Balch Pond

Balch Pond
Stump Pond

Location	Carroll County, New Hampshire; York County, Maine
Coordinates	43°36′58″N 70°58′39″W / 43.61611°N 70.97750°W / 43.61611; -70.97750Coordinates: 43°36′58″N 70°58′39″W / 43.61611°N 70.97750°W / 43.61611; -70.97750
Primary outflows	Little Ossipee River
Catchment area	14.3 square miles (37 km²)
Basin countries	United States

Max. length	3.7 mi (6.0 km)
Max. width	1.7 mi (2.7 km)
Surface area	577 acres (2.34 km²)
Average depth	10 ft (3.0 m)
Max. depth	46 ft (14 m)
Water volume	6,578 acre·ft (8,114,000 m³)
Residence time	136 days
Shore length¹	10.1 miles (16.3 km)
Surface elevation	553 ft (169 m)

Settlements	Wakefield, New Hampshire; Acton and Newfield, Maine
¹ Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Balch Pond^[1] is a 577-acre (2.34 km²)^[2] water body located on the New Hampshire-Maine border, in the towns of Wakefield, New Hampshire, and Acton and Newfield, Maine. A northwest portion of the lake in New Hampshire is known as Stump Pond.^[3] Water flows from the eastern end of Balch Pond into the Little Ossipee River, a tributary of the Saco River.

The lake is classified as a warmwater fishery, with observed species including largemouth bass, chain pickerel, brown bullhead, black crappie, yellow perch, and sunfish.^[2]

References

Saco River watershed

Tributaries	Bearcamp River Beech River Charles River Chocorua River Cold River Cold River (Bearcamp) Cutler River Dan Hole River Deer River Dry River East Branch Saco River East Branch Whiteface River East Fork East Branch Saco River Ellis River Hancock Brook Kezar River Little Cold River Little Ossipee River Little River Little Saco River Lovell River Mad River Middle Branch Mad River Mill Brook New River Old Course Saco River Ossipee River Pequawket Brook Pine River Rocky Branch Sawyer River Shepards River South Branch Mad River South River Swift River Swift River (Bearcamp) Tenmile River West Branch West Branch Tenmile River Whiteface River Wonalancet River

Lakes	Lake Arrowhead Balch Pond Barker Pond Broad Bay Chocorua Lake Conway Lake Dan Hole Pond Echo Lake Hancock Pond Kezar Lake Lovewell Pond Moose Pond Ossipee Lake Pine River Pond Province Lake Sand Pond Silver Lake Skelton Dam

Towns	Acton Arundel Baldwin Bartlett Biddeford Bridgton Brownfield Buxton Chocorua Conway Cornish Dayton Denmark Eaton Effingham Freedom Fryeburg Hart's Location Hiram Hollis Limerick Limington Lovell Lyman Madison Newfield Ossipee Parsonsfield Porter Saco Sebago Shapleigh Standish Stoneham Stow Sweden Tamworth Tuftonboro Wakefield Waterboro Waterford

Landmarks	Crawford Notch Maine Central Railroad U.S. Route 302 White Mountains

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