Sheepscot Pond

Sheepscot Pond (also called Sheepscot Lake) is the third-largest lake in Waldo County, Maine. It is in the township of Palermo, on the western edge of Waldo County.

Sheepscot Pond
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Location	Waldo County, Maine
Coordinates	44°21′30″N 69°25′54″W
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Sheepscot River
Primary outflows	Sheepscot River
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	3 mi (4.8 km)
Max. width	1.4 mi (2.3 km)
Surface area	1,215 acres (492 ha; 1.898 sq mi)[1] (or 1,193 acres[2])
Average depth	42 ft (13 m)[2]
Max. depth	150 ft (46 m)[1]
Surface elevation	284 ft (87 m)

The lake has a maximum depth of 150 feet[1] with well-oxygenated water. It contains more than 20 species of fish, and has historically been stocked with salmon, lake trout, and brook trout.[1] Attempts have been made to limit the lamprey eel population by closing the Alaskan Steep-Pass fishway to anadromous fish during their spawning migrations.[1]

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has rated the water quality of Sheepscot Pond as average, with total phosphorus concentrations of 5-10 parts per billion, and no significant positive or negative trend in Secchi disk transparencies.[3]

The lake provides water for the Palermo Fish Cultural Station.[4]