| Sheepscot Pond | |
| Coords: | 44.3583°N -69.4317°W |
| Type: | reservoir |
| Outflow: | Sheepscot River |
| Basin Countries: | United States |
| Length: | 3miles |
| Width: | 1.4miles |
| Area: | 1215acres[1] (or 1,193 acres[2]) |
| Depth: | 42feet |
| Max-Depth: | 150feet |
| Elevation: | 284feet |
| Pushpin Map: | Maine#USA |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Sheepscot Pond in Maine, USA. |
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.
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]