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Bennett Lake

Livingston County, Michigan · MI DNR bathymetric survey
58ft Max
depth
151 acres 11 contours
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The lake

Survey readout

Measured from the Michigan DNR inland-lake contour survey (depths read from the survey's isobath field; this lake's summary-depth column is blank in the source).

Maximum depth
58 ft
Surface area
151 acres
Shoreline
4.25 mi · irregular
Surveyed contours
11 isobaths · 0–58 ft
Deepest soundings
58 ft, 39 ft, 26 ft, 12 ft, 8 ft
Aquatic vegetation
19% of surface · NAIP NDVI
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Provenance

All layers registered to one bounding box; positions in WGS 84.

Coordinates
42.77236, -83.82550
MI DNR lake ID
L48297
Vertical exaggeration
1.71×
Basemap
USDA NAIP · public domain
Model size
2.2 MB
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Computed for this lake’s coordinates.

How this map was made

Real DNR depth soundings drape over USGS 3DEP elevation, with a USDA NAIP aerial basemap and OpenStreetMap shoreline. Colour shows surveyed depth; dark lines are the survey's own isobaths.

Sources: MI DNR inland lake contours, USGS 3DEP, USDA NAIP (public domain), OpenStreetMap (ODbL), MI DNR Boat Launches.

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Fishery

surveyed 2006
1,606Fish sampled
22Species

Gamefish

Bowfin41 caught · to 26″
Largemouth Bass29 caught · to 17″
Northern Pike8 caught · to 36″
Grass Pickerel2 caught
Walleye1 caught

Panfish

Bluegill1,200 caught · to 8″
Pumpkinseed89 caught · to 7″
Yellow Perch38 caught · to 4″
Black Crappie15 caught · to 8″
Rock Bass5 caught · to 9″
Warmouth5 caught · to 6″
Hybrid Sunfish3 caught · to 6″
Green Sunfish2 caught · to 4″

Bullhead & catfish

Yellow Bullhead66 caught · to 12″
Brown Bullhead40 caught · to 14″

Forage & nongame

Blackchin Shiner6 caught · to 2″
Brook Silverside5 caught
Golden Shiner5 caught · to 9″
Lake Chubsucker4 caught · to 7″
White Sucker3 caught · to 20″
Central Mudminnow2 caught
Longnose Gar2 caught · to 32″
Stocking: Walleye have not been stocked in Bennett Lake and their presence reflects movement from Lobdell Lake where they were introduced.
Length is the largest fish netted in the survey, not an angler record. Source: Michigan DNR Status of the Fishery Resource report.