Mendum's Pond

Mendums Pond
Location Strafford / Rockingham counties, New Hampshire
Coordinates 43°10′24″N 71°3′51″W / 43.17333°N 71.06417°W / 43.17333; -71.06417Coordinates: 43°10′24″N 71°3′51″W / 43.17333°N 71.06417°W / 43.17333; -71.06417
Type glacial lake
Primary outflows Little River
Basin countries United States
Max. length 1.3 mi (2.1 km)
Max. width 0.5 mi (0.80 km)
Surface area 253 acres (1.02 km2)
Average depth 25 ft (7.6 m)
Max. depth 45 ft (14 m)
Surface elevation 225 feet (69 m)
Islands 7
Settlements Barrington

Mendums Pond is a 253-acre (1.02 km2) water body located primarily in Strafford County in eastern New Hampshire, United States, in the town of Barrington. Its extreme southern end dips into the town of Nottingham in Rockingham County. The pond is located on the Little River, a tributary of the Lamprey River and part of the larger Piscataqua River watershed.

Together with Pawtuckaway Pond, Mendums Pond was once a reservoir for the Newmarket Manufacturing Company, a water powered cotton textile manufacturer founded in 1822. During drought, a regulated flow would be released from the dam to run mills downriver in Newmarket.

The University of New Hampshire owns 187.6 acres (0.8 km2) of forestland on Mendums Pond. Arthur W. McDaniel donated a small parcel to the college in 1930, then the remainder in 1970. Located at the shoreline is the UNH Sailing Club, which holds intra-collegiate races, with the rest of the property divided into areas for recreation, wildlife and timber harvesting.

The lake is classified as a warmwater fishery, with observed species including smallmouth and largemouth bass, chain pickerel, and horned pout.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mendums Pond, Barrington" (PDF). NH Fish & Game. Retrieved September 3, 2014.


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