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Lake Chemung

Livingston County, Michigan · MI DNR bathymetric survey
60ft Max
depth
326 acres 7 contours Public access
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Depth scale

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
60 ft
Surface area
326 acres
Shoreline
4.8 mi · irregular
Surveyed contours
7 isobaths · 0–60 ft
Deepest soundings
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
42.58311, -83.84893
MI DNR lake ID
L10507
Vertical exaggeration
1.64×
Basemap
USDA NAIP · public domain
Model size
2.4 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

3,194Fish sampled
19Species

Gamefish

Largemouth Bass48 caught · to 19″
Northern Pike22 caught · to 26″
Bowfin9 caught · to 31″
Walleye3 caught · to 24″

Panfish

Bluegill1,645 caught · to 9″
Pumpkinseed497 caught · to 9″
Redear Sunfish217 caught · to 11″
Yellow Perch109 caught · to 7″
Black Crappie51 caught · to 10″
Rock Bass14 caught · to 8″
Warmouth13 caught · to 7″

Bullhead & catfish

Brown Bullhead194 caught · to 14″
Black Bullhead13 caught · to 13″
Yellow Bullhead4 caught · to 12″

Forage & nongame

Banded Killifish184 caught · to 2″
Spottail Shiner121 caught · to 2″
Bluntnose Minnow42 caught · to 2″
Brook Silverside5 caught
Golden Shiner3 caught · to 9″
Stocking: File records indicate Lake Chemung was stocked and managed for trout from 1956 to 1970 but discontinued when northern pike and largemouth bass populations grew.
Length is the largest fish netted in the survey, not an angler record. Source: Michigan DNR Status of the Fishery Resource report.