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Halfmoon Lake

Washtenaw County, Michigan · MI DNR bathymetric survey
87ft Max
depth
227 acres 11 contours Public access
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Depth scale

The lake

Survey readout

Measured from the Michigan DNR inland-lake contour survey.

Maximum depth
87 ft
Surface area
227 acres
Shoreline
4.62 mi · irregular
Surveyed contours
11 isobaths · 0–87 ft
Deepest soundings
87 ft, 82 ft, 40 ft
Aquatic vegetation
2% of surface · NAIP NDVI
Public access
Boat Launch · Rec Passport
Chart data

Provenance

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

Coordinates
42.41928, -84.01290
MI DNR lake ID
L15551
Vertical exaggeration
1.4×
Basemap
USDA NAIP · public domain
Model size
2.5 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

586Fish sampled
12Species

Gamefish

Bowfin2 caught · to 21″
Northern Pike1 caught

Panfish

Bluegill384 caught · to 9″
Pumpkinseed53 caught · to 8″
Black Crappie39 caught · to 9″
Rock Bass4 caught · to 9″
Yellow Perch1 caught
Warmouth1 caught

Forage & nongame

Carp47 caught · to 32″
May29 caught
Longnose Gar24 caught · to 40″
White Bass1 caught
Stocking: Bluegills, largemouth bass, yellow perch, and walleye fry were stocked in Halfmoon Lake in the late 1930's and early 1940's.
Length is the largest fish netted in the survey, not an angler record. Source: Michigan DNR Status of the Fishery Resource report (counts summed across survey years).