Welcome to Acton's Stream Team


Survey
FP1, Fort Pond Brook
  • Upstream Border: School St. @ Lawsbrook Rd.
  • Downstream Border: Concord Border, Rte. 2

Team: Mark Benedict & Tom French


FP1 is approximately a half mile and is relatively undisturbed. The vast majority of the abutting bank is owned by the Water District. A lot of aquatic birds were seen during the survey (mallard ducks) and in the past by surveyors (great blue heron). The stream hydraulic grade is quite flat and canoeable. (Our survey was entirely by canoe). Two major wetland sections are present—wet marshes? Historically, some of the abutting land along the upper stretch was used for vegetable farming. Currently it is reverting to wild. The lower stretch is all marshy and an agricultural field used by the State abuts. Rte. 2 abuts the lowest stretch—Lawsbrook the uppermost.