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Chilson Impoundment

Livingston County, Michigan · MI DNR bathymetric survey
9ft Max
depth
57 acres 3 contours Public access 76% weedy
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Depth scale

The lake

Survey readout

Measured from the Michigan DNR inland-lake contour survey.

Maximum depth
9 ft
Surface area
57 acres
Shoreline
1.83 mi · irregular
Surveyed contours
3 isobaths · 0–9 ft
Deepest soundings
7 ft
Aquatic vegetation
76% of surface · NAIP NDVI
Public access
Boat Launch · Rec Passport
In
Brighton Recreation Area · 4,751 ac
Chart data

Provenance

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

Coordinates
42.51321, -83.86150
MI DNR lake ID
L5193
Vertical exaggeration
3.0×
Basemap
USDA NAIP · public domain
Model size
2.3 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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