Stage's Pond State Nature Preserve is a

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with

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 ...

s in Walnut Township,

Pickaway County Pickaway County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 58,539. Its county seat is Circleville, Ohio, Circleville. Its name derives from the Pekowi band o ...

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. The State Nature Preserve is located at 4792 Hagerty Road, north of the

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of Circleville. The preserve was dedicated on August 23, 1974.

Natural history

The large pond is an example of a

kettle lake A kettle (also known as a kettle lake, kettle hole, or pothole) is a depression/hole in an outwash plain formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters. The kettles are formed as a result of blocks of dead ice left behind by retreating gla ...

, one created by a melted piece of ice broken off from a

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. The ponds and surrounding

habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...

are a resting point for large numbers of

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Gallery

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External links

Official Stage's Pond State Nature Preserve website

U.S. Geological Survey Map
at the U.S. Geological Survey Map Website. Retrieved November 6, 2022. Ohio State Nature Preserves Lakes of Ohio Protected areas of Pickaway County, Ohio Bodies of water of Pickaway County, Ohio Protected areas established in 1974 1974 establishments in Ohio {{PickawayCountyOH-geo-stub