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{{short description|Lake in the U.S. state of Massachusetts}}
{{Infobox lake
|name = Quaboag Pond
|image = QuaboagPond-Air-2006.jpg
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|location = [[Brookfield, Massachusetts|Brookfield]] / [[East Brookfield, Massachusetts|East Brookfield]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States]]
|coords = {{coord|42|11|14|N|72|04|05|W|type:waterbody_region:US-MA|display=inline,title}}
|type = [[Pond]]
|inflow = 
|outflow = 
|catchment = 
|basin_countries = United States
|length = 
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|area = {{convert|537|acre|ha|abbr=on}}
|depth = {{convert|7|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|max-depth = {{convert|10|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|volume =
|shore = {{convert|8.1|mi|km|abbr=on}}
|elevation = 594 ft (181.05 m)
|islands = 
|pushpin_map = Massachusetts
|cities =  [[East Brookfield, Massachusetts|East Brookfield]], [[Brookfield, Massachusetts|Brookfield]]
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'''Quaboag Pond''' is a {{convert|537|acre|km2|adj=on}} pond located a couple of miles south of and between [[East Brookfield, Massachusetts|East Brookfield]] and [[Brookfield, Massachusetts]]. The pond lies about two miles (3&nbsp;km) south of state [[Route 9 (Massachusetts)|Route 9]] as it passes through [[East Brookfield, Massachusetts|East Brookfield]]. Quaboag Pond was once named '''Podunk Pond'''.

==Description==
The average depth is 7 feet (2.13 m) with the maximum depth about 10 feet (3.05 m). The water is brown in color and quite warm in the summertime. Non-native invasive plants cover substantial portions of this pond; the pond lies in a swampy area, also subject to the invasive species.

Local swamps feed Quaboag Pond as well as inflow from the [[East Brookfield River]], a two-mile (3.22&nbsp;km) long river that heads at the [[Lake Lashaway]] Dam, and Quacumquasit Pond to its south. Some documents do not acknowledge the existence of the East Brookfield River and instead refer to this waterway as the Seven Mile River, although it is the [[Five Mile River (Quaboag River)|Five Mile River]] that the Lake Lashaway Dam impounds creating [[Lake Lashaway]], which feeds this river, not the Seven Mile. Quaboag Pond is part of the [[Chicopee River Watershed]] and it drains into the [[Quaboag River]].

==Fishing==
[[Lake Lashaway]], which flows into this pond, offers good fishing for many warm water fish. A survey conducted in 1994 showed thirteen species including Large and Small-mouth Bass, Chain Pickerel,  Yellow Perch, White Perch, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Brown and Yellow Bullhead, Golden Shiner, and Sucker. [[Lake Lashaway]] was stocked with Northern Pike in the past.

==References==
*[http://homeimprovement.state.ma.us/dfwele/dfw/dfw_pond/dfwlasha.pdf Lake Lashaway information]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061005195114/http://iaspub.epa.gov/tmdl/w305b_report_v2.huc?p_huc=01080204&p_state=MA East Brookfield River information]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061011070819/http://iaspub.epa.gov/tmdl/enviro_v2.wcontrol?p_id305b=MA36130 Quaboag Pond technical data]
*[http://qqla.org Quaboag Quacumquasit Lake Association (QQLA)]
*[http://qqla.org/slideshow/ Historic photographs]

==External links==
* [https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2016/08/np/dfwquabo.pdf MassWildlife map and information]

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{{Massachusetts lakes and ponds}}

[[Category:Lakes of Worcester County, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Ponds of Massachusetts]]