Maceday Lake

Oakland County, Michigan · MI DNR bathymetric survey

117ft Max
depth

462 acres 17 contours Public access

Depth scale

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The lake

Survey readout

Measured from the Michigan DNR inland-lake contour survey.

Maximum depth: 117 ft
Surface area: 462 acres
Shoreline: 6.33 mi · irregular
Surveyed contours: 17 isobaths · 0–117 ft
Deepest soundings: 117 ft, 65 ft, 42 ft, 25 ft, 24 ft, 10 ft
Aquatic vegetation: 16% of surface · NAIP NDVI
Public access: Boat Launch · Rec Passport

Location

Oakland County, Michigan · tap a dot for that lake

Chart data

Provenance

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

Coordinates: 42.69426, -83.42978
MI DNR lake ID: L5781
Vertical exaggeration: 1.4×
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

DNR SFR 2022-334

545Fish sampled

3Species

Forage & nongame

Complete Trips452 caught

Incomplete Trips92 caught

Electrofishing1 caught

Stocking: Fish stocking in Maceday Lake dates to the 1930s when stocking species such as largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and yellow perch was common.

This survey reported catch counts without lengths. Source: Michigan DNR Status of the Fishery Resource report (counts summed across survey years).