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Calculating Pond Size
Determining Surface Acreage of Rectangular Ponds
The surface acreage equals the length in feet, times the width in feet, divided by 43,560. You can usually regard an irregular shaped pond as a rectangle or square and compute the area from straight boundary lines, which are about equal to your actual shoreline.
If Your Pond is CircularMeasure the total distance in feet around the outer edge of your pond. Multiply this number by itself, and then divide by 547,390. Your answer will equal the surface area of your pond.
The surface acreage equals the length in feet, times the width in feet, divided by 43,560. You can usually regard an irregular shaped pond as a rectangle or square and compute the area from straight boundary lines, which are about equal to your actual shoreline.
If Your Pond is CircularMeasure the total distance in feet around the outer edge of your pond. Multiply this number by itself, and then divide by 547,390. Your answer will equal the surface area of your pond.
Fish Stocking Rates
Recommended Stocking Rates per acre, of fingerling-size fish for new or renovated ponds:
Bass | Bluegill or Sunfish | Catfish | Minnows |
100 | 400-500 | 100 | 500-1000 |
Stocking White Amur - White Amur are primarily used for controlling vegetation such as Milfoil, Marsh Grass, Pondweed, and Naiad.Stocking Suggestions:
% of Vegetative Cover | # of Amur per Acre |
0-20% | 2 Amur |
20-30% | 10 Amur |
40-60% | 15 Amur |
Over 60% | 20 Amur |
Other Helpful Resources
Pond Plant Management:
- AquaPlant: A Diagnostic Tool for Pond Plants & Algae
- Aquatic Invaders in our Backyard Ponds RESOURCE LIST
- Chemical Control of Aquatic Plants
- Most Current Aquatic Herbicide Tables
- Pond Plants Benefits
- Pond Plants: Friend or Foe? - Bob Griesmer
- Using Grass Carp to Control Aquatic Plants
- Field Guide to Ohio Aquatic Invasive Species