Dudley Pond Dam dam
Dudley Pond Dam
Dudley Pond Dam, located in Deering, New Hampshire, along Dudley Brook, serves primarily for recreational purposes. This private earth dam stands at 13 feet in height and stretches across 250 feet, providing a storage capacity of 120 acre-feet. Despite its low hazard potential, the dam is assessed to be in poor condition, highlighting the need for maintenance and improvements to ensure its long-term safety and functionality.
Managed by the NHDES Dam Bureau, Dudley Pond Dam is subject to state regulation, inspection, and enforcement, indicating a commitment to ensuring its compliance with safety standards. The dam's spillway type is uncontrolled, with a width of 6 feet, and the drainage area it serves covers 3 square miles. With a moderate risk assessment rating, stakeholders should consider implementing risk management measures to address any potential vulnerabilities and protect the surrounding community and environment from the impacts of dam failure.
Although Dudley Pond Dam's primary purpose is for recreation, its critical role in water resource management cannot be overlooked. As water resource and climate enthusiasts, it is essential to advocate for the necessary actions to improve the dam's condition, enhance its resiliency to climate change impacts, and safeguard the valuable water resources it supports. By prioritizing maintenance, monitoring, and risk mitigation efforts, stakeholders can ensure the long-term sustainability of Dudley Pond Dam and its surrounding ecosystem.
Dam data reference
Condition Assessment
- Satisfactory
- No existing or potential dam safety deficiencies are recognized. Acceptable performance is expected under all loading conditions (static, hydrologic, seismic) in accordance with the minimum applicable state or federal regulatory criteria or tolerable risk guidelines.
- Fair
- No existing dam safety deficiencies are recognized for normal operating conditions. Rare or extreme hydrologic and/or seismic events may result in a dam safety deficiency. Risk may be in the range to take further action.
- Poor
- A dam safety deficiency is recognized for normal operating conditions which may realistically occur. Remedial action is necessary. POOR may also be used when uncertainties exist as to critical analysis parameters which identify a potential dam safety deficiency.
- Unsatisfactory
- A dam safety deficiency is recognized that requires immediate or emergency remedial action for problem resolution.
- Not Rated
- The dam has not been inspected, is not under state or federal jurisdiction, or has been inspected but, for whatever reason, has not been rated.
Hazard Potential Classification
- High
- Dams assigned the high hazard potential classification are those where failure or mis-operation will probably cause loss of human life.
- Significant
- Dams assigned the significant hazard potential classification are those dams where failure or mis-operation results in no probable loss of human life but can cause economic loss, environmental damage, disruption of lifeline facilities, or impact other concerns. Significant hazard potential classification dams are often located in predominantly rural or agricultural areas but could be in areas with population and significant infrastructure.
- Low
- Dams assigned the low hazard potential classification are those where failure or mis-operation results in no probable loss of human life and low economic and/or environmental losses. Losses are principally limited to the owner's property.
- Undetermined
- Dams for which a downstream hazard potential has not been designated or is not provided.
Plan around the weather
Same NOAA / yr.no feed Snoflo's iOS app uses. Watch the precipitation column on the meteogram -- rain on the basin upstream typically lifts inflow 24-72 hours later.
Next 5 days, hour by hour
Temperature line with weather symbols on top, snow + rain accumulation as columns, humidity as a dotted line.
5-day forecast table
Every 3 hours, broken out across temperature, snow, rain, humidity, and wind. Each cell is colour-coded relative to the column min/max.
| Time | Condition | Temp (°F) | Snow (in) | Rain (in) | Humidity (%) | Wind (mps) | Wind dir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loading detailed forecast… | |||||||
15-day temperature & precipitation
Daily temperatures, snow, and rain projected over the next two weeks.
Nearby streamflow gauges
USGS streamgauges around Dudley Pond Dam -- inflows here typically show up in storage 24-72 hours later.
| Streamgauge | Discharge | View |
|---|---|---|
| Contoocook River Near Henniker | 148 cfs | → |
| Contoocook R Bl Hopkinton Dam At W Hopkinton | 177 cfs | → |
| North Branch River Near Antrim | 61 cfs | → |
| Piscataquog River Bl Everett Dam | 8 cfs | → |
| Warner River At Davisville | 76 cfs | → |
| South Branch Piscataquog River Near Goffstown | 46 cfs | → |
Make a day of it
Boat launches, lakeside camping, fishing access, and other reservoirs near Dudley Pond Dam.
Boat launches
- Pleasant Pond Boat Launch
- Hopkinton
- Ferrin Pond Boat Launch
- Mount William Pond Boat Launch
- French Pond Boat Launch
- Upper Pond Boat Launch
Campgrounds
- Mile-Away Campground
- Camp Spaulding
- Fox Brook Tent Site
- Camp Wanocksett
- Mt Monadnock State Park Campground
- Northstar Campground
Paddle runs
- Sewall's Island To Manchester Street Bridge
- Begins In Franklin To Sewall's Island
- First Bridge Upstream On Route 100 To Confluence With West River
- Headwaters To First Bridge Upstream On Route 100
- Headwaters To Crossing Of Route 100 Near Route 155
- Headwaters To Confluence With West River (End Of Sherman Road)
Track Dudley Pond Dam in the Snoflo app
Save this dam as a favorite and get the local NOAA / yr.no forecast plus regional flow context wherever you are.
About Dudley Pond Dam
Where does the data for Dudley Pond Dam come from?
Structural and regulatory data come from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' National Inventory of Dams (NID). Weather forecast comes from NOAA / yr.no -- the same feed Snoflo's iOS app uses.
How often is the report updated?
NID structural data refreshes annually as the Corps publishes updated assessments. The weather forecast refreshes throughout the day.
What does the Low hazard rating mean?
The Corps of Engineers' hazard potential classification grades probable consequences if the dam fails: High = probable loss of human life; Significant = no probable loss of human life but possible economic loss / environmental damage; Low = no probable loss of human life, only minor economic / environmental losses. See the Dam Data Reference card above for the full definitions.
What's "% of normal"?
The current storage value compared to the historical average storage on this calendar day. 100% = right on average; values above 100% mean above-normal storage (wet year); values below mean below-normal (dry year or drought).
Can I get alerts when storage crosses a threshold?
Yes -- alerts are managed in the Snoflo iOS app. Favorite this dam, set a threshold, and you'll get a push the moment conditions cross.
Other water bodies near here
Snoflo-tracked reservoirs and dams within driving distance of Dudley Pond Dam.