{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Powder Mill Pond | image = PowderMillPondNH.jpg | caption = Looking east across the southern part of the pond; view from S. Elmwood Rd. in [[Hancock, NH]] | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = [[Hillsborough County, New Hampshire]] | coords = {{Coord|42|58|10|N|71|55|57|W|type:waterbody_region:US|display=inline,title}} | type = [[Reservoir]] | inflow = [[Contoocook River]] | outflow = [[Contoocook River]] | catchment = | basin_countries = United States | length = {{Convert|2.6|mi|abbr=on}} | width = {{Convert|0.5|mi|abbr=on}} | area = {{Convert|419|acre|km2}} | depth = {{convert|3|ft|abbr=on}} | max-depth = {{convert|17|ft|abbr=on}} | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = {{Convert|677|ft|abbr=on}} | islands = | cities = [[Bennington, New Hampshire|Bennington]]; [[Hancock, New Hampshire|Hancock]]; [[Greenfield, New Hampshire|Greenfield]] <!-- Map --> | pushpin_map = New Hampshire#USA | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = Location of Powder Mill Pond in New Hampshire, USA. | pushpin_map_caption = <!-- Below --> | website = | reference = }} '''Powder Mill Pond''' is a {{Convert|419|acre|km2|adj=on}}<ref name=NHFG/> [[reservoir|impoundment]] on the [[Contoocook River]] in [[Hillsborough County, New Hampshire|Hillsborough County]] in southern [[New Hampshire]], United States. The pond's dam is located in the town of [[Bennington, New Hampshire|Bennington]], with water impounded into the towns of [[Hancock, New Hampshire|Hancock]] and [[Greenfield, New Hampshire|Greenfield]].
The lake is classified as a warmwater fishery, with observed species including [[smallmouth bass|smallmouth]] and [[largemouth bass]], [[chain pickerel]], [[brown bullhead|horned pout]], [[black crappie]], and [[bluegill]].<ref name=NHFG>{{Cite web| url=http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/maps/bathymetry/powdermill_hancock.pdf| title=Powder Mill Pond, Hancock, Greenfield| publisher=NH Fish & Game| access-date=September 4, 2014}}</ref>
==See also== {{portal|New Hampshire}} *[[List of lakes in New Hampshire]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Lakes of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire]] [[Category:Hancock, New Hampshire]] [[Category:Greenfield, New Hampshire]]
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