A pond is a water impoundment made by constructing an embankment, by excavating a dugout, or both, smaller than a lake.1 Ponds store water for livestock, fish and wildlife, recreation, fire control, and water quality improvement.1 Type Water-harvesting Outputs Fish habitat Functions Water retention1 Firebreak1 Footnotes Pond (Code 378), Conservation Practice Standard | USDA NRCS, Wisconsin ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4