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Otter Lake

Lapeer County, Michigan · MI DNR bathymetric survey
117ft Max
depth
69 acres 11 contours

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
117 ft
Surface area
69 acres
Shoreline
1.64 mi · lobed
Surveyed contours
11 isobaths · 0–117 ft
Deepest soundings
117 ft, 47 ft, 45 ft
Aquatic vegetation
2% of surface · NAIP NDVI
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Chart data

Provenance

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

Coordinates
43.21795, -83.46012
MI DNR lake ID
L9525
Vertical exaggeration
1.4×
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

surveyed 2014 · DNR SFR 2014-197
2,310Fish sampled
18Species

Gamefish

Largemouth Bass68 caught · to 18″
Northern Pike13 caught · to 26″
Channel Catfish8 caught · to 28″
Grass Pickerel5 caught · to 8″

Panfish

Bluegill1,797 caught · to 8″
Pumpkinseed220 caught · to 7″
Warmouth54 caught · to 8″
Green Sunfish16 caught · to 4″
Rock Bass16 caught · to 8″
Hybrid Sunfish15 caught · to 6″
Yellow Perch7 caught · to 7″
Black Crappie2 caught · to 7″

Bullhead & catfish

Brown Bullhead42 caught · to 13″
Yellow Bullhead38 caught · to 11″
Black Bullhead3 caught · to 11″

Forage & nongame

Central Mudminnow2 caught · to 3″
Lake Chubsucker2 caught
Tadpole Madtom1 caught
Stocking: Splake and brown trout were routinely stocked.
Length is the largest fish netted in the survey, not an angler record. Source: Michigan DNR Status of the Fishery Resource report.