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Nepessing Lake

Lapeer County, Michigan · MI DNR bathymetric survey
20ft Max
depth
420 acres 4 contours Public access

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
20 ft
Surface area
420 acres
Shoreline
3.43 mi · round
Surveyed contours
4 isobaths · 0–20 ft
Deepest soundings
Aquatic vegetation
1% of surface · NAIP NDVI
Public access
Boat Launch
Chart data

Provenance

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

Coordinates
43.01497, -83.37350
MI DNR lake ID
L2664
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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Fishery

DNR SFR 2012-131
5,329Fish sampled
20Species

Gamefish

Largemouth Bass53 caught · to 17″
Bowfin17 caught · to 26″
Northern Pike5 caught · to 26″
Walleye3 caught · to 25″
Channel Catfish2 caught · to 20″

Panfish

Bluegill3,167 caught · to 7″
Redear Sunfish1,547 caught · to 10″
Pumpkinseed193 caught · to 8″
Warmouth78 caught · to 8″
Rock Bass59 caught · to 11″
Yellow Perch57 caught · to 7″
Hybrid Sunfish13 caught · to 9″
Black Crappie7 caught · to 8″
Green Sunfish4 caught · to 5″

Bullhead & catfish

Brown Bullhead40 caught · to 13″
Yellow Bullhead39 caught · to 13″

Forage & nongame

Bluntnose Minnow3 caught
Central Mudminnow2 caught · to 3″
Blacknose Shiner1 caught
Emerald Shiner1 caught
Stocking: Beginning in 1966, tiger muskellunge were stocked as a pr edator species with hopes they w ould achieve trophy size status for Lake Nepessing anglers.
Length is the largest fish netted in the survey, not an angler record. Source: Michigan DNR Status of the Fishery Resource report.