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Stump Pond
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Location	Carroll County, New Hampshire; York County, Maine
Coordinates	43°36′58″N 70°58′39″W / 43.61611°N 70.97750°W / 43.61611; -70.97750
Type	Lake
Primary outflows	Little Ossipee River
Catchment area	14.3 square miles (37 km2)
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	3.7 mi (6.0 km)
Max. width	1.7 mi (2.7 km)
Surface area	577 acres (2.34 km2)
Average depth	10 ft (3.0 m)
Max. depth	46 ft (14 m)
Water volume	6,578 acre⋅ft (8,114,000 m3)
Residence time	136 days
Shore length1	10.1 miles (16.3 km)
Surface elevation	558 ft (170 m)
Settlements	Wakefield, New Hampshire; Acton and Newfield, Maine
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Balch Pond is a 577-acre (2.34 km²) water body located on the New Hampshire-Maine border, in the towns of Wakefield, New Hampshire, and Acton and Newfield, Maine. A northwest portion of the lake in New Hampshire is known as Stump Pond. Water flows from the eastern end of Balch Pond into the Little Ossipee River, a tributary of the Saco River.

The lake is classified as a warmwater fishery, with observed species including largemouth bass, chain pickerel, brown bullhead, black crappie, yellow perch, and sunfish.