The Norton Reservoir is a

lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

pond A pond is an area filled with water, either natural or artificial, that is smaller than a lake. Defining them to be less than in area, less than deep, and with less than 30% emergent vegetation helps in distinguishing their ecology from th ...

within the towns of

Norton Norton may refer to: Places Norton, meaning 'north settlement' in Old English, is a common place name. Places named Norton include: Canada *Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69, Saskatchewan *Norton Parish, New Brunswick **Norton, New Brunswick, a ...

and

Mansfield Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area (followed by Sutton-in-Ashfield). It gained the Royal Charter of a market tow ...

, in southeastern

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

. The

Rumford River The Rumford River is a small river in southeastern Massachusetts, United States, that is a tributary of the Threemile River in the Taunton River watershed. The Rumford River, long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolu ...

empties out into the reservoir.

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* * http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/habitat/maps/ponds/pdf/dfwnorto.pdf A 1982 survey showed that white perch were most common. Also found were chain pickerel, largehmouth bass, black crappie, golden shiners, pumpkinseed, yellow perch, bluegill, and bullheads. Tiger muskies and northern pike have also been added. Taunton River watershed Lakes of Bristol County, Massachusetts Reservoirs in Massachusetts Protected areas of Bristol County, Massachusetts {{BristolCountyMA-geo-stub