• Upstream Border: Boxborough border, Littlefield Road
• Downstream Border: Idylwilde Farm, junction with Guggins Brook

Team: Elinor Gentilman, Sonya Keene, Rick Gentilman

Segment FP10 of Fort Pond Brook meanders through residential, agricultural, and conservation land from Littlefield Road at the Boxboro border to the junction with Guggins Brook behind Idywilde Farm. Included in our survey is the portion of the brook that continues to Central Street.

During the survey, we canoed the entire segment; however, there were three portages over culverts. Although the area is subject to flooding, the water level was average for early May, which made the brook navigable. Later in the season, the water level may be too low for canoeing.

The segment is aesthetically beautiful and provides wildlife habitat in many sections. The condition of the banks varies—marshes with thick grass and loosestrife, farm fields and lawns running into the brook, and a few wooded sections. The brook widens at the Littlefield Road bridge and near the culverts/dams; however, it is constricted by grass and loosestrife in many sections. The depth averages 2 feet. The water is tea colored and odor free; and the bottom is grassy and black with organic debris. In general, the flow is slight although occasionally medium after the culverts.