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Joslin Lake

Washtenaw County, Michigan · MI DNR bathymetric survey
20ft Max
depth
190 acres 6 contours Public access
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Depth scale

The lake

Survey readout

Measured from the Michigan DNR inland-lake contour survey.

Maximum depth
20 ft
Surface area
190 acres
Shoreline
2.41 mi · round
Surveyed contours
6 isobaths · 0–20 ft
Deepest soundings
13 ft, 10 ft, 6 ft
Aquatic vegetation
14% 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
42.41825, -84.07051
MI DNR lake ID
L1863
Vertical exaggeration
3.0×
Basemap
USDA NAIP · public domain
Model size
2.1 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

2,614Fish sampled
17Species

Gamefish

Largemouth Bass42 caught · to 17″
Bowfin8 caught · to 26″
Northern Pike1 caught

Panfish

Redear Sunfish1,437 caught · to 11″
Bluegill719 caught · to 8″
Hybrid Sunfish54 caught · to 9″
Rock Bass23 caught · to 8″
Warmouth21 caught · to 7″
Black Crappie16 caught · to 11″
Yellow Perch1 caught

Bullhead & catfish

Brown Bullhead141 caught · to 13″
Yellow Bullhead3 caught · to 10″
Black Bullhead1 caught

Forage & nongame

Pumpkinseed Sunfish141 caught · to 8″
Longnose Gar4 caught · to 40″
Golden Shiner1 caught
Lake Chubsucker1 caught
Stocking: Redear sunfish have been stocked in several Jackson area lakes sin ce 1984 with generally very good success.
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).