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MISSION OF THE ASSOCIATION

The Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Asso­ci­a­tion (LMPA) is a non-prof­it, vol­un­teer-based orga­ni­za­tion locat­ed in Hop­kin­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts who is ded­i­cat­ed to pre­serv­ing and pro­tect­ing the qual­i­ty of the lake and its water­shed as well as the enhance­ment of pub­lic safe­ty and wel­fare of its residents.

The LMPA strives to pro­tect the beau­ty and the recre­ation­al val­ue of our town’s lake and the won­der­ful com­mu­ni­ty through respon­si­ble envi­ron­men­tal and safe­ty prac­tices, fundrais­ing and excit­ing and inter­ac­tive social events for mem­bers and residents. 

PURPOSE OF THE ASSOCIATION 

The Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Asso­ci­a­tion, Inc. has been formed for the pur­pose of pro­mot­ing the wel­fare of Lake Maspenock (the Lake). Our pri­ma­ry areas of con­cern include, but are not lim­it­ed to: 

  1. Weed Con­trol and Envi­ron­men­tal Qual­i­ty Assur­ance of the Lake 
  2. Dam Con­trol of water lev­el in the Lake 
  3. Enhance­ment of the safe­ty and recre­ation­al use for all indi­vid­u­als who use the Lake 
  4. Engag­ing in social and civic activ­i­ties for the ben­e­fit of those using the Lake 
  5. Edu­cate and inform the local community 

Lake Maspenock Facts and Figures

  • The sur­face area is 234 acres.
  • In its orig­i­nal form, it was prob­a­bly 30 to 40 acres.
  • The lake is bound­ed by the towns of Hop­kin­ton, Mil­ford, and Upton.
  • The lake is approx­i­mate­ly 2 miles long and 2,000 feet wide at its widest part.
  • At its out­let, the lake drains approx­i­mate­ly 1,813 acres.
  • “Lake Maspenock” lit­er­al­ly means, choice fish­ing place or excel­lent fish pond.
  • The lake even­tu­al­ly flows into the Black­stone Riv­er and then into the Atlantic Ocean.
  • It takes approx­i­mate­ly 260 days to ful­ly dis­place the entire vol­ume of water.
  • The lake con­tains approx­i­mate­ly 619,116,900 gal­lons of water.
  • The lake has an aver­age mean depth of 8 feet.
  • The flow rate of water is approx­i­mate­ly 28 feet per second.
  • The lake’s base ele­va­tion is 348 feet. The lake is at the lon­gi­tude of 75.50 and lat­i­tude of 88.60 421055N 0713312 W.
  • Lake Maspenock is a “Great Pond”. The ordi­nances for great ponds were cre­at­ed as far back as 1641. A great pond is a body of water greater than 10 acres and its own­er­ship (more or less) is the state.

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