Ball Pond
Ball Pond is an 83-acre lake located in New Fairfield, Connecticut. It is the namesake of the CDP of the same name.
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| Location | New Fairfield, Connecticut |
| Coordinates | 41°27′49″N 73°31′26″W |
| Surface area | 83 acres (34 ha) |
| Average depth | 7 meters (23 ft) |
| Max. depth | 16 meters (52 ft) |
| Water volume | 2,150,000 cubic metres (76,000,000 cu ft) |
Ball Pond is a glacial kettle lake naturally filled by groundwater springs and surface water runoff. It is located within the drainage basin of the Housatonic River and has a watershed of 246 acres (100 ha). The watershed mostly contains residential developments with septic-sewage systems, which load the lake with nitrogen and phosphorus. The pond has one outflow, Ball Pond Brook, which itself drains into Candlewood Lake.
The lake was originally named Lake Hahlawah after a local medicine man. The Hahlawah Preserve is three parcels of protected forestland near Ball Pond.
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