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Orchard Lake

Oakland County, Michigan · MI DNR bathymetric survey
111ft Max
depth
849 acres 13 contours Public access 100% weedy

Depth scale

The lake

Survey readout

Measured from the Michigan DNR inland-lake contour survey.

Maximum depth
111 ft
Surface area
849 acres
Shoreline
0.06 mi · round
Surveyed contours
13 isobaths · 0–111 ft
Deepest soundings
111 ft
Aquatic vegetation
100% 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
42.58673, -83.37073
MI DNR lake ID
L3660
Vertical exaggeration
1.4×
Basemap
USDA NAIP · public domain
Model size
2.2 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

surveyed 1994
2,411Fish sampled
23Species

Gamefish

Largemouth Bass105 caught · to 19″
Northern Pike11 caught · to 27″
Bowfin7 caught · to 24″
Smallmouth Bass3 caught · to 9″
Grass Pickerel2 caught · to 7″

Panfish

Bluegill648 caught · to 9″
Pumpkinseed199 caught · to 8″
Rock Bass76 caught · to 10″
Black Crappie63 caught · to 10″
Yellow Perch5 caught · to 9″

Bullhead & catfish

Yellow Bullhead17 caught · to 11″
Brown Bullhead7 caught · to 14″

Forage & nongame

Blackchin Shiner1,118 caught
Spotfin Shiner57 caught · to 2″
Blacknose Shiner56 caught · to 2″
Logperch19 caught
Longnose Gar11 caught · to 43″
Brook Silverside2 caught
Banded Killifish1 caught
White Sucker1 caught
Horneyhead Chub1 caught
Iowa Darter1 caught
Johnny Darter1 caught
Stocking: " Coolwater fish species including bluegill, walleye, yellow perch, and smallmouth bass were stocked regularly from 1934 until 1942 (Table 1).
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).