Stump Pond (Pembroke, Massachusetts)
| Stump Pond | |
|---|---|
| Location | Pembroke, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42°04′55″N 70°46′23″W / 42.08194°N 70.77306°WCoordinates: 42°04′55″N 70°46′23″W / 42.08194°N 70.77306°W |
| Type | reservoir |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 100 acres (40 ha) |
| Settlements | East Pembroke |
Stump Pond, also known as Reservoir MA94127, was a 113-acre (0.46 km2) reservoir in Pembroke, Massachusetts in the East Pembroke section of the town, east of the northern end of the Routes 14 and 53 concurrency, west of Keene Pond and southwest of Arnold School Pond. Stump Pond was drained in December 1992 due to the failure of an earthen dam on the north-west flank of the body of water adjacent to an inactive cranberry bog. The waterbody was built on existing swampland containing the tertiary streams which are headwaters to Pudding Brook that ultimately drains into the North River. It is unclear when the swampland was flooded to support private cranberry bog operations though it likely occurred sometime in the early to mid twentieth century. Stump Pond's legacy remains printed on paper and digital maps nearly 25 years after its draining. The land it once expanded across has undergone significant successional change and is now home to a wide variety of swampland wildlife and vegetation which likely inhabited the area prior to its flooding.