 one Seashore/Basin Nat. Priester's Pond v. ltd. time y very ltd. team seashore
Quenames Cove phragmites Rainwater Pond R.D. William Pond Rhoda Pond RSVP/Ha Roaring Brook Yes 1999 v. ltd. RSVP/MVC ch Round Pond
Self's Pond (Chappaquiddick
Sengekontacket 1994 -6; yes (MVC) Pond Yes 2003 Yes MVC, Gaines WHOI 2.01 feet n 1.95 A 1999
SAV study 1977, update Seth's Pond Yes 2001 Yes WT/MVC U. Wash. bullfrogs 2001
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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 Pease Pond, Chappaquiddick
Yes, TTOR MVLB No eelgrass; muck bottom; very few shellfish except in the Pocha Pond trail channel near the Dike Bridge
Priester's Pond
Quenames Cove Rainwater Pond R.D. William Pond Rhoda Pond
Roaring Brook Round Pond
Self's Pond (Chappaquiddick
Sengekontacket Eelgrass beds disappeared in the late 1980's and have not re- Pond Ramp yes established. Tidal flood deltas periodically reduce tidal flow.
stormwater runoff correction on Lambert's Cove Road: stocked Seth's Pond Beach pvt. Wells with trout; mercury elevated in resident fish
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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
part of Cape Shear Pen Pond ED Pogue 34 Quahogs Sheriffs Pond ED 5
Smith Brook T 0.85 Smith Brook Barrier Beach Pond T Pond 1
Oysters, Squibnocket Barrier Beach White Perch, Soft Shell Pond CH Pond 603 1303 Alewives Clams(few) Squibnocket Ridge Pond CH 13 Stan Murphy's Pond WT Artificial/dammed 3
Scallops, Stonewall Pond CH 23 2140 quahogs Straight Pond CH Artificial X
Sunset Lake OB 5 Swamp Meadow Brook CH Scallops, Soft Shell Barrier Beach new herring run Clams, Tashmoo Pond T Pond 270 ~1800 added 2002 Quahogs 1977 Brook Trout, Tessellated Darters, American Eels, Tiasquam River WT Stream 2.5 miles Alewives 1977 Yellow Perch, Bluegills* Tiny Chet's Pond CH Kettle Hole X (Imported*)
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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 eelgrass mapping Shear Pen Pond Yes 2003 Yes Wilcox/MVC SMAST 1994 Sheriffs Pond RSVP/Ha Smith Brook Yes 1999 v. ltd. RSVP/MVC ch Smith Brook Pond
yes (MVC) 1989; 1995 - tide is Squibnocket 2000; 2002- Gaines, MVC, WHOI, insignifican Pond Yes 2003 Yes Tribe SMAST phragmites t n 0 -0.47 Squibnocket Ridge Pond Stan Murphy's Pond 1995 & 2000 to Gaines, MVC, WHOI, Stonewall Pond at outflow 2003 Yes Tribe SMAST phragmites ? Straight Pond 2001 & Sunset Lake Yes 2003 Yes MVC SMAST Swamp Meadow Brook
2001 & Yes (MVC) eelgrass Tashmoo Pond Yes 2003 Yes MVC smast 2.0 ft. n mapping A/P 1993
RSVP/Ha 2000 slightly Tiasquam River Yes 1999 v. ltd. RSVP/MVC ch impacted
Tiny Chet's Pond
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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
Shear Pen Pond Sheriffs Pond
Smith Brook Smith Brook Pond There may be a few soft shell clams but no quahogs or scallops. The pond maintains a salinity around 10ppt but is very poorly circulated to Menemsha pond-- some Squibnocket improvements to the channel might help. Eutrophic particularly Pond in cove near Stonewall Beach. Squibnocket Ridge Pond Stan Murphy's If this is the dammed pond on the Tiasquam below the South Pond Road it is also known as Warren's Pond
Stonewall Pond Straight Pond
Sunset Lake Flushing and stormwater runoff. Swamp Meadow Brook
Tidal circulation and nitrogen loading. Eelgrass beds have Tashmoo Pond Ramp Yes declined. 30% coverage in 1994 decreased to 15% in 1999.
Tiasquam River Some runoff from road crossings-- many were corrected.
Tiny Chet's Pond
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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
White Perch, American Eels, Striped Killifish, Mummichogs, Oysters, Tisbury Great Barrier Beach Alewives, Brook Soft Shell Yes, Pond WT/CH Pond 736 12250 Trout Clams bacteria Tom's Neck ED 5
Barrier Beach Brook Trout, Soft shell Trapp's Pond ED Pond 45 504 White Perch clams 1977
Unnamed Brook CH 0.8 miles Uncle Seth's Pond NOTE This is Seth's WT Kettle Hole
Large and Small Mouth Bass*, Upper Chilmark Barrier Beach Bluegills* Pond CH Pond 38 2122 (Imported*) Brown and Rainbow Trout * Upper Lagoon (Imported*); Pond OB/T dammed 11 herring Upper Tashmoo Pond T Dammed 1 Herring
Vineyard Haven Scallops, Yes, Harbor T jettied quahogs bacteria 1977 Barrier Beach Chain Pickerel, Watcha Pond WT Pond 61 White Perch 12/29/2015 Compiled by the Martha's Vineyard Watershed Team 25 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
Tisbury Great 1995 -6, MVC. Taylor, WHOI/ yes (MVC) Pond Yes 2000-2003 Yes TTOR, Wilcox SMAST phragmites ~ 0.6 feet n 0.65 CA and some P Tom's Neck
1995 -1996 yes (MVC) Trapp's Pond Yes & 2003 Yes MVC WHOI phragmites 0.55 feet 0.6
Unnamed Brook Uncle Seth's Pond NOTE This is Seth's
1999-2000 Upper Chilmark & 2003 at Pond Yes outlet Yes MVC SMAST phragmites 2002 weekly Upper Lagoon May thru 2002 & Pond Sep 2003 N, P, Si OB/MVC SMAST Upper Tashmoo Pond
eel grass mapping 1994& 1999; harbor Vineyard Haven managemen Harbor Yes deqe t plan 1993, CA 1999
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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
MVLB Tisbury Great boat Tidal circulation/flushing; nitrogen loading and dermo disease Pond slide in the oysters. Tom's Neck
Tide range greatly reduced by passage from Senge. thru Beach Road culvert. Nitrogen loading. Eelgrass beds are Trapp's Pond Yes Yes heavily coated with epiphytes.
Unnamed Brook Flows into Menemsha Pond at Peases Point. Uncle Seth's Pond NOTE This is Seth's
Upper Chilmark Has shown some symptoms of eutrophication including a large Pond number of Pectinitella magnifica bryozoans. This pond had a serious bloom during 2002 with ChlA up to 60 to 190 ug/l. It is stocked with trout annually. Was stocked with Upper Lagoon herring several times to establish new run. It has Pectinitella Pond Yes, trail Yes magnifica bryozoans. Upper Tashmoo Pond Yes, trail Yes
Yes, Working harbor receives some stormwater runoff; part of Vineyard Haven Town watershed will be sewered. Eelgrass bed along seawall Harbor pier decreased by 40 % from 1994 to 1999.
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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 Watering Place WT X Witch Brook AQ 0.5 miles Witch Brook AQ 0.65 miles
Witch (Black) Pond AQ Kettle Hole 5 Yellow Perch
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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 Watering Place Witch Brook Witch Brook Nat. Witch (Black) 2002 one Seashore/Basin Nat. Pond v. ltd. time y very ltd. team seashore
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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 Watering Place Witch Brook Witch Brook
Witch (Black) Pond
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