The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) announced today the annual fall drawdown of the lakes and ponds controlled by dams owned by DES. To access the drawdown schedule please visit the NHDES website or the Drawdown Schedule
LAKE | RIVER | TOWN | START DATE | DEPTH (in feet) FROM FULL |
Angle Pond | Bartlett Brook | Sandown | Oct. 14 | 2' |
Akers Pond | Greenough Brook | Errol | Oct. 14 | 1' |
Ayers Lake | Tributary to Isinglass River | Barrington | Oct. 21 | 3' |
Ballard Pond | Taylor Brook | Derry | Oct. 14 | 2' |
Barnstead Parade | Suncook River | Barnstead | Oct. 14 | 1.5' |
Black Reservoir1 | Willow Brook | Jaffrey | Oct. 14 | 5' |
Bow Lake | Isinglass River | Strafford | Oct. 14 | 4' |
Burns Lake | Tributary to Johns River | Whitefield | Oct. 14 | 1.3' |
Chesham Pond | Minnewawa Brook | Harrisville | Oct. 14 | 4' to 2' |
Crystal Lake | Crystal Lake Brook | Enfield | Oct. 14 | 4' |
Crystal Lake | Suncook River | Gilmanton | Oct. 14 | 3' |
Deering Reservoir | Piscataquog River | Deering | Oct. 14 | 4' |
East Washington Pond | Beards Brook | Washington | Oct. 14 | 2' |
Glen Lake/Greggs Falls | Piscataquog River | Goffstown | Oct. 26 | 1.5' |
Goose Pond | Goose Pond Brook | Canaan | Oct. 14 | 7.5' |
Grafton Pond | Bicknell Brook | Grafton | Oct. 14 | 2' |
Great East Lake | Salmon Falls River | Wakefield | Oct. 1 | 3' |
Great Pond | Powwow River | Kingston | Oct. 14 | 1' |
Highland Lake | North Branch Contoocook River | Stoddard | Oct. 14 | 3' |
Horace Lake (aka Weare Reservoir) | Piscataquog River | Weare | Oct. 12 | 5' |
Horn Pond | Salmon Falls River | Wakefield | Oct. 1 | 1.5' |
Howe Reservoir | Tributary to Minnewawa Brook | Dublin | Oct. 14 | 6' |
Island Pond | North Branch Contoocook River | Stoddard | Oct. 14 | 3' |
Lake Kanasatka | Tributary to Lake Winnipesaukee | Moultonboro | Nov. 1 | 1.5' |
Kezar Lake | Lane River | Sutton | Sept. 30 | 2' |
Kingswood Lake | Churchill Brook | Brookfield | Oct. 14 | 4' |
Lake Armington2 | Eastman Brook | Piermont | Oct. 14 | 3' |
Little Sunapee Lake | Kidder Brook | Sunapee | Oct. 1 | 27" |
Lovell Lake | Branch River | Wakefield | Oct. 14 | 3' |
Mascoma Lake3 | Mascoma River | Lebanon | Oct. 14 | 3' |
Mendums Pond | Little River | Nottingham | Nov. 9 | 7' |
Milton Three Ponds3 | Salmon Falls River | Milton | Oct. 14 | 3' |
Newfound Lake3 | Newfound River | Bristol | Oct. 14 | 2.5' |
Nay Pond | Dead River | Milan | Sept. 30 | 7.5" |
Nippo Pond | Nippo Brook | Barrington | Oct. 14 | 2' |
North River Pond | North River | Nottingham | Oct. 14 | 1' |
Northwood Lake | Little Suncook River | Epsom | Oct. 14 | 6' |
Ossipee Lake3 | Ossipee River | Effingham | Oct. 14 | 3.25' |
Pawtuckaway Lake | Pawtuckaway River | Nottingham | Oct. 14 | 7' |
Pequawket Lake | Tributary to Swift River | Conway | Nov. 1 | 2' |
Pine River Pond | Pine River | Wakefield | Oct. 14 | 8' |
Pleasant Lake | Tributary to Little Suncook River | Deerfield | Oct. 14 | 2' |
Robb Reservoir | North Branch Contoocook River | Stoddard | Oct. 14 | 2' |
Sawyer Lake | Badger Brook | Gilmanton | Oct. 14 | 3' |
Shellcamp Pond4 | Academy Brook | Gilmanton | Oct. 14 | 4' |
Silver Lake | Minnewawa Brook | Harrisville | Oct. 14 | 3' |
Squam Lake3 | Squam River | Ashland | Oct. 14 | 2.5' |
Stinson Lake5 | Stinson Brook | Rumney | Oct. 14 | 4' |
Sunapee Lake3 | Sugar River | Sunapee | Oct. 14 | 2.5' |
Suncook Lakes | Suncook River | Barnstead | Oct. 1 | 5' |
Sunrise Lake | Dames Brook | Middleton | Oct. 15 | 2' |
Sunset Lake | Suncook River | Alton | Oct. 14 | 7' |
Trickling Falls | Powwow River | East Kingston | Nov. 1 | 1' |
Webster Lake | Chance Brook | Franklin | Oct. 14 | 2' |